Interview Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

Asian Development Bank’s Sameer Kamal and Sonia Sandhu share their insights on the need to have an inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG); the connection of GHG in urban areas; and the specific challenges and opportunities in doing GHG inventories in Southeast Asia’s urban areas.

Session Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Sonia Sandhu and Sameer Kamal discuss the challenges and opportunities of accounting greenhouse gas emission of urban infrastructure projects, and incorporating GHG inventories into city investment planning processes. The aim of the interactive discussion is to align with ADB's commitments on climate change mitigation.

Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities

Mitigation progress cannot be measured without estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Capturing project and city emission estimates has yet to be fully mainstreamed as part of Asian Development Bank’s urban operations. Despite the challenges, there is a strong case for moving toward establishing and maintaining GHG inventories for cities in the long-term.

Avoid-Shift-Improve

Learn how the Avoid-Shift-Improve principle can help leaders and policy makers achieve sustainable transport in their countries. This presentation outlines the necessary items to avoid, activities to shift to, and action items to improve on.