Southeast Asia

Financing from the ground up – experiences in adaptation finance from Southeast Asia

Other publication / Southeast Asia depends on climate adaptation finance to lessen the impact of a warming world on its people and economies. Yet there are barriers to delivery

USAID Clean Power Asia

Project / The USAID Clean Power Asia project was an initiative to facilitate investments in environmentally friendly, grid-connected renewable energy in Southeast Asia.

Preterm birth associated with maternal fine particulate matter exposure: A global, regional and national assessment

Journal article / This article presents the first global assessment of the association between preterm births and exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution.

Inclusive local planning is vital for successful climate adaptation in peri-urban areas

Perspective / A study of areas and risks in Thailand found that comprehensive, locally based urban planning is crucial to long-term climate adaptation.

Can insurance help Southeast Asia’s farmers cope with climate change?

Perspective / The ASEAN countries are looking to scale up and diversify their efforts to build resilience in the agriculture sector.

Increasing vulnerability to the impacts of natural hazards and extreme events

Other publication / This report chapter examines the factors that are driving disaster risk in the Asia and Pacific region.

Managing water and soils to achieve adaptation and reduce methane emissions and arsenic contamination in Asian rice production

Journal article

The puzzle of East and Southeast Asia’s persistent smallholder

Journal article

Climate change adaptation readiness in the ASEAN countries

SEI brief