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15 February 2024
Taj Mahal Hotel, Mansigh Road New Delhi
The world faces a recurring set of hazards, including through climate change, that repeatedly put its people and businesses at high risk of lost assets, health, livelihoods, or even lives. Countries often fail to tap well-proven financial coping mechanisms…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office
15 February 2024
This session explained the inter-relationship between climate adaptation solutions, a decentralized system of governance, and climate resilience. It highlighted how local governments played a critical role in climate resilience as they had a mandate to deliver public services and execute public…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
14 February 2024
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures.
These activities benefit…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
7 February 2024
The session covered the challenges and opportunities of circular economy in the Asian context and discussed Hong Kong, China’s practical experiences in applying circular economy principles to food waste and waste electrical and electronic equipment.
Note: In this presentation and video, ADB…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
31 January to 24 June 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in collaboration with the Government of Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF), has launched a project to mitigate climate change in the agriculture sector, while addressing issues surrounding agriculture and food systems in the Asia and…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
31 January 2024
As Japan and ASEAN countries had similar climate conditions and agricultural practices, Japan was able to share its knowledge and experiences in paddy field management to increase food production while reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the agriculture sector of the ASEAN region.
Taking this into…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
31 January 2024
The United Nations Environment Programme’s Emissions Gap Report 2023 projected an increase in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 of 3%, based on current policies, while it had been 16% at the time of the Paris Agreement’s adoption in 2015. This was considered good news, but it was recognized…
Organizer: ADBI
29 January 2024
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the far-reaching impacts of global warming raised major concerns that required urgent climate action from policymakers and climate-related agencies, as well as the private sector and other stakeholders. However, transitioning toward a…
Organizer: ADBI
29 January 2024
ADB undertakes Business Opportunities Seminars (BOSs) in its members to improve the interest and ability of eligible suppliers to locate ADB business opportunities, prepare high-quality and responsive bids, and understand ADB’s procurement and anticorruption procedures.
These activities benefit…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
24 January 2024
Gender Unit PRM organized a workshop on “Improving Gender Equality Results in ADB Financed Projects” with a focus on increasing participants’ knowledge on ADB’s gender mainstreaming policy guidelines, Strategy 2030 Operational Plan for OP2: Acceleration progress in Gender Equality (2019-2024), and…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department