Environment Thematic Group | ADB Knowledge Events

Integrates environmental sustainability into projects, country strategies, and sectors assessments; promotes eco-friendly design of infrastructure and scaling up of investments in natural capital, and ecosystem-based climate adaptation, supports initiatives to strengthen environmental management in DMCs and promote green businesses and address regional environmental concerns.

Offers courses on environmental sustainability, focusing on promoting sustainable infrastructure, investing in natural capital, strengthening environmental governance and management capacity, and responding to climate change.

Contact: Marie Antoinette Virtucio, Group Coordinator

Title	Date	Focal Person
Philippines: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop	27 - 30 Jun 2023	Duncan Lang Karen Ochavo
Plastic Asset Circularity (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 21)	07 Dec 2023	James Baker Stephen Peters
Preserving biodiversity in the Philippines’ New Clark City Project	26 Jun 2019	Urban Sector Group Environment Thematic Group
Quantifying Plastic Pollution to Inform Evidence-based and Effective Interventions (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 20)	23 Nov 2023	James Baker
Regional Knowledge Sharing Event: Air Quality and Climate Benefits of Energy Policies	26 Jun 2023	Karma Yangzom
Research Assessment on the Attitudes and Motivations of Women in Waste: A Gender-responsive Approach on Addressing Plastic Pollution (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 13)	30 Mar 2023	James Baker Zonibel Woods
Resilient Atoll Nations in Productive Oceans	27 - 29 Aug 2019	Noelle O'Brien Bruce Dunn
RFI Inception Workshop	06 - 07 Dec 2021	Duncan Lang
Risk Transfer Mechanisms: Partnerships for Coral Reef Finance and Insurance in Asia and the Pacific	14 Nov 2023	Thomas Kessler Arun Abraham
Scaling the Circular Economy with Circular Platforms (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 18)	14 Sep 2023	James Baker
Smart Cities and Circular Economy: How Citizens Recycle and Reuse to Save the Planet (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 16)	22 Jun 2023	James Baker
Structured Decision Support for Natural Resource Management	09 May 2018	Water Sector Group
Sustainable Financing for Nature Positive Investments: Tools for Integrating Economic and Market-Based Instruments into Projects	15 Jul 2021 - 26 Aug 2021	Isao Endo
Thailand: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop	27 - 29 Nov 2023	Duncan Lang Karen Ochavo
The Challenges of Applying Circular Economy Principles to Food Waste and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Hong Kong, China (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 24)	07 Feb 2024	James Baker Sing (Terry) Cho