Articles Category: Environment

Keeping Cities Above Water: Resilience-building through Anticipatory Action

Nestled along the Philippines’ typhoon-prone corridor, Naga City faces heightened vulnerability to torrential rains, landslides, and heavy flooding. Just this past April, the city felt the impact of Tropical Depression Amang. Though a relatively weak system, it inundated several of the city’s villages. 

Enhancing Disaster Management for Greater ASEAN Resilience

Under the leadership of the ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management (ACDM), five-year AADMER Work Programmes (AWPS) have been implemented since 2010 to bolster disaster resilience in the region. The third edition of the AADMER Work Programme for the period of 2021 to 2025 focuses on five priority programmes: risk monitoring and analysis, prevention and mitigation, Enhancing Disaster Management for Greater ASEAN Resilience

The ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management: Reflecting on the Past and Charting the Future

Southeast Asia is one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Situated on the Pacific Ring of Fire between the Indian and Pacific oceans, it is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. This dual reality presents significant challenges and a distinctive opportunity for ASEAN to proactively address and mitigate the risks The ASEAN Committee on Disaster Management: Reflecting on the Past and Charting the Future

ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7: Building Health System Resilience in ASEAN

by Resilience Development Initiative and Aly Diana ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7 ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Policy Brief is a publication of the ASCC Department at the ASEAN Secretariat. It identifies trends and challenges that will impact ASEAN and ASCC sectors and propose policy-relevant solutions and recommendations to ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Policy Brief #7: Building Health System Resilience in ASEAN