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Overview of Risk and Resilience in Asia Pacific

Hazard Hotspots
Examine the data on hazard exposure and assess the impacts and vulnerabilities for these hazards to develop crisis management and risk mitigation plans helping in hazard preparedness.
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Economic Impact
A tool providing an overview of direct economic losses relative to global and gross domestic product as a result of hazards and natural disasters over the years across various regions in Asia-Pacific.
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Adaptation Cost and Priorities
Access the graphs and information on cost and priorities of climate adaptation in different Asia-Pacific subregions in order to strengthen resilience, warning systems and preparedness mechanisms.
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Decision Support System

Explore sub-national data in some target countries for evidence-based policy making.
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Country Analysis

Data Explorer
Access the data exploration tools and information to stay updated on the hazards and its impacts across various regions in Asia Pacific.
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Policy Search and Policy Matrix
Use smart search function to quickly locate policy information on disaster risk reduction and climate action priorities and targets.
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Country Profile
Find key data and information on the disaster-climate-health nexus and sustainable development for different Asia-Pacific countries.
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About the Risk and Resilience Portal

Why create the Risk and Resilience Portal?
The Risk and Resilience Portal, under the Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Network, has been established to deepen policymakers' understanding of cascading risks from the disaster-climate-health nexus, provide evidence based analytics to strengthen regional cooperation frameworks to conduct and produce actionable risk assessments, and strengthen capacity of multiple sectoral ministries to develop risk informed planning and budgeting.
What can you find in the Risk and Resilience portal?
The portal will answer four key questions on the emerging disaster-climate-health riskscape. Where are the risk hotspots of cascading hazards. What are the current and future economic losses from cascading hazards. How much will it cost countries, the subregions, and the region to adapt to the new riskscape. What are the adaptation priorities for countries, sub-regions and the region.
What is the Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Network?
Disasters disproportionately impact poor and marginalized groups and limit the ability of economic growth to eradicate poverty and reduce inequality. ESCAP’s flagship report on disaster risk reduction, the Asia-Pacific Disaster Report continues to present empirical evidence that many high-risk countries may not be able achieve multiple sustainable development goals by 2030 if disaster risks are not mitigated. The convergence of natural and biological hazards (as demonstrated by the impacts of COVID-19) have expanded the disaster riskscape of the Asia Pacific region. This riskscape is further intensified by the impacts of climate change. To address the disaster-climate-health riskscape and the ensuing cascading risks on SDG progress, Governments need to adopt strategies that move beyond the traditional focus on a hazard-by-hazard approach to a multi-hazard approach. Led by ESCAP and implemented in collaboration with various partners, the Asia Pacific Disaster Resilience Portal aims to strengthen the capacity of countries in Asia and the Pacific to mitigate the impacts of cascading risks on the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Methodology

The methodology consists of 3 parts:

1) Exposure in hazard hotspots
Calculations and mapping based on global spatial datasets on natural and biological hazards, health-related indicator, and socio-economic vulnerability, and critical infrastructure such as health facilities, energy and transport infrastructure.
2) Economic impact
Calculations based on probabilistic impact of population exposure to natural and biological hazards under current scenarios, future climate change scenarios; combined with health care spending data.
3) Adaptation cost and priorities
Calculations based on proxy to 5 adaptation measures, and the above-mentioned calculations.
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Decision Support System

An information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities, provided by UN.

Hazards Hotspots

Explore the location of multiple hazard hotspots and investigate the exposure and vulnerability of populations and infrastructure sectors

Economic Impact

Cost of natural hazard-induced disasters to the global economy

Adaptation & Priorities

Climate adaptation cost and priorities of climate adaptation in the subregions

Country Analysis

Explore data and access policy information on Asia-Pacific economies using interactive charts and smart filtering. Customize your comparisons using indicator and country selection to get meaningful insights.
Hazard Hotspots
Examine the hazard vulnerability using risk scenarios and historical data analysis for selected natural hazards.
  • Climate-related and biological multi-hazard
  • Drought
  • Flood
  • Heatwave
  • Cyclone
  • Earthquake and Tsunami
Economic Impact
Cost of natural hazard-induced disasters to the global economy
  • Regional Economic Impact
  • East and North-East Asia
  • North and Central Asia
  • Pacific
  • South-East Asia
  • South and South-West Asia
  • Pacific Small Island Developing States
  • Subregional organization
  • Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
  • Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Decision Support System
An information system that supports business and organizational decision-making activities, provided by UN.
  • Overview
Adaptation Cost & Priorities
Climate adaptation cost and priorities of climate adaptation in the subregions
  • Regional Overview
  • East and North-East Asia
  • North and Central Asia
  • Pacific
  • South-East Asia
  • South and South-West Asia
  • Pacific Small Island Developing States
  • Subregional organization
  • Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
  • Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
Country Analysis
Explore data and access policy information on Asia-Pacific economies using interactive charts and smart filtering. Customize your comparisons using indicator and country selection to get meaningful insights.
  • Overview
  • Data Explorer
  • Policy Search
  • Country Profiles
  • Methodology
Regional Cooperation for Transboundary Hazard
  • Aral Sea