Episode 13
The Climate Emergency: A Call for Action at COP27
28 October 2022
Climate change is the critical issue of our lifetime and the past 12 months have rammed home that fact. In Asia and the Pacific, hundreds of millions of people have been impacted by large-scale flooding, drought, typhoons, and cyclones.
The Asia and Pacific is home to some of the biggest cities in the world. Urban areas have been major drivers of economic growth, but they’ve also been major drivers of the region’s growing carbon footprint.
The spread of COVID-19 caused dramatic upheaval to the economic and health systems of Asia and the Pacific. Now, new research by ADB has analyzed the impact on the region’s education systems, too.
With urgent action needed on climate change, International Trade Union Confederation General Secretary Sharan Burrow discusses why a just transition needs to happen and how it can help propel gender equality and labor rights.
