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The second edition of Digitalizing H¡O showcases transformative stories and case studies–examples that highlight the power of digitalization in revolutionizing water infrastructure and service delivery. By equipping water operators with advanced tools and fostering knowledge exchange, we empower them to make data-driven decisions, optimize resources, and enhance resilience.

Gadfly petrels are among the widest-ranging birds and inhabit oceanic regions beyond the legislative protection of national jurisdictions (the High Seas). Detailed information on breeding phenology, at-sea distributions, and habitat requirements is crucial for understanding threats and designing conservation measures for this highly threatened group.

Regional organisations ply a central role in coordinating regional climate change adaptation responses across small island developing states (SIDS), 58 countries that are particularly vulnerable to climate change and its impacts. The effectiveness of these organisations in coordinating adaptation efforts is underexplored in the academic literature, and this paper helps to fill the gap. By developing the Framework for Assessing Regional Organisations Coordinating Climate Change Adaptation, it qualitatively assesses the adaptation-related inputs, projects/programs and outputs of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme

The negative impacts of climate change are already being felt throughout the Asia and Pacific region. As result, severe effects are expected on societies and economic systems, on the built environment and on the environment throughout the region.

Tropical cyclones (TCs) as a natural hazard pose a major threat and risk to the human population globally. This threat is expected to increase in a warming climate as the frequency of severe TCs in expected to increase.

The subtropical oceanic gyre in the North Pacific Ocean is currently covered with tens of thousands of tonnes of floating plastic debris, dispersed over millions of square kilometres. A large fraction is composed of fishing nets and ropes while the rest is mostly composed of hard plastic-objects and fragments, sometimes carrying evidence on their origin.

Seasonal climate forecasts play a critical role in building climate-resilience society in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that are highly exposed to high-impact climate event. To assist the PICs National Meteorological Hydrological Services in generating reliable national climate outlooks we developed a Hybrid seasonal prediction system, the Pacific Island Countries Advanced Seasonal outlook (PICASO).

NDC advance is a dedicated technical assistance platform established by the Asian Development (ADB) to help its developing member countries (DMC's) mobilize finance, build capacity, and provide knowledge and other support needed to implement their nationally determined contributions (NDC's). It is being implemented through three separate but strategically linked subprojects

The shared approach recognizes and addresses significant challenges that are endemic to the Pacific. These include: remoteness and isolation, small populations prevalence and diversity of traditional social practices and economies, limited administrative and technical capacity, frequency and severity of natural disasters and vulnerability to climate change.

For the Pacific islands, communtiy-based adaptation activities are crucial and yet it remains uncertain whether they are effectively promoting long-term adaptive capacity.