More: AsiaPacific
Tonga eruption: a reminder of the cascading risks and vulnerabilities of SIDS
On January 14, 2022, the South Pacific experienced the incredible force of the submarine volcano Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai. The plume reached 30 kilometers into...
Implications of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism for Commonwealth members
Authors: Yann Duval, Salamat Ali, Brendan Vickers, Alexey Kravchenko
In July 2021, the European Commission (EC) announced a proposal to implement a Carbon Border Adjustment...
Youth, Women Among Most Vulnerable to Job Loss in Southeast Asia During COVID-19
Southeast Asia’s youth and women bore the brunt of job losses during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, according to an Asian Development Bank (ADB)...
A new transport agenda to carry Asia and the Pacific towards sustainable development
Transport ministers from across Asia and the Pacific are meeting this week to consider a potentially transformational agenda for how people and goods are...
U.S.- China Strategic Competition in The East Asia
East Asia has been the most dynamic region where development has been internationally recognized. The regional politics of the region has developed a paradox...
Inflation Concerns Push Up Emerging East Asia Bond Yields
Emerging East Asia’s bond market grew 3.4% in the third quarter to $21.7 trillion, although rising global inflation and a shift in the United...
Push for civil registration set to hit key milestone in Asian and Pacific countries
Authors: Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana and Gillian Triggs*
Most countries in the Asia-Pacific region are on track to reach universal birth registration by 2030: an incredible...
Quantifying the environmental benefits from paperless trade facilitation
Authors: Yann Duval, Simon Hardy, Celine Bacrot*
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region continue to make progress in digitalizing trade procedures. When these procedures are digital,...
Strengthening resilience and raising climate ambition key for Asia-Pacific countries at COP26
A person in the Asia-Pacific region is four times more at risk of natural hazards than a person in Africa and sixteen times more...
Climate change increasing threats in southwest Pacific
From rising sea temperatures, to deadly and devastating storms and floods, climate change is increasing threats in the southwest Pacific, the World Meteorological Organization...