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
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
Cambodia: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop	13 - 14 Sep 2023	Duncan Lang Karen Ochavo
Case Studies on Circular Economy Biz Model: Mechanisms, Opportunities and Challenges (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 02)	26 Jul 2022	James Baker Stephen Peters Sing (Terry) Cho
Circular Economy Government and Stakeholder Engagement - Some Practical Wins and Losses (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 23)	24 Jan 2024	James Baker Stephen Peters
Circular Solutions to Address Plastic Pollution in the Maritime Industry (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 14)	20 Apr 2023	James Baker Mafalda Pinto
Closing the Loop on Food Waste with Insect Bioconversion (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 19)	28 Sep 2023	James Baker Navin Twarakavi
Closing Workshop on Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotourism for Ecosystem Services (MARES)	20 Nov 2023	Stephen Peters
Core Labor Standards and their Implementation in Development Projects	12 Apr 2018	Haidy Ear-Dupuy
ECOBRICKS: A Circular Economy Solution to Transform Plastic Waste into Sustainable Concrete (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 11)	02 Feb 2023	James Baker Sing (Terry) Cho Stephen Peters
Eliminating the Idea of Waste with the TerraCycle Global Foundation (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 05)	22 Sep 2022	James Baker Stephen Peters Sing (Terry) Cho
Farm-to-Market Produce Logistics: Cases and Emerging Trends in Korea and India	06 Dec 2021	Sunae Kim Krishan Rautela
First Green Business Forum: Investing in Asia and the Pacific	22 - 24 Nov 2016	Daniele Ponzi
From Plastic Waste to Transitional Shelters—The Circular Economy for Healthy Oceans	28 Jun 2019	Urban Sector Group Energy Sector Group Environment Thematic Group
Green City Development Tool Kit	18 Sep 2015	Jay Presaldo
Green Road to Montreal: Planning Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure for Biodiversity Conservation in Asia — Workshop Series 2022	28 Apr 2022 - 26 Oct 2022	Karma Yangzom Francesco Ricciardi