The Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2023 presents the latest science-based evidence-led research on hazard risks and their current and projected economic social and environmental impacts under a 1.5 and 2oC warming scenario. Based on the latest RiskScape the report will provide projected investment needs for key adaptation measures under multiple climate scenarios including for multi-hazard early warning systems to support early actions and mitigate the evolution of climate-related hazards into humanitarian disasters. Further the report will discuss and analyze the methodological aspects of loss and damage estimates related to the climate impacts and the new loss and damage fund established at COP 27.
This publication presents a new and extended analysis of the regional risk-scape based on multidisciplinary research conducted. It defines risk hotspots where disasters and biological hazards climate and health emergencies – including Covid-19 – collide. It further presents the emergence of new systemic risks and cascading hazards alongside their impacts on peoples and economies. Identifying regional and sub-regional gaps in building resilience into the disaster-health-climate nexus the report provides tailored sub-regional insights into opportunities for policy actions and operational solutions to build back better with resilience. The ability to identify and address the unmet needs of those furthest behind within the new risk-scape is also considered here as is the fiscal cost of a resilience agenda for the region.
This report examines the state of resilience of the region vis-à-vis the Sustainable Development Goals and targets relating to disaster risk reduction. It highlights some of the tools and approaches for resilience-building focusing on those that could possibly offer transformative shifts to achieve those goals and targets. Finally it offers a reflection on the way forward for the region including specific regional action that could be prioritized to support efforts by countries to achieve resilience to disasters and the whole 2030 Agenda.
