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Welcome Remarks

4 December 2018
ADB is committed to supporting low carbon city development efforts consistent with the global climate goals. Cities play crucial role in providing better life. For a long time, our cities are experiencing significant population and economic growth through carbon-intensive industrialization, urban…

Book Launch: 50 Climate Solutions from Cities in the People's Republic of China

4 December 2018
This new publication, 50 Climate Solutions from Cities in the People's Republic of China, shares some best practices from cities taking action on climate change. Download a copy of the publication here.

Book Launch: CAREC Climate Solutions 2019

4 December 2018
Sustainia, a sustainability think tank and advisory group, is calling for sustainable urban solutions within the CAREC region. Sustainia processes and verifies solutions according to a set of robust selection criteria, developed, and fine tuned over the past eight years.

Call for Solutions

4 December 2018
Call for sustainable urban solutions within the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC) region.

Low Carbon Urban Transformation in the Ruhr Region

4 December 2018
Ruhr area as the energy and industry heart of Germany plays a major role for achieving GHG mitigation targets. Learn why the Ruhr area matter with regard to GHG mitigation.

Will People First City Design Make Chinese Cities Thrive Again?

4 December 2018
Ever wondered how urban cities thrive? This presentation shares the characteristics commonly found in 50 successful urban areas in the United States. It also analyzes what make Chinese cities thrive.

Keynote Speech

4 December 2018
Discover why cities are important in solving climate change challenge and in the global climate policy arena.

Climate Litigation: A Suitable Discourse for China’s Green Courts?

7 November 2018
The value of environmental justice is becoming increasingly prominent in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As climate litigation is a more recent discourse, it might be a challenge to transplant it into PRC directly. Nonetheless, climate litigation is one of the four case types handled by PRC’s…

Synergy of Poverty Reduction and Environmental Protection: UN Case Studies and Lessons Learned

9 December 2017
What key lessons can the UN offer to solve the poverty-environment issues of the People’s Republic of China? Green development and poverty reduction—these are important itineraries common in both the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the People’s Republic of China’s national…

Mainstreaming Eco-Compensation into Sustainable Development Agenda: The Asian Development Bank Vision

8 December 2017
How is ADB mainstreaming eco-compensation into its sustainable development agenda? ADB has been operationalizing eco-compensation for environment and natural resources management through numerous lending and technical assistance projects. It has also been promoting national and regional knowledge…