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Energy Efficiency in MSMEs - Barriers and Opportunities

20 February 2024
The presentation provides an overview of MSMEs in India and discusses the impact of climate change and challenges to low carbon transtion facing MSMEs. Finally, it presents SIDBI's Green Inclusivity Program form MSMEs.

Opportunities and Barriers for Introducing Energy Savings Insurance (ESI) in SME Sector

20 February 2024
The presentation discusses learnings from the FICCI project on scaling up investments in 3 MSME clusters by developing Standard Energy Efficient Techologies (SEET). It highlights the challenges and opportunities facing the SME sector.

Opening Session

15 February 2024
Welcome Address Mio Oka, Country Director, India Representative Office, ADB Opening Remarks V Anantha Nageswaran Chief Economic Adviser, Government of India Ramesh Subramaniam (virtual) Director General and Group Chief, ADB Office of the Director General, Sectors Group, ADB Special address on…

Net Zero and Near Net Zero Energy Districts – Case Studies from China, India, and the U.S.

16 June 2020
While first-cost typically governs single building development, entire new districts are able to reach net-zero or near-zero energy/emissions status through technology integration and design across multiple systems on a site. With project examples from China, India, and the United States, this…

Stories of Impact

19 June 2019
In this presentation, ADB's Woochong Um highlighted ADB's commitment to reduce the bank's carbon emissions from its operations. In particular, he highlighted that ADB procured certified emission reductions (CERs) from the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project registered by the UNFCCC to offset…

Climate Change Risk Assessment and Adaptation: Bhutan Case Study

28 June 2016
Bhutan plans to build its second east-west highway to improve trade and rural connectivity in the southern part of the country. This highway is expected to provide additional connectivity to India, increase regional trade and open up internal areas of Bhutan. This requires identification of climate…

ADB and IFMR Workshop: Discussion Highlights

3 June 2016
This article summarizes the discussions during the different workshop sessions on catastrophe risk protection markets in India.

Green Power Development Project: Bringing Benefits to Bhutan and Beyond

1 October 2015
The Kingdom of Bhutan is one of a few countries in Asia with large, unexploited hydropower resources. Despite the surplus power, many rural households lacked access to electricity in the early to mid-2000s. The Government of Bhutan and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) turned this challenge into an…