Manila Standard Today: The Asian Development Bank has listed Manila among the Asian cities that are vulnerable to flooding due to climate change. “Some 1.2 billion people could experience freshwater shortages by 2020, while crop yields in Central and South Asia could drop by half between now and 2050. Asia’s major coastal cities, including Bangkok, Jakarta, Karachi, Manila, Mumbai, and Shanghai are vulnerable to flooding,” the bank said, during a seminar yesterday. The Presidential Task Force on …