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Moving Forward with Clean Energy - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

7 December 2015
Priyantha Wijayatunga, ADB's Principal Energy Specialist, discusses clean energy development issues and trends in this webinar presentation.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Moving Forward with Clean Energy - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

7 December 2015
Priyantha Wijayatunga, ADB's Principal Energy Specialist, discusses clean energy development issues and trends in this webinar presentation.

Low Carbon Development: Moving Ideas to Political and Financial Viability

13 November 2015
Center for Climate Strategies’ Scott Williamson and Stephen Roe explain the low carbon development planning and analysis system that their organization has been developing over the past years. In this session video, they discuss what the system does, what the organization has been doing with it,…

Low Carbon Development: Moving Ideas to Political and Financial Viability

13 November 2015
Center for Climate Strategies’ Scott Williamson and Stephen Roe share their insights on low carbon development (LCD), highlighting its importance and benefits. In this video interview, they explain the aspects of human life that are directly associated with it, and the stakeholders that should be…

Mainstreaming Anti-Corruption into Climate Finance

30 October 2015
Anti-corruption mainstreaming aims to reduce corruption to achieve certain goals, for instance, mitigating the impact of climate change. While mainstreaming anti-corruption into climate finance has its own set of challenges, the key is to adapt anti-corruption approaches to sector characteristics…

Green City Development Tool Kit

18 September 2015
The Green City Development Toolkit outlines a three-step city assessment framework and provides a summary of existing tools and resources for sustainable development. Users will gain greater understanding of key issues that will assist in the preparation and design of green city development…

Session Video - Green City Development Tool Kit

18 September 2015
ICF International’s Emma Lewis presents the three-step city assessment framework, and discusses existing tools and resources for green and sustainable urban development. The tool kit is a reference for Asian Development Bank staff, consultants, and city leaders that introduces key concepts of green…

Interview Video - Green City Development Tool Kit

18 September 2015
ICF International’s Emma Lewis introduces the green city development toolkit and its purpose. She discusses the “when” and “why” in using the toolkit. Asian Development Bank’s Urban Development experts Andrew Mcintyre and Jingmin Huang shares their thoughts on what makes a city “green,” and the…

International Standards and Best Practices for Mitigating Corruption in Aid Flows and Sub-National Revenue Transfers

27 May 2015
Reducing corruption risks is the basic logic of anti-corruption. Information is the key to reducing corruption, increasing transparency, and getting the system right from the beginning. This presentation offers examples of effective transparency and accountability initiatives in mitigating…

Corruption Risks in Climate Finance and in Natural Resource Management

26 May 2015
Corruption threatens climate finance by raising the costs of and exacerbating the effects of climate change. The use of natural resources in most climate finance-funded projects contributes to environmental destruction and misuse of resources. Supporting country-driven climate change priorities…