Webinar 1: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Disaster Risk Management Lecture and Clinic

This two-day webinar provided the latest information on NbS. It focuses on weather-related disaster management, such as flooding and drought, and presents specific examples to address relevant development issues. The NbS experts provided technical advisory services for improving project design with a combination of green and gray infrastructure.

For more information: See Webinar 1 Flyer and Proceedings.

Day 1: 15 September 2022 / 2:00–4:00 pm, Philippines (GMT+8) Zoom / Lecture (open session)

Resource persons from Deltares and Witteveen+Bos presented the latest information on NbS as well as specific examples to address relevant development issues. The event focuses on weather-related disaster risk management such as flooding and drought. This was followed by a panel discussion and an interactive Q&A session. The NbS Lecture is open to all.

Day 2: 21 September 2022 / 2:00–4:00 pm, Philippines (GMT+8) Zoom / NbS Clinic

This venue for NbS experts to give project officers technical advice to improve project design by integrating NbS with traditional gray infrastructure. Resource persons discussed selected ADB pipeline projects with potential NbS components.

Webinar 2: Putting Nature-based Solutions into Practice through Innovation

13 October 2022 / 1:00–2:00 pm, Philippines (GMT+8) / MS Teams

This webinar presented case studies across Asia and the Pacific to illustrate the wide-ranging challenges for which nature can provide a pathway to innovative solutions.

For more information: See Webinar 2 Flyer and Proceedings.

To enable the uptake of NbS in cities and communities especially in developing countries, key barriers must be addressed including:

• Limited examples of application of NbS in developing country context;

• The perception that NbS are complex, costly, and uncertain, compared to grey infrastructure; and

• Challenges in quantifying multiple benefits of NbS

This webinar organized by ADB’s Environment Thematic Group and Urban Sector Group through Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF) discusses the factors that make it challenging to quantify socioeconomic, ecological, and financial benefits of NbS and illustrates an approach to quantification of such. It draws on UCCRTF’s knowledge product on NbS developed through TA 9217 (UCCRTF’s Sub-Project 2: Resilience Measurement, Capacity Development, and Knowledge Sharing) implemented by a consortium led by Arup.

For more information: See Webinar 3 Flyer and Event Snapshot.

Webinar 4: Nature-based Solutions Promote Synergy between Addressing Climate Change and Conserving Biodiversity (COP-27 side event)

17 November 2022 / 4:00–7:00 pm / People’s Republic of China (PRC) Pavilion

This event demonstrates the critical role of NbS to play in addressing climate change, exploring potential synergies with biodiversity conservation. Global and regional experiences and lessons learned are provided through presentations and panel discussions by experts from a range of organizations, including government agencies, universities and NGOs. ADB’s key NbS initiatives are highlighted with practical examples of operations in PRC and other developing member countries in Asia and the Pacific. The event is co-hosted by the PRC Green Carbon Foundation and Tsinghua University's Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development with support from ADB and other development partners.

Webinar 5: Nature: Innovative Pathway towards the Carbon Neutral Future (COP-15 side event)

8 December 2022 / 6:15–7:10 pm / 514A, Montreal, Canada

This event highlights the potential contribution of NbS to the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Carbon Neutral Future. It showcases approaches with good practices and lessons learned from global experiences to create synergies between biodiversity conservation and climate change. A joint study focusing on the Asia and Pacific reason is launched with the announcement of call for case studies made. The event is organized by ADB and Tsinghua University in cooperation with the Nature Conservancy and the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate.