Paolo Manunta

Senior Digital Technology Specialist (Earth Observation), ADB

Profile / Bio

Profile / Bio

Paolo Manunta is Senior Digital Technology Specialist in ADB’s Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department (SDCC). He specializes in Earth Observation (EO), online Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI). Paolo helps set up geospatial initiatives and has worked on cloud-based integration of EO, GIS, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Georgia, Armenia, Mongolia and other ADB Developing Member Countries.

Paolo has co-authored several knowledge products and is currently working on a project deploying satellite imagery and AI for land use and coastal planning. To ensure financial sustainability in ADB Developing Member Countries, Dr. Manunta promotes ADB digital solutions in collaboration with several potential European donors as part of a joint initiative with the World Bank and the European Space Agency (ESA).

Paolo joined ADB as a secondee from the European Space Agency (ESA). His Asia experience started in 2014 with a transport project in Papua New Guinea that led to a full-time secondment to ADB in 2017 and eventually became a staff in 2022. After completing his PhD, Paolo Manunta worked in Canada for the Provincial Government of Alberta on climate change modelling. He has also worked extensively in the private sector in Italy.

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Materials

Title Date Learning Materials Topics
Mapping and Monitoring Bamboo Plantation Slides Environment, Finance
AI for Climate Resilience and Disaster Risk Management Slides ICT
Earth Observation in ADB Operations Slides ADB Administration and Governance, Finance, ICT
Earth Observation Services Support for National Data Portal Slides ICT
Using Earth Observation Tools in Monitoring Economies in Southeast Asia Slides Economics, ICT
The European Copernicus program, Securing Satellite Data Access on the Long Term Slides Water
Supporting the Implementation of Environment-Related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and the Pacific Slides Environment
Earth Observation Tools Enhance Planning, Climate-Proofing in Mandalay Slides ICT, Urban Development