Spotlight
Case Studies on Circular Economy Biz Model: Mechanisms, Opportunities and...
Implementing a Green Recovery in Southeast Asia
As countries begin to recover from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, policy makers must decide what type...
ADBI Featured Speaker Webinar: Yale University’s Rohini Pande - When the...
Reimagining the Future of Transport across Asia and the Pacific
via Zoom
Rapid population growth, aging population, climate change,...
Biochar as a Circular Solution for Sustainable Agriculture and Poverty...
Asia is home to an estimated 350 million smallholder farmers, who produce around 80% of the food consumed in the...
Sponge City Green Infrastructure: Nature-based Solutions for Climate...
Building Resilience with Social Protection in Time of Crisis
Does varying the delivery of social protection and poverty reduction interventions entail a trade-off between cost...
ADB Data Room: Circular Economy
A Circular Economy is a systemic approach to decouple...
Use of Geospatial Tools and Analysis for Remote Monitoring of Projects and...
Major Events
The 17th ACEF 2022 shared and explored proven and new ideas on policy, technology, and Paris-aligned financing to accelerate the low-carbon energy transition in Asia and the Pacific, which...
Background
The past two years since the previous Asia and the Pacific Transport Forum have seen an unprecedented change in how the globe understands transport and...
The pandemic has had a deep and profound impact throughout Southeast Asia. Many of the region’s hard-won gains in reducing poverty, creating jobs, and enhancing health and well-...
Empowering women to participate fully in economic and social life is essential to building strong economies, establishing stable and just societies, and improving the quality of life for men,...
Recent Events
ADB’s South Asia Department (SARD) has recently developed a gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) framework with accompanying guidance notes to assist SARD's GESI teams, sector divisions,...
Professor Ikegami Yasuyuki, Institute of Ocean Energy, Saga University, Japan, and Benjamin Martin, Xenesys Inc., will present the integrated Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion solution based on...
While the sustainable bond market in ASEAN has grown significantly in recent years, it still accounts for less than 2% of the total outstanding bond market. A panel of experts discussed options for...
Thousands of tons of plastic waste are polluting Thailand’s canals, rivers, and seas every year. The TerraCycle Global Foundation collects and recycles that waste before it reaches and gets...