ICEM completed the Inception Mission for ADB’s Project Preparation of the Lao Resilient & Sustainable Urban Improvement Project (RSUIP), working with national and provincial partners to lay the groundwork for climate-resilient, inclusive urban investment in northern Lao PDR.

#BringingNatureBack

ICEM has just completed the Inception Mission for ADB’s Lao Resilient & Sustainable Urban Improvement Project (RSUIP), working with national and provincial partners to lay the groundwork for climate-resilient, inclusive urban investment in northern Lao PDR.
#UrbanResilience #LaoPDR #ICEM

ICEM’s field mission in northern Vietnam highlights the urgent need to strengthen monitoring, cooperation, and preparedness to reduce landslide risks in Vietnam’s mountain regions. A safer future depends on resilient communities. #InternationalMountainDay #BringNatureBack

🐟 ICEM completed and handed over the National Aquaculture & Environmental Control Database to Cambodia’s Fisheries Administration under the CaPFish Program.

A step toward sustainable aquaculture, improved data governance, and stronger food security!

#Cambodia #Aquaculture #ICEM #BringingNatureBack

Hue saw the world’s second-highest recorded 24-hour rainfall this October. Our work in the ADB Hue coastal resilience project shows how flooding and erosion risks move across the province, and how Nature-based Solutions can avoid shifting problems elsewhere. 🌊

#BringingNatureBack

At HUCE, ADB, ICEM & partners led a 3-day workshop on Nature-Based Solutions & WSUD that features hands-on demonstration, water quality testing, and brainstorming group work, showing how cities can work with nature to build climate resilience. 🌿

#NbS #WSUD #UrbanResilience #SustainableCities

New environmental monitoring sensors and portable water quality testing equipment at HUCE track how nature-based solutions improve water and climate conditions in the heart of Hanoi.

The system turns the campus into a climate lab.

#NbS #WaterMonitoring #HUCE #ICEM #BringingNatureBack

At HUCE, new Water-Sensitive Urban Design demonstration boxes show how nature can manage stormwater better than concrete.

Built by @ICEM & @ADB_HQ, they’re part of a push to make green infrastructure the norm for Southeast Asian cities.

#WUSD #NbS #GreenCities #HUCE #ICEM #BringingNatureBack

At HUCE, a 1970s classroom block is becoming a living lab for climate-resilient cities.

With support from ADB, the new NbS Training Hub shows how education and water-sensitive urban design can work hand-in-hand to cool, green, and future-proof cities.

#GreenCities #HUCE #ICEM #bringingnatureback

🌾 Celebrating International Day of Rural Women with ICEM!
This year’s theme, “Rural Women Cultivating Good Food for All,” reminds us that rural women are not just growing food — they’re growing resilience, equity, and sustainable futures. 💚

ICEM’s safeguards mission in Lao PDR: visiting sites, meeting communities, listening to local priorities for responsible ecotourism that protects forests and livelihoods.

Learn more about the project
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#ICEM #LaoPDR

PAD III partners met HE Dr. Eang Sophalleth, Minister of the MoE of Cambodia, other senior officials, and the NCDD Secretariat to advance protected area and climate goals.

A GCF project at Kulen and Angkor Wat is moving forward—supported by the Australian Government.

#MekongAustraliaPartnership

ICEM helped lead a Climate Risk Assessment (CRA) workshop in Odisha with GIZ, Wetlands International South Asia & the MoEFCC. ~50 experts used real data & visited Chilika Lagoon to advance climate-smart wetland planning. CRA is now core to India’s wetland management.

#Wetlands #ClimateResilience

Construction is underway! 🏗️ We’re turning an unused wing at the Hanoi University of Civil Engineering into a hub for nature-based solutions, supporting student innovation and sustainable futures. 🌱

More on the project here: icem.com.au/portfolio-it...
#NBS #Vietnam #GreenInfrastructure #WSUD

🌿 In July 2023, 30 HUCE students took on the challenge of redesigning a flood- & heat-prone campus site with nature-based solutions. Supported by ADB & GEF, guided by ICEM & HUCE, their work shows the power of youth in climate resilience. Report out now!

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#GreenDesign #ICEM #NbS

Urban resilience in action 🌆🌿

ICEM is in Jakarta this week training urban planners to design safer, greener cities. From data collection and risk mapping to developing a resilient spatial plan concept, we’re advancing climate-smart planning for a resilient future.

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#UrbanPlanning

Southeast Asia is heating up — and these stripes show it.

Each stripe = one year of average temperature.
Blue = cooler past.
Red = warmer now.

ICEM works across the region to help communities and ecosystems adapt.

Explore warming trends at showyourstripes.info

#ShowYourStripes #ClimateChange

This Biodiversity Day, we're releasing four technical papers from our experts that illustrate how nature is more than greenery—it is infrastructure for climate adaptation and mitigation, public health and community wellbeing, and flood and drought management.

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Last week, 140+ experts met in Bangkok for the RUCaS Nature-based Solutions (NbS) in Urban Contexts Conference, co-hosted by ICEM. Panels, workshops, and site visits sparked discussion on funding, scaling, and inclusion of NbS for urban resilience. Huge thanks to our partners for making it happen!