Asia

This discussion document outlines flexible methods for preparing and updating National Risk Assessments in EU Member States and UCPM Participating States, supporting transparent, comparable assessment without prescribing a uniform approach.

UNDP report released at COP31 shows how early action and financing reduce insecurities and why delaying climate action carries wider.

Regional authorities, experts working on disaster preparedness and adaptation to climate change, as well as the wider public can now access harmonized, region-by-region data on climate risks and their impacts for different warming scenarios.

This report examines 2026/27 El Niño impacts and the costs of delaying climate investment. It finds advance support can protect at 50–80% of response costs and calls for preventive finance and faster funding of country climate priorities.

Not all loss can or should be measured in money. Affected people still need funding and services to recover. This could mean helping children return to school, offer counselling, help displaced communities stay connected and maintain cultural practices.

Indonesia’s 2025–2030 national action plan sets out a framework for climate change mitigation and adaptation in the health sector, guiding government bodies and stakeholders on implementation and funding.

This roadmap presents Bangladesh’s national strategy (2025–2030) to scale up its Multi-Hazard Early Warning System, identifying gaps and outlining actions across four EWS pillars to ensure timely, actionable warnings reach all.

The Emergency Management Act 2026 establishes New Zealand’s framework for hazard management, preparedness, emergency response, recovery, governance, planning, essential infrastructure, compliance, and compensation arrangements.

The LRP 2026 aims to respond holistically to the multiple crises facing Lebanon including residual humanitarian needs in conflict affected areas and presents an appeal of $1.62 billion to support coordinated interventions across nine sectors.

The National Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (2025–2030) and Short and Medium Term Action Plan provides a comprehensive, forward-looking framework to strengthen Nigeria’s resilience to disasters.

This assessment examines climate risks to health and health services in the Philippines, finding rising disease burdens, widespread facility hazard exposure and capacity gaps. It prioritizes coordinated, region-specific adaptation.

This report assesses climate-related health and nutrition risks and health-system readiness in Benin, projecting over 46,000 additional child stunting cases annually by 2050 and 42 facilities at risk of disruptive flooding.

This report tracks extreme weather in India from January to September 2026, finding events on 251 of 273 days and 3,220 deaths. It records losses to crops, homes and livestock and urges a shift from disaster response to risk reduction and resilience.

This report assesses Cameroon’s vulnerability to climate-related health risks and examines how climate change may affect population health and health services in the coming decades.

This first Burundi Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) shows that ambitious climate action can protect people and livelihoods while supporting accelerated and inclusive growth.