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A new framework enables near real-time monitoring of sea routes, helping improve decisions on vessel movement and transport of global goods.
Looking at the next 10 years, global risk experts place environmental risks among not only the most likely, but also the most impactful risks.
Building the resilience of rice markets is key to ensuring food security amid increasing prices and climate risks in Asia and the Pacific.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
Strategies include enhancing water resource management, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.
Addressing data gaps, investing in human resources, and using technologies provide policymakers with insights to make informed climate-related decisions.
Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
Improve water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management to strengthen resilience to vector-borne diseases.
Nature-based solutions offer multiple co-benefits and are implementable at community scale.