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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
Greening Transportation Projects 25 Nov 2021 - 10 Feb 2022
Green Road to Montreal: Planning Environmentally Sustainable Infrastructure for Biodiversity Conservation in Asia — Workshop Series 2022 28 Apr 2022 - 26 Oct 2022
Green City Development Tool Kit 18 Sep 2015
From Plastic Waste to Transitional Shelters—The Circular Economy for Healthy Oceans 28 Jun 2019
First Green Business Forum: Investing in Asia and the Pacific 22 - 24 Nov 2016
Farm-to-Market Produce Logistics: Cases and Emerging Trends in Korea and India 06 Dec 2021
Eliminating the Idea of Waste with the TerraCycle Global Foundation (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 05) 22 Sep 2022
ECOBRICKS: A Circular Economy Solution to Transform Plastic Waste into Sustainable Concrete (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 11) 02 Feb 2023
Core Labor Standards and their Implementation in Development Projects 12 Apr 2018
Circular Solutions to Address Plastic Pollution in the Maritime Industry (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 14) 20 Apr 2023
Case Studies on Circular Economy Biz Model: Mechanisms, Opportunities and Challenges (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 02) 26 Jul 2022
Building Capacity for Conserving and Managing Natural Capital during the Planning and Implementation of Transportation Projects in South Asia 15 - 19 Jul 2019
Blue Finance Training: Designing and Financing Bankable Projects in Transitioning to a Blue Economy 09 - 13 Nov 2020
Bioengineering Nature-based Solutions for Linear Infrastructure Slope Stabilization and Protection 01 - 04 Aug 2022
Biochar as a Circular Solution for Sustainable Agriculture and Poverty Reduction (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 01) 07 Jun 2022