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Countries need to build capacity and develop financial solutions for different climate risks, including those that can better address slow-onset events.
Establish frameworks, leverage digital innovations, and strengthen stakeholder capacity.
Risk reduction, retention, and transfer are risk management approaches that can be used to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.
Improving water supply access and sustainability amid environmental challenges requires radical changes in how water resources are developed and delivered.
Scale up local-level adaptation by integrating climate adaptation considerations into decentralized governance processes and resources.
To avoid large economic losses from climate change, Southeast Asia can lead the way in global climate action by shifting towards a low-carbon economy.
Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Empowering women as leaders and innovators can make resilience projects using inclusive smart urban water infrastructure solutions more impactful.
Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.
Strategies include enhancing water resource management, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.