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An assessment tool for building back strong and sustainable from the COVID-19 pandemic published

Reports and Publications
The Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division has released an assessment tool that provides a recovery framework interfacing various objectives in climate, low-carbon growth, and resilience.​​​​​​​This tool will help ADB developing member countries seize the opportunity presented by the…

Powering Healthcare Solutions Catalogue

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This catalogue serves the purpose of connecting stakeholders from the energy and health sectors with solutions providers, to help meet the energy needs of healthcare facilities in response to COVID-19 and beyond. The solutions provided represent a sample of a larger group of solution providers who…

Tracking SDG7: The Energy Progress Report Released

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The world may not be able to meet its targets in ensuring universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy by 2030 if efforts are not scaled up significantly, according to the new Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report released on 28 May 2020 by the…

Why Is Energy Access Not Enough for Choosing Clean Cooking Fuels? Sustainable Development Goals and Beyond

Working Papers
The transition to sustainable energy requires an assessment of drivers of the use of clean and dirty fuels for cooking. Literature highlights the importance of access to modern fuel for switching from dirty fuels. Though access to cleaner fuels such as electricity promotes clean fuel use, it does…

Energy Access and Transition Trust Fund Approved

Press Releases
The Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) Energy Access and Transition Trust Fund has been approved under the Innovative Finance Facility for Climate in Asia and the Pacific (IF-CAP) Financing Partnership Facility. 
 
The Trust Fund will finance innovative distributed…

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

Press Releases
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…

Prospects for Transition from a Linear to Circular Economy in Developing Asia

Reports and Publications
The report overviews circular economy principles and provides policy recommendations to promote the transition to circularity. Part I describes the evolution of circular economy in the region and highlights key related initiatives and prospects for future growth. Part II looks at the regulatory and…

Seven Funding Innovations to Boost Climate Finance

Articles
Key Takeaways:

 Countries must urgently step-up efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect people and infrastructure from the increasing frequency and intensity of climate change.
 Asia and the Pacific needs innovative solutions and new funding models to meet its large…