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Environment Thematic Group

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
World Oceans Day Webinar, 2021: Gender and Resilience in Coastal Communities 08 Jun 2021
World Oceans Day 2020 Greenbag: A Progress Report on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans 08 Jun 2020
World Environment Day 2019: Panel Discussion on Beating Air Pollution, Making Asia’s Cities Livable 05 Jun 2019
World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe 05 Jun 2019
Training on Planning and Design of Smart Linear Infrastructure for Biodiversity Protection 25 - 27 Apr 2022
Training Course on Pollution, Health, and Safety Management in ADB Projects - Water Quality Module 21 - 22 Nov 2018
The Power of Partnerships in Fostering a Circular Economy (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 15) 11 May 2023
The Modern Road Ecologist’s Toolbox 29 Jun 2021 - 13 Jul 2021
THE GREEN ROAD: Integrated Waste Management and Circular Economy in Bhutan (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 03) 11 Aug 2022
The Challenges of Applying Circular Economy Principles to Food Waste and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment in Hong Kong, China (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 24) 07 Feb 2024
Thailand: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop 27 - 29 Nov 2023
Sustainable Financing for Nature Positive Investments: Tools for Integrating Economic and Market-Based Instruments into Projects 15 Jul 2021 - 26 Aug 2021
Structured Decision Support for Natural Resource Management 09 May 2018
Smart Cities and Circular Economy: How Citizens Recycle and Reuse to Save the Planet (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 16) 22 Jun 2023
Scaling the Circular Economy with Circular Platforms (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 18) 14 Sep 2023