Schoolgirls wade through floodwaters in Pampanga, north of the Philippine capital of Manila, in October last year. Climate-related disasters wreck livelihoods and often force poor parents to take children out of school, entrenching poverty. Photo: AFP
Opinion
Opinion
Eye on Asia
Climate disaster help urgently needed for Asia-Pacific’s poor and vulnerable communities
- The region suffers from more intense and frequent climate-related flooding, heatwaves and cyclones, leaving the poorest bearing the brunt of it
- The Climate Action Summit can help to build disaster resilience, or decades of poverty reduction and developmental gains will be lost
Schoolgirls wade through floodwaters in Pampanga, north of the Philippine capital of Manila, in October last year. Climate-related disasters wreck livelihoods and often force poor parents to take children out of school, entrenching poverty. Photo: AFP