Climate Risk Country Profile : Lao PDR
Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is endowed with abundant natural resources, such as water, forests, minerals, and biodiversity. This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Lao PDR. This includes rapid onset and long...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC and Asian Development Bank, Manila
2021
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/undefined/960971632462388786/Lao-People-s-Democratic-Republic-PDR-Climate-Risk-Country-Profile http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36366 |
| Summary: | Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR)
is endowed with abundant natural resources, such as water,
forests, minerals, and biodiversity. This document aims to
succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Lao PDR.
This includes rapid onset and long-term changes in key
climate parameters, as well as impacts of these changes on
communities, livelihoods, and economies, many of which are
already underway. This is a high-level synthesis of existing
research and analyses, focusing on the geographic domain of
Lao PDR, therefore potentially excluding some international
influences and localized impacts. The core data presented is
sourced from the database sitting behind the World Bank
Group’s (WBG) climate change knowledge portal (CCKP),
incorporating climate projections from the Coupled Model
Inter-comparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). This document is
primarily meant for WBG and Asian Development Bank (ADB)
staff to inform their climate actions and to direct them to
many useful sources of secondary data and research. |
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