Asia-Pacific Disaster Report – serie

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.

Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2025 offers a comprehensive and timely analysis of the growing threat if extreme heat in the Asia-Pacific region. With climate change intensifying the frequency and severity of heat-related hazards, the report presents critical insights into the multi-dimensional impacts of extreme heat on lives, livelihoods, infrastructure, and ecosystems. It provides practical, science-based solutions and regional cooperation strategies to build resilience in one of the world's most climate-vulnerable regions. Designed for policymakers, disaster risk and climate adaptation professionals, development agencies, researchers, and regional planners, APDR 2025 transforms cutting-edges science into actionable policy recommendations. It makes a significant contribution to the global conversation on climate resilience by calling for integrated, inclusive, and forward-looking responses to extreme heat and increasingly urgent challenge for sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific.