Climate change and its impacts, such as extreme weather patterns and rising sea levels, are devastating and unprecedented. In the Asia-Pacific region, typhoons, floods, heatwaves and droughts are resulting in human and economic losses that continue to undermine hard-won development gains across the region.
This report investigates opportunities to develop and apply just transition tools, policies and framework policies that will ensure society-wide support and engagement in implementing low-carbon and net-zero economy-wide transition.
In an analysis of trends in ecosystems changes in the Asia-Pacific region, the report also seeks to identify new and innovative approaches to both mitigation and adaptation, as well as to increase investments in the maintenance and restoration of terrestrial, coastal and marine ecosystems to leverage nature-based climate solutions.