Duncan Lang

Principal Environment Specialist and Regional Flyway Initiative Team Leader, ADB

Duncan Lang is part of ADB’s Nature and Environment Division (CCNE) within the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department. Duncan is ADB’s lead for the Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI), which covers the East Asian–Australasian Flyway.

He is also currently leading the biodiversity component of the ongoing update to ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement which is due to be approved in late 2024. Duncan was also a key member of the team that recently launched ADB’s inaugural Biodiversity and Nature Theme Bond. Duncan also led ADB’s support for the recently developed avian sensitivity tool for energy planning (AVISTEP) and he is also ADB’s focal for Sustainability Reporting.

Duncan joined ADB in 2017 and has worked in the environment sector for over 20 years. Duncan has a wide variety of experience across a range of sectors as well as having a specialism in biodiversity. He has worked in Central and West Asia as the country focal for Armenia and Georgia and he has also worked in many other countries including Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Nepal amongst others.

Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topics
Nature Finance Tracking: Existing Framework and Future Development Slides Capacity Development, Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment
Deep Dive on MDB Nature Finance Common Principles and Taxonomy and Ocean Finance Tracking Slides Environment, Finance
Tracking ADB’s portfolio on Environment and Nature Slides Environment
East Asian-Australasian Flyway - Regional Flyway Initiative: Quick Overview Slides Environment
East Asian-Australasian Flyway - Regional Flyway Initiative: Quick Overview Slides Environment
East Asian-Australasian Flyway - Regional Flyway Initiative: Quick Overview Slides Environment
East Asian-Australasian Flyway - Regional Flyway Initiative Overview Slides Environment
ផ្លូវហោះហើរក្នុងតំបន់អាស៊ីខាងកើត-អូស្ត្រាលី - គំនិតផ្តួចផ្តើមផ្លូវហោះហើរក្នុងតំបន់ ទិដ្ឋភាពទូទៅ Slides Environment
RFI and Sustainable Wetlands Management Slides Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
Building a Business Case for the Future of our Shared Flyway Slides Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Economics, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration
ADB Safeguard Policy Review and Update: Safeguards in Different Financing Modalities Slides Environment, Social Development and Protection, Finance
eSensitivity mapping – Avoiding conflict between birds and renewable energy Slides Climate Change, Environment
ADB Safeguard Policy Review Update – Phase 2 Regional Consultation Summary: Cultural Heritage Consultations Document Environment
ADB Safeguard Policy Review Update – Phase 2 Regional Consultation Summary: Biodiversity and Sustainable Natural Resource Management Consultations Document Environment
Zeroing-in on Sustainable Wetland Management: Challenges and Prospects (the Regional Flyway Initiative) Slides Agriculture and Natural Resources, Climate Change, Environment, Knowledge Management, Regional Cooperation and Integration
ADB Safeguard Policy Review and Update: Pollution Prevention and Abatement Study Slides Capacity Development, Climate Change, Environment
Regional Flyway Initiative: Introduction, Objectives, Progress, and Next Steps Slides Environment
Scaling up the East Asian-Australasian Regional Flyway Initiative Slides Environment