7 December 2020, Malé, Maldives - The Maldives' Ministry of Environment, supported by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has handed over six Automatic...
As the world marks a year of intense disruption by the COVID pandemic, many countries are facing the most difficult situations yet. The approval of new vaccines and their roll out are offering hope,...
Regional Situation With over 10.5 million confirmed cases, India continues to have the highest number of COVID-19 cases in the region and the second highest globally. Whereas transmission has reduced...
HIGHLIGHTS South Asia is facing a vicious cycle of cascading risks due to the rapid spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as well as disasters such as cyclone and monsoon floods, which...
Bangkok, Thailand Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC) hosted the first Climate Adaptation Platform-South Asia (CAP-South Asia) regional policy dialogue on 9 December that highlighted the...
New InsuRisk report analyzes disaster risk and readiness for insurance solutions in Small Island Developing States Last night at the 4th InsuResilience Global Partnership Forum, UNU-EHS and the...
MALE', MALDIVES, December 9, 2020 --- Faris Hadad-Zervos, the World Bank's new Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, completed his first visit to the Maldives last week. The purpose of...
Today, 1 in 3 people living in South Asia is a child. Children younger than 18 years account for about 616 million of the region’s growing population of 1.86 billion. This progress report on the...
Singapore - 07 December 2020 News Number: G/57/2020 The Impact Investment Exchange (IIX) has successfully closed its US$27.7 million Women’s Livelihood Bond TM 3 (WLB3), the third bond in the...
Highlights With over 10.6 million confirmed cases and 155,000 deaths 1 the COVID19 pandemic situation is not yet under control across South Asia region. The increase in number of cases in Nepal,...