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Video Project Overview Risk Financing and Insurance Solutions for Coastal Resilience in AsiaPacific

14 November 2023
The sessions cover the following: overview of the project; outline of modelling approach; and outline of prioritization exercise and data needs.

Video Scene Setting Sustainable Finance for Asia and the Pacific Protecting and Restoring Coral Reefs

14 November 2023
The session summarizes the key findings and recommendations of the Knowledge Product "Sustainable Finance for Asia and the Pacific: Protecting and Restoring Coral Reefs" jointly published by ADB and The Nature Conservancy. The knowledge product reviews the benefits of coral reefs, the risks faced…

Meeting Summary

14 November 2023
The note summarizes the meeting discussion, including Q&A and next steps.

Script Scene Setting Sustainable Finance for Asia and the Pacific Protecting and Restoring Coral Reefs

14 November 2023
The session summarizes the key findings and recommendations of the Knowledge Product "Sustainable Finance for Asia and the Pacific: Protecting and Restoring Coral Reefs" jointly published by ADB and The Nature Conservancy. The knowledge product reviews the benefits of coral reefs, the risks faced…

Inception Meeting Agenda

14 November 2023
Meeting agenda

VAN Strengthening Implementation Capacity for EIA Action Plan

25 October 2022
The background of the TA was the need for Vanuatu to successfully apply CSS for a series of forthcoming infrastructure projects. The current environmental safeguards system was established in recent years and the director of DEPC is keen to review the performance of environmental safeguards with a…

VAN Strengthening Implementation Capacity for EIA Institutional Capacity Assessment

25 October 2022
The government plans to address these challenges by strengthening the CSS framework and building the capacity of its key ministries. To this end ADB has provided support to Vanuatu through a subproject under the Technical Assistance for Strengthening and Use of Country Safeguard Systems (RETA 7566-…

Farming Veteran Warns Chinas Pig Crisis Only Getting Worse

28 October 2019
African swine fever is under-reported says FCStone’s Suderman. It will spur a restructure of People's Republic of China's (PRC) entire farm industry and trigger an escalation in meat prices globally. PRC's pork deficit may eclipse U.S. production, economist says.

Contemporary Concepts in Water Management and Impacts of Development on Local Hydrology

22 November 2018
Contemporary concepts in water management include use versus consumption, virtual water, and a hierarchy of water requirements. This presentation describes these concepts as well as managing competition in water use, what water management should focus on, infrastructure development and hydrology,…

Digital Land Registry A Smart Initiative for Suva Fiji

25 January 2018
To set the context, this presentation begins with a summary of the relative level of smart maturity across the cities of Bandung, Mandalay, Suva, Tbilisi, and Ulaanbaatar under ADB’s regional technical assistance (TA) 9170, which aims to contribute to promoting smart infrastructure and systems in…