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Integrated Solutions for Livable Cities in Asia Pacific: Multi-Energy Systems and Sustainable Buildings

19 June 2019
An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop Taking into consideration the huge potentials to retrofit existing urban energy systems into sustainable ones, and continuous urbanization particularly in our DMCs in Asia-Pacific - it is estimated that 75 percent of the urban infrastructure…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

Urban Microgrids

19 June 2019
An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop Cities must play a central role in addressing climate challenges, not only because of their great potential to mitigate emissions of all kinds, but also because of the vulnerability of urban infrastructure to extreme weather caused…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

Youth Engagement Models for Water Supply and Sanitation Projects: Lessons from Dushanbe

18 June 2019
There are over 1 billion people between the ages of 15 and 30 in Asia and the Pacific. How can this growing youth population be meaningfully engaged as more than just beneficiaries? This knowledge sharing session discussed ways to include youth as partners for development, particularly in ADB water…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Renewable Energy Transition: Is Asia Leading?

17 June 2019
An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop Renewable energy uptake can be supported and driven by many players: policy-makers at global, national, and sub-national levels, citizens, private sector, energy consumers. In parallel, renewables can support the objectives of end-use…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

World Environment Day 2019: Opening Session – The Air That We Breathe

5 June 2019
World Environment Day is an annual event organized by UN Environment on 5 June and celebrated by ADB's Environment Thematic Group. This year's theme, "Beat Air Pollution", is aligned with the operational priorities of ADB’s Strategy 2030 including those aimed at making cities more livable and…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

World Environment Day 2019: Panel Discussion on Beating Air Pollution, Making Asia’s Cities Livable

5 June 2019
World Environment Day is an annual event organized by UN Environment on 5 June and celebrated by ADB's Environment Thematic Group. This year's theme, 'Beat Air Pollution", is aligned with the operational priorities of ADB’s Strategy 2030 including those aimed at making cities more livable and…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Smart Urban Water Management: Lessons from Macao Water Utility and ADB Projects in Rajasthan, India

29 May 2019
Smart technologies are changing the game in water utility management. In this knowledge sharing session, ADB staff who attended a week-long training on smart water utility management and innovations in the urban water sector with the Macao Water Utility shared insights and experiences gained from…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

High Precision Drone Technology

27 May 2019
Christian Sanz and Darren Hsieh of Skycatch gave a presentation on high-precision drone technology that uses an autonomous drone to capture images of a job site to create high-precision 3D models. This can produce 3D point clouds, 2D orthomosaics, contour maps, and digital surface models. The…

Project Readiness Financing (PRF) to Support Climate-Resilient Engineering Design and High Project Implementation Readiness of Urban Sector Projects

8 May 2019
In this knowledge sharing session initiated by SPD and SDCC, PAUW and CWUW will share experiences in designing the first PRFs. The Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF), administrated by SDCC, is cofinancing CWUW's first PRF for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project. This…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Impactful Resilience Building in Communities

21 March 2019
Kate Landry, Build Change Philippines country director, and Daniel Stander, RMS global managing director, discussed risk models that allow estimate of lives lost and housing losses that would result from a large disaster, and which can quantify the lives saved and GDP saved that would result from…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Finance Sector Office