Green Roads Webinar Series
29 February 2024 to 14 March 2025
Green roads will foster beneficial land and water use, reduce pollution, support restorative and regenerative ecosystems and enhance safe and affordable mobility of people to deliver inclusive low-carbon, resilient development and environmentally considerate outcomes in Asia and the Pacific. ​
This webinar series will discuss the nature-positive benefits of green roads, highlighting its cross-cutting dimension on decarbonization, climate resilience, water management, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction, construction materials, and inclusive growth. ​The webinars are also anchored on the Green Roads Toolkit and Assessment Tool commissioned by ADB, being developed by MetaMeta and the International Roads Federation.
Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
29 February 2024 Enhancing Road Network Resilience Through Road Maintenance
For many developing member countries (DMCs), a greater focus on road networks’ routine maintenance activities would likely deliver a higher return on…
14 March 2024​ Tools and Technologies for Resilient Transport Sector​
This webinar discussed innovative tools and technologies to help improve climate resilience of transport systems. This event, co-organized by ADB…
4 April 2024 Building Climate Resilience in Road Development: Strategies and Innovations​
This webinar focused on the integration of climate resilience into road development, showcasing the climate resilience dimension of Green Roads…
18 April 2024​ Integrating Water and Land Management into Road Development for Enhanced Resilience​
This event highlighted how the traditional way of charging road users based on fuel consumption will become obsolete, as more people switch to…
30 May 2024 Fostering Inclusive Growth with Green Roads
This webinar focused on the ninth dimension of green roads: Inclusive Growth. Road construction and maintenance represent significant public…
04 July 2024 Dig Once Approach
One of the key obstacles to greening road transportation is the cost and disruption associated with retrofitting existing roads and energy networks…
18 July 2024 Road User Charges in a Green Future
This event highlighted how the traditional way of charging road users based on fuel consumption will become obsolete, as more people switch to…
01 August 2024 Advances in Disaster Preparedness for Transport and Communities
This session featured experts from the University of Melbourne's Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety (CMPDS), with presentation on the…
13 August 2024 Public Transportation Innovations and Adaptation Planning for Climate Change - A Case Study of Florida
In response to challenges such as declining ridership, particularly exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, and driven by technological advancements,…
29 August 2024 Rapid Traffic Modeling with AI and Big Data Methods: Network Performance and Carbon Sensitivity
With the continued growth of data and machine-learning techniques, the development of large-scale traffic models can be accomplished in a fraction of…
12 September 2024 Infrastructure Assessments - Blue Dot Network
These presentations explored how the Blue Dot Network certification can support governments, contracting authorities, and project developers from…
26 September 2024 The Importance of Transport Network Redundancy
This presentation discussed a new methodology for evaluating road criticality by quantifying redundancy’s impact on reducing transport disruptions…
24 October 2024 Greening Roads for a Low-Carbon Future - What Works and What to Avoid
This webinar, held last 24 October, explored how transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Key topics include…
07 November 2024 Roadside Spring Protection to improve water security and road sustainability
This webinar showcased the Roadside Spring Protection (RoSPro) project, which adheres to the roadside spring protection approach outlined in the…
05 December 2024 Disability-Inclusive and Gender-Responsive Transport
This webinar explored the barriers people with disabilities face in accessing transport systems and examined how to identify and address those…
12 December 2024 Greening Road Construction Using Low-Carbon Concrete and 3D Printing
This webinar featured Taisei Corporation’s latest advancements in low-carbon concrete, utilizing byproducts and innovative 3D printing techniques for…
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
30 January 2025 Digital Tools for Rural Transport Planning and Waterway Mapping
This webinar explored how digital tools with machine-learning solutions can accelerate rural transport planning and enable investments for improving…
13 February 2025 Build Back Better: The ADB Transport Sector Guide
This webinar discussed the Build Back Better Sector Guide, which aims to avoid repeated failures of infrastructure through simply reinstating low…
27 February 2025 Bioengineering for Green Roads
The Bioengineering for Green Roads webinar discussed how bioengineering can provide practical, realistic solutions in making road infrastructure more…
13 March 2025 Pursuing Green Road Opportunities in Tajikistan
This webinar discussed the lessons learned from using the toolkit and the opportunities that have arisen from its application.

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Mariel Gabriel

ADB Organizer/s

  • Transport Sector Office

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Topics

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