Publications Search

Highland communities are facing numerous challenges that heighten their susceptibility to climate change, particularly because of rapid alterations in land use and land cover, which in turn affect local ecosystems. In the absence of non-governmental organizations and other non-state entities, local governments assume a crucial role in enhancing...

The knowledge product “Vulnerability of Highland Agriculture: Current and Future Climate Change Scenarios – Insights from Nan Province, Thailand” assesses how climate change is affecting smallholder highland farming systems in northern Thailand, with a detailed case study from Bua Yai subdistrict in Nan Province. Using climate projections, crop...

Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment in Highlands – A Guidance Manual (Knowledge Product 3 under ADB TA-9993 THA) provides a practical, step-by-step framework for designing and implementing climate change vulnerability assessments (VA) tailored specifically to highland contexts. Grounded in field testing in Thailand’s highlands, the manual...

While food security is conventionally defined by four pillars—availability, access, utilisation, and stability—this apolitical framing overlooks underlying economic and political processes shaping food insecurity and constraining the agency of food producers. In doing so, it also overlooks the structural threats to human security. Considering the...

Toward a Sustainable and Equitable Future for Our Planet

Agrivoltaics, which combines the use of land for both agriculture and photovoltaic energy production, is emerging as a promising solution to the land use conflicts between farming and renewable energy. By simul[1]taneously boosting crop yields, enhancing solar panel efficiency and revitalising rural incomes, agrivoltaics is attracting farmers and...

025年7月19日、中国は雅魯藏布江（ヤルツァンポ川）下流における超大型水力発電プロジェクトの事業主体となる「中国雅江集団有限公司」を正式に設立した。国務院国有資産監督管理委員会（SASAC）管轄下の中央企業として第22位に登録されたこの新会社は、中国のエネルギー安全保障と気候変動対策における野心的な取り組みの象徴といえる。本プロジェクトは、第14次5カ年計画（2021-2025年）に明記された国家重点事業として位置づけられている。構想段階ではあるが、その規模は前例のないものだ。総投資額は1兆元を超えると推測され、これは三峡ダムの約5倍に相当する。発電能力は最大6,000万kW（60GW）、年間発電量3,000億kWhのポテンシャルを持つとされ、実現すれば三峡ダムの3倍の規模となる。

Microplastic pollution poses a significant threat to marine ecosystems, with land-based activities being the primary source. Wastewater treatment plants (STPs) and river systems act as key pathways, concentrating and transporting these plastics from urban areas to the sea. This presentation establishes a direct link between these sources and their...

Microplastic pollution poses a significant threat to marine ecosystems, with land-based activities being the primary source. Wastewater treatment plants (STPs) and river systems act as key pathways, concentrating and transporting these plastics from urban areas to the sea. This presentation establishes a direct link between these sources and their...

The widespread issue of plastic pollution is increasingly affecting human health, with growing evidence of exposure, particularly in regions such as ASEAN, which are rich in aquatic resources. Microplastics and nanoplastics contaminate water bodies and are ingested by aquatic organisms. Given the high consumption of seafood in the region, humans...