Environment Thematic Group | ADB Knowledge Events

Integrates environmental sustainability into projects, country strategies, and sectors assessments; promotes eco-friendly design of infrastructure and scaling up of investments in natural capital, and ecosystem-based climate adaptation, supports initiatives to strengthen environmental management in DMCs and promote green businesses and address regional environmental concerns.

Offers courses on environmental sustainability, focusing on promoting sustainable infrastructure, investing in natural capital, strengthening environmental governance and management capacity, and responding to climate change.

Contact: Marie Antoinette Virtucio, Group Coordinator

Title	Date	Focal Person
The Modern Road Ecologist’s Toolbox	29 Jun 2021 - 13 Jul 2021	Transport Sector Group Environment Thematic Group
World Oceans Day Webinar, 2021: Gender and Resilience in Coastal Communities	08 Jun 2021	Deborah Robertson Zonibel Woods
Blue Finance Training: Designing and Financing Bankable Projects in Transitioning to a Blue Economy	09 - 13 Nov 2020	Deborah Robertson
ADB Data Room: Regional Flyway Initiative	01 Oct 2020 - 02 Feb 2024	Duncan Lang Karen Ochavo
World Oceans Day 2020 Greenbag: A Progress Report on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans	08 Jun 2020	Deborah Robertson
ADB Data Room: Managing Infectious Medical Waste during the COVID-19 Pandemic	09 Apr 2020	Stephen Peters
Innovation Technologies for Air Quality Management	22 Jan 2020	Urban Sector Group Environment Thematic Group
2nd Regional Knowledge-Sharing Workshop: Strengthening the Environment Dimensions of the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific	27 - 28 Nov 2019	Emma Marsden
Innovative Solutions for Medical Waste Management – Recommendations from UN and WHO	16 Oct 2019	Urban Sector Group Environment Thematic Group
Resilient Atoll Nations in Productive Oceans	27 - 29 Aug 2019	Noelle O'Brien Bruce Dunn
Building Capacity for Conserving and Managing Natural Capital during the Planning and Implementation of Transportation Projects in South Asia	15 - 19 Jul 2019	Francesco Ricciardi Charina Cabrido
From Plastic Waste to Transitional Shelters—The Circular Economy for Healthy Oceans	28 Jun 2019	Urban Sector Group Energy Sector Group Environment Thematic Group
Preserving biodiversity in the Philippines’ New Clark City Project	26 Jun 2019	Urban Sector Group Environment Thematic Group
2019 ADB World Oceans Day Seminar: Gender and Oceans	10 Jun 2019	Eva McGovern
World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe	05 Jun 2019	Emma Marsden