Hard-won development gains are increasingly threatened by environmental risks that cross borders. Drawing on new data from Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2025, panelists examine how emissions along global supply chains are shifting with cleaner production and trade. The discussion highlights how harmonized environmental-economic data can serve as a public good for guiding cooperation towards resilient, sustainable development.

The health of our oceans is vital to the planet’s climate stability, food security, and biodiversity. Yet, marine ecosystems are increasingly under threat from pollution, overfishing, and climate change. At the same time, emerging innovations, from sustainable aquaculture to marine monitoring technologies and ocean thermal energy conversion, are offering new pathways to protect and restore ocean environments.

The Asia and the Pacific is facing the triple planetary crisis of biodiversity loss, pollution, and climate change that require integrated solutions. As a flagship activity under the Environment Community of Practice, this event aimed to support the implementation of ADB’s Environment Action Plan 2024-2030 (EAP) that was approved in 2024. The event promoted implementation of the EAP priority pillars of (i) biodiversity and ecosystem management, (ii) pollution control and circular economy, and (iii) nature-based climate solutions.