Strengthening resilience of the road and drainage network in Nepal's secondary cities Client: The World Bank (WB) | Partners: GEOCE Consultants | Duration: November 2021 – [...]
Strengthening Capacity on Disaster Risk Assessment, Reduction and Transfer Instruments in Mongolia
ICEM Environmental Management2020-11-25T18:01:23+07:00Strengthening Capacity on Disaster Risk Assessment, Reduction and Transfer Instruments in Mongolia Partner: PwC India and EnvironLLC Mongolia | Donor: Funded by the Japan [...]
Cambodia Mekong Delta Digital Atlas (CAM-MeDiA)
ICEM Environmental Management2020-12-23T15:41:37+07:00Cambodia Mekong Delta Digital Atlas (CAM-MeDiA) Donor: World Bank | Duration: 2020 | Location: Cambodia About: ICEM is enhancing the planning [...]
Mekong River Commission – Joint Project on Flood and Drought Management
ICEM Environmental Management2023-03-21T15:37:14+07:00Mekong River Commission – Joint Project on Flood and Drought Management Donor: GIZ | Partners: Consultants of Technology Co., Ltd. (COT) and [...]
Technical Assessments on Value Driven Agricultural Resilience to Climate Change
ICEM Environmental Management2021-05-24T12:27:38+07:00Technical Assessments on Value Driven Agricultural Resilience to Climate Change About: Market driven approaches can provide an important route for strengthening resilience to climate [...]
Implementing Innovative Approaches for Water Governance in Mongolia
ICEM Environmental Management2020-12-23T16:29:42+07:00Implementing innovative approaches for water governance Donor/Partner: Funded by Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and administered by the Asian Development Bank | Duration: 2018-2019 [...]
Coastal Multi-Hazard Mapping, Vulnerability & Risk Assessments and Investment Framework for Coastal Interventions in Vietnam
ICEM Environmental Management2020-03-24T17:30:38+07:00Development of Coastal Multi-Hazard Mapping, Vulnerability & Risk Assessments and Investment Framework for Coastal Interventions Coastal Communities in Vietnam Donor: World Bank | [...]
Strengthening Early Warning, Resilient Agriculture and Rural Development in Myanmar
ICEM Environmental Management2020-12-23T16:26:32+07:00Strengthening Early Warning, Resilient Agriculture and Rural Development Donor/Partner: Funded by the Government of Canada and administered by the Asian Development Bank | [...]
Climate and Natural Disasters Resilience Project in Bac Kan Province
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:01+07:00Climate and Natural Disasters Resilience Project in Bac Kan Province Donor/Partner: AREP/AFD | Duration: 2018 | Location: Vietnam About: Bac Kan city [...]
Geohazard Risk Management and Resilient Road Asset Management in Nepal
ICEM Environmental Management2020-12-23T15:47:20+07:00Geohazard risk management and resilient road asset management in Nepal Donor/Partner: World Bank | Duration: 2018-2019 | Location: Nepal About: In many [...]
Natural solutions to erosion control in Viet Nam – Case Studies from the Northern Mountainous Region
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:04+07:00Natural Solutions to Erosion Control in Viet Nam - Case Studies from the Northern Mountainous Region The impact of natural events such as floods, [...]
Promoting Climate Resilient Rural Infrastructure in Northern Viet Nam – Report Series
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:04+07:00Promoting Climate Resilient Rural Infrastructure in Northern Viet Nam - Report Series The Asian Development Bank (ADB) Capacity Development Technical Assistance project Promoting Climate Resilient [...]
Basin-wide Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Socio-economic Vulnerability in the Lower Mekong Basin
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:05+07:00Basin-wide Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Socio-economic Vulnerability in the Lower Mekong Basin Donor/Partner: Mekong River Commission (MRC) | Duration: 2017 [...]
Building Climate Change Resilience in Asia’s Critical Infrastructure
ICEM Environmental Management2020-12-23T15:49:11+07:00Building Climate Change Resilience in Asia's Critical Infrastructure Donor/Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Duration: 2017-2020 | Location: South Asia and Southeast [...]
Strengthening Integrated Water Resource Planning and Management at River Basin Level
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:06+07:00Strengthening Integrated Water Resource Planning and Management at River Basin Level Donor/Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Duration: 2017-2018 | Location: Thailand [...]
Enhanced Use of Disaster Risk Information for Decision Making in Southeast Asia – Myanmar Component
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:07+07:00Enhanced Use of Disaster Risk Information for Decision Making in Southeast Asia - Myanmar Component Donor/Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Duration: 2017-2018 [...]
Enhanced Use of Disaster Risk Information for Decision Making in Southeast Asia – ASEAN Component
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:07+07:00Enhanced Use of Disaster Risk Information for Decision Making in Southeast Asia – ASEAN Component Donor: Supported by the Government of Canada through the [...]
Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI): Community Mapping for Can Tho, Vietnam
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:07+07:00Open Data for Resilience Initiative (OpenDRI): Community Mapping for Can Tho, Vietnam Donor: World Bank | Duration: 2017 | Location: Vietnam About: [...]
An overview of climate resilient rural infrastructure demonstration sites in Vietnam
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:08+07:00Climate Resilient Rural Infrastructure Demonstration Sites Northern Vietnam experiences some of the Greater Mekong Subregion’s most intense storms. With climate change, these storms may [...]
Cambodia Green Urban Development Program for GGGI
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:08+07:00In 2013, with the support of GGGI, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) approved a National Policy and Strategic Plan for Green Growth for the period 2013-2030. This plan aims to turn Cambodia into a green economy through the more effective use of natural resources, wider promotion of environmental sustainability, creating opportunities for green jobs and the adoption of green technologies, improving access to green finance and encouraging green investment.
POSTER: Community Based River Health Monitoring Poster Series
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:09+07:00This poster presentation was developed as part of the Myanmar Healthy Rivers Initiative, and displayed at the 2016 Greater Mekong Forum on Water, Food and [...]
Income for Coastal Communities for Mangrove Protection
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:10+07:00Income for Coastal Communities for Mangrove Protection Donor: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) | Duration: 2015-2016 | Location: Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam [...]
Second GMS Corridor Towns Development Project: Integrated Disaster Risk Management
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:11+07:00Many towns and cities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) are facing increased vulnerability and exposure due to climate extremes combined with rapid and unplanned expansion of urban population and infrastructure. These towns are susceptible to flooding, drought, storms and other natural hazards, which are likely to become more frequent and more severe with climate change. This will negatively affect human settlements and economic activities in the region.
Feasibility Study and Capacity Development for Strengthening Disaster Risk Management and Rural Resilience in Cambodia
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:12+07:00Feasibility Study and Capacity Development for Strengthening Disaster Risk Management and Rural Resilience in Cambodia Donor / Partner: World Bank (WB) | Duration: 2016-2017 | Location: Cambodia [...]
Interactive Map of Soils and Biochar Suitability in GMS
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:12+07:00ICEM developed this interactive map of soil types and biochar suitability as part of the ADB-funded Biochar Assessment and Soil Mapping Study. The map allows users [...]
Mekong ARCC Climate Change Maps
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:13+07:00Much of ICEM's work on the Mekong ARCC project hinged on climate modelling and maps created by ICEM's GIS team. These maps covered temperature and [...]
Bringing Nature Back
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:13+07:00Bringing Nature Back The Mekong region faces some of the world's most damaging weather-related disasters. Storms, floods, and drought visit the region every year. Climate change stands to [...]
Strategic Mainstreaming of Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Vietnam
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:14+07:00Strategic Mainstreaming of Ecosystem-based Adaptation in Vietnam Donor / Partner: GIZ | Duration: 2015-2016 | Location: Viet Nam About: Vietnam is a biodiversity [...]
Viet Nam Urban Green Growth Action Project for GGGI
ICEM Environmental Management2020-02-25T12:35:55+07:00About: Urban areas are recognised internationally as a critical component for realising green growth. Cities concentrate environmental issues from air and water pollution, solid waste and GHG emissions, and frequently face challenges posed by poor drainage, sanitation and flood control. Moreover, providing urban services and infrastructure offers opportunities to reduce the environmental impact of provision while increasing resilience and addressing social and economic development needs.
POSTER: Building Resilience and Sustainability in the Mekong Poster Series
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:14+07:00These information posters were developed as part of the Bioengineering and Green Infrastructure Session delivered at the 2015 Mekong Forum on Water, Food, and Energy [...]
Lao PDR Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments for Rural Infrastructure
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:15+07:00Lao PDR is among the least developed countries in the world and, according to IPPC findings, is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Because of the region's high poverty rates and low development progress, livelihoods that are already affected by the impacts of existing climate variability become highly sensitive to climate change.
Resource Kit for Building Resilience and Sustainability in Mekong Towns
ICEM Environmental Management2020-10-30T18:12:39+07:00Natural systems are the essential foundation for Mekong town development and rehabilitation. The Resource Kit for Building Resilience and Sustainability in Mekong Towns is a seven-volume kit that promotes the maintenance and use of natural systems as a key strategy for building sustainability and resilience in urban areas. Prepared for the Asian Development Bank by ICEM as part of the award-winning TA 8186, the resource kit is built on the experience and expertise of a wide variety of professionals from the Mekong region and abroad.
Mainstreaming Climate Resilience into Development Planning
ICEM Environmental Management2022-10-12T10:37:03+07:00About: Action to tackle climate change in Cambodia is crucial. Cambodia will be a hotspot for climate change in the region. Average maximum daily temperatures in the wet season are projected to increase from between 1.7 to 5.3°C. Average dry season temperatures will also increase with a range of between 1.5 to 3.5°C. Trends in precipitation are also expected to change over the coming decades. Seasonal variability in rainfall patterns will grow, resulting in wetter wet seasons and drier dry seasons.
Biochar Assessment and Soil Mapping Study
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:19+07:00About: Biochar provides an innovative solution for GMS gender-responsive and climate-friendly agriculture. Biochar is the carbon rich product produced when biomass such as such as wood, manure or leaves, is heated with little or no available oxygen. It is added to soils to improve soil functions and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from biomass. Using biomass to produce biochar can release much less smoke that open burning by conventional practices that would otherwise naturally degrade to greenhouse gases.
DELTA (Developing Long Term Adaptation) Tools for the Mekong Delta
ICEM Environmental Management2020-12-23T15:54:41+07:00About: The Mekong Basin with its complex monsoon climate is highly exposed to climate change. Average annual temperatures are expected to increase by 3-5°C by mid-century with average wet season precipitation increasing by 3-14% (USAID, 2013). For the floodplain areas of Cambodia and Viet Nam, increases in wet precipitation will be coupled with increased peak daily precipitation events and drier dry seasons, compounding water availability issues by making wet seasons wetter and dry seasons drier (USAID, 2013).
Nepal Readiness for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation (REDD+)
ICEM Environmental Management2020-01-10T15:22:22+07:00About: Nepalese people are highly dependent on forests and forest products to fulfill energy demands and for timber for construction and maintenance of houses and buildings. The main reasons for the conversion of forest areas are encroachment for resettlement/agriculture, and acquisition of forest area for infrastructure development including road expansion.
Climate Resilience in Cities in the GMS
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:27+07:00About: Rapid urbanization is taking place in South East Asia, with cities in the region expanding five times faster than those in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Urban growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in the next 50-100 years is expected to be primarily experienced in small and medium-sized cities and peri-urban areas along existing and new growth corridors. Many of these areas are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool to improve climate change adaptation in the Greater Mekong Subregion Brief
ICEM Environmental Management2015-02-06T17:57:16+07:00> View and download the Strategic Environmental Assessment as a tool to improve climate change adaptation in the Greater Mekong Subregion Brief The Greater Mekong [...]
Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC)
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:30+07:00About: The Mekong River Basin faces a grave threat from climate change. Communities and governments must work together to develop and promulgate adaptation strategies that preserve the lives and livelihoods of some 60 million people. ICEM is working with DAI and SEA START as part of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Mekong Adaptation and Resilience to Climate Change (ARCC) project to generate new data, new approaches and to spur adaptive change in the Mekong River Basin.
Mainstreaming Climate Change Risk Management in Development in Nepal
Nga Nguyen2020-02-25T12:22:54+07:00About: The Government of Nepals (GoN’s) National Adaptation Programme of Action for Climate Change (NAPA) outlines 43 adaptation measures grouped into nine priority areas or ‘profiles’. Stemming from the NAPA, a Strategic Program for Climate Resilience (SPCR) has been developed focusing on long-term interventions aimed at enhancing climate resilience in Nepal. Mainstreaming climate change risk management in development is a technical assessment component of the SPCR. The expected outcome is that the GoN’s infrastructure development programs, policies and projects incorporate safeguards to address the effects of climate change.
Promoting Climate Resilient Rural Infrastructure in Northern Vietnam
Nga Nguyen2020-08-13T14:07:24+07:00About: The objective of the project in northern Vietnam is to demonstrate effective bio-engineered solutions which, where possible, provide ‘win-win’ outcomes for resilience of rural infrastructure to climate risk and opportunities for community livelihood enhancement.
National Target Program on Climate Change – Focus on Energy and Transport – Vietnam
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:31+07:00Support for the National Target Program on Climate Change with a Focus on Energy and Transport Donor / Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) [...]
Strategic Environmental Assessment of the GMS North/South Economic Corridor
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:33+07:00Strategic Environmental Assessment of the GMS North/South Economic Corridor Donor / Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Duration: 2008-2009 | Location: Lao PDR About: The Greater Mekong [...]
SEA of the Vu Gia – Thu Bon River Basin Hydropower Plan
Nga Nguyen2020-03-30T16:28:56+07:00SEA of the Vu Gia - Thu Bon River Basin Hydropower Plan Donor / Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) / MOI / EVN / MONRE | Duration: 2006-2007 | [...]
Wetlands Climate Change Impact and Vulnerability Assessment
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:38+07:00Wetlands Climate Change Threat and Vulnerability Assessment Donor / Partner: Mekong River Commission | Duration: 2010-2012 | Location: Lao PDR, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam About: The purpose [...]
Mekong Delta Bridges Rapid Climate Change Threat and Vulnerability Assessment
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:39+07:00Mekong Delta Bridges Rapid Climate Change Threat and Vulnerability Assessment Donor / Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) | Duration: 2011-2012 | Location: Vietnam [...]
Rapid Assessment of the Extent and Impact of Sea Level Rise in Vietnam
Nga Nguyen2022-10-03T11:45:58+07:00Rapid Assessment of the Extent and Impact of Sea Level Rise in Vietnam Donor / Partner: | Duration: 2008 | Location: Vietnam About: [...]
Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation in Ho Chi Minh City
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:39+07:00Climate Change Impact Assessment and Adaptation in Ho Chi Minh City Donor / Partner: Asian Development Bank (ADB) / HCMC Peoples Committee | Duration: 2008-2009 [...]
MRC Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative (CCAI)
Nga Nguyen2020-01-10T15:22:41+07:00Climate Change Adaptation Initiative (CCAI) Donor / Partner: Mekong River Commission - Environment Program (MRCS-EP) | Duration: 2008- 2009 | Location: Lao PDR, Vietnam, [...]
Ensuring Sustainability of the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Power Development
Nga Nguyen2020-03-16T14:06:38+07:00Ensuring Sustainability of the Greater Mekong Subregion Regional Power Development Donor/Partner: Asian Development Bank | Duration: 2012-2013 | Location: Mekong region; Cambodia, [...]