Spotlight
Waterless Flush Toilet for Rapidly Growing Urban Centers
Loowatt COO Mary Roach and business development manager Ursula Braun discussed the company's patented flush toilet...
High-Level Roundtable on Asian Cities: Fostering Growth and Inclusion
Urbanization is widely believed to be an engine of growth. Cities host dynamic firms and create productive jobs,...
Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2019 Update
ADB launched the Asian Development Outlook 2019 Update: Fostering Growth and Inclusion in Asia's Cities, an update...
Indonesian Urban Sanitation Group Meeting
The objective of the Urban Sanitation Joint Government/Partners Group meeting is to share experiences and lessons...
2nd International Forum on Low Carbon Development for Cities: Acting...
More than half of the world’s population today live in cities, and 80 percent of the world’s energy is consumed here...
Toward the Low-Carbon City - Integrated Approach of Seoul (RUS)
This presentation outlines Seoul's urban transformation from the 1950s to the current day, emphasizing an integrated...
Towards ASEAN 4.0: ASEAN Digital Innovation Program
Youth, who account for more than 33% of ASEAN’s population, undoubtedly play a key role in bringing the region...
Preserving Biodiversity in the Philippines’ New Clark City Project
ADB is supporting the New Clark City (NCC) in assessing impacts on water resources and biodiversity. In this session...
From Plastic Waste to Transitional Shelters—The Circular Economy for...
François Lesage, CEO of Plastic Flamingo, shared the social enterprise’s creative way to help address marine plastic...
Major Events
In developing countries of Asia and the Pacific, cities have very different levels of development and often lack core infrastructure and systems for efficient mobility or lack access, connectivity...
In this age of disruption and automation, how do we remain responsive and relevant in the world of work?
Developments in artificial intelligence and robotics are seen as major threats to...
World Water Week (WWW) is the annual forum focused on transforming global water challenges. Organized by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) since 1991, it gathers over 3,300 people...
Global infrastructure investment is accelerating dramatically. For transport infrastructure alone, 25 million kilometers of roads will be added by 2050 – with 90% in developing countries –...