Dhaka, Nov. 12 -- The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently joined with partners at COP27 to announce the ambition to mobilise more than $200 million from 2021 until 2025 to create water and sanitation resilience and security in Asia and the Pacific.

The Asia and the Pacific Water Resilience Initiative, also known as RUWR: ARe yoU Water Resilient?, is a wide-ranging programme aiming to build capacity and resources for innovative solutions to mainstream resilience by addressing gaps, needs, and opportunities at the local level.

It is part of ADB's commitment to scale up financing for climate change adaptation, according to an ADB statement.

Building on the mobilisation of more than $80 million in 2021-2022, ADB recently welcomed new sup...