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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
Incorporating Climate Adaptation Risks to Performance-Based Contracting 16 Aug 2017
Innovation Technologies for Air Quality Management 22 Jan 2020
Innovative Solutions for Medical Waste Management – Recommendations from UN and WHO 16 Oct 2019
Joint Gender, Climate, Environment Session Highlights Women’s Leadership in Tackling Climate Change 11 Mar 2022
Jumpstarting Ocean Deep Tech 13 May 2022
Koinpack’s Reuse Revolution to Radically Prevent Plastic Pollution in Indonesia (ADB Circular Economy Webinar Series, Session 09) 24 Nov 2022
Low Temperature Gasification of Waste: Ultimate Solution for Energy/Waste/Climate (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 17) 24 Aug 2023
Measuring and Mitigating Methane Emissions from Agriculture, Municipal Solid Waste, and Wastewater (ADB CE Webinar Series, Session 06) 20 Oct 2022
Mil Mill Paper Cycle – a Circular Business Model for Low Value Waste Mixed Papers (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 10) 08 Dec 2022
Nature and Climate Nexus Webinar Series: Promoting Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Infrastructures in Asia and the Pacific 15 Sep 2022 - 08 Dec 2022
Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for Climate Disaster Risk Management 15 - 21 Sep 2022
Nature-based Solutions for Resilient Infrastructure 15 Jul 2021
NUTEC Plastic - NUclear TEchnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 12) 16 Mar 2023
Omni Processor Project: Revolutionizing Municipal Solid Waste and Liquid Sludge Management in Bangladesh (ADB Circular Economy Webinar Series, Session 08) 17 Nov 2022