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Indonesia has a total estimated population of more than 250 million people, of which 52% live in urban areas. Overall access to improved sanitation in Indonesia has increased remarkably over the past 25 years. Indonesia has a commitment in the MDG declaration to meet the achievement of 62.41% to improve sanitation by 2015, but the actual improved...

Alongside the accelerated growth in populations and urbanisation in Asia are the growing problems of road traffic, solid waste,s and air and water pollution. Torrential rains, flooding, landslides and droughts are intensifying, all of which are considered impacts of global warming. Present estimates show that cities count for more than 70% of...

This report provides an overview of the interim progress of implementing the ASEAN ESC Model Cities Year 3 (2016/17), commissioned by the ASEAN Secretariat and the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). Since 2010, BRC and KUC have been at the forefront of promoting innovative ‘bottom-up’ actions by cities, through two initiatives (implemented...

The High-Level Seminar (HLS) on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (ESC) is organised annually to gather influential East and Southeast Asia policymakers, experts and practitioners working on clean, green and sustainable cities. Since 2010, senior officials from the region’s environmental and urban line ministries, city authorities and development...

Earth-observation system can help both Indonesia & Malaysia and Japan contribute to archive SDG Goal 15: Sustainable forest management through responsible timber production and trading

The purpose of this report is to take a stock of the existing situation in terms of drought risk reduction in ASEAN countries. The information presented in this report is primarily drawn from the interviews and field visits conducted by the JICA team and is partially strengthened from the literature. Overall, ASEAN countries show considerable...

This is the summary of the country drought risk reduction assessment done as a part of the JICA-ASEAN project on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into institutional and policy processes (CN 20). Drought in Cambodia is very much intertwined with the developmental state of the country and governance and finance...

Although drought is not on top priority, El Nino and other localized drought events are warning signs for strengthening drought risk reduction in Indonesia. Drought risk reduction in Indonesia can be improved both at the macro and micro level. At the micro-level, even though the microfinance has been growing rapidly, it needs improvements in areas...

This is the summary of the country drought risk reduction assessment done as a part of the JICA-ASEAN project on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into institutional and policy processes (CN 20). Drought risk reduction planning in Vietnam is centralized and even inter-provincial planning is not done locally; one of...

This is the summary of the country drought risk reduction assessment done as a part of the JICA-ASEAN project on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into institutional and policy processes (CN 20). The Philippines has made significant progress in understanding the El Nino and transferring the weather information to...