Resilient Asia Program
The Resilient Asia Program (RAP) is building climate resilience in South Asia by improving policies, planning and investments. It supports air quality management, builds resilience to extreme heat, conserves ecosystems, promotes green development and improves coordination on early warning systems among countries in South Asia.
Through its regional approach, RAP recognises that climate change is a shared concern in South Asia, where countries are linked by common rivers, ecosystems and weather patterns. The programme is responding to an urgent need for transformative action that cuts across borders and sectors in a region where millions of people are severely impacted by climate change.
The RAP’s initial focus is on Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka, but is expected to expand to parts of the wider Indo-Pacific.
Implemented by the World Bank, the Resilient Asia Program is:
- Generating knowledge to advance our understanding of climate change impacts and shaping effective responses.
- Strengthening capacity to design and implement policies that build climate resilience and protect biodiversity.
- Promoting regional cooperation on transboundary climate, environmental and water resources.
- Catalysing climate investments that enable governments to develop and sustain high-impact climate action plans.
9
projects
6
countries
Projects
South Asia Resilience Knowledge Initiative
Regional
Green Resilient Development in South Asia
Regional
Resilient Development of Himalayas
Regional
South Asia Regional Platform for Ecological Resilience
Regional
Sundarbans–Sustainably Harnessing Ocean Resources and Economy
Bangladesh
Supporting water resources management dialogue across the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta
Regional
Strengthening Hydromet and Early Warning Services
Regional
Advancing Regional Air Quality Management in the Indo-Gangetic Plain and Himalayan Foothills
India
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