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Asia’s clean energy investment needs and the role of blended finance

Press Releases
Expanding the scale of blended finance in clean energy will require innovative efforts from the international community to reform traditional development finance approaches.

ADB calls for innovative financing for ocean health improvement

Press Releases
At the launch of the publication, Financing the Ocean Back to Health in Southeast Asia: Approaches for Mainstreaming Blue Finance, ADB called for scaling up of finance flows into ocean health improvement and related projects in Asia and the Pacific to combat growing threats from unchecked…

Loan to leverage green recovery and financing approved for Indonesia

Press Releases
On 16 February, the ADB Board approved a $150 million loan that will hedge a financing facility aimed at accelerating Indonesia’s economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and catalyzing public and private funds to support green and bankable infrastructure projects to help…

ADB signs loan to build the largest wind power plant in Central Asia

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The $52 million Zafarshan Wind Power Project loan agreement has been signed by ADB and and Shamol Zarafshan Energy Foreign Enterprise Limited Liability Company (SZE), a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company Private Joint Stock Company (Masdar) on 5 September. The loan will…

Inclusive Community Energy Resilience in Bangladesh

Working Papers
This paper proposes a framework for mainstreaming GESI performance in electricity distribution system planning and establishes a methodology for measuring and comparing community and electricity distribution system resilience to extreme weather events and clarifies how the approach can be tested in…

Climate Change and Earthquake Exposure in Asia and the Pacific: Assessment of Energy and Transport Infrastructure

Reports and Publications
This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards and highlights how multi-hazard assessment can help strengthen the resilience of crucial infrastructure.
 
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$35 trillion is needed for a successful energy transition

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According to the preview of the IRENA World Energy Transitions Outlook, the energy transition if off-course. Current plans and pledges fall below IRENA’s 1.5°C pathway and will result in an emissions gap of 16 gigatonnes in 2050. While global investments in energy transition…