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8 December 2022
The session is about Mill, Hong Kong, China’s first beverage carton recycling pulp mill and education center. The center can process up to about 50 tons of beverage cartons daily and turn them into recycled paper pulp. At the same time, it can also recycle all kinds of wastepaper (composite-…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
1 December 2022
This webinar wraps up the lessons from the previous two webinars on Data Collection and Storage and Data Governance and Security, completing a journey into understanding urban data and how to develop a successful data project for cities. Webinar 3 present methods for data processing and analysis…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
24 to 25 November 2022
Day 1: PM (half day) Tokyo Time - Business matching
Day 2: 13:00 – 17:00 Tokyo Time
Cities are the frontline in tackling climate change – representing both the biggest challenge and opportunity to limit global average temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial levels. Cities account for about…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, ADBI
10 November 2022
In 2009, the Circular Economy Promotion Law came into effect in the People's Republic of China (PRC), and circular economy is now included as an important priority in the country’s current five-year plan. Zero waste cities are promoted under an ongoing government pilot city program.
This webinar…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
8 to 9 November 2022
A city must provide housing to all its residents if it is to be called livable. Are cities in Asia and the Pacific livable from this perspective? Most cities in the lower- and middle-income countries in Asia and the Pacific face severe housing challenges. The urban poor and informal settlers…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Finance Sector Office, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office, Special Initiatives and Funds
26 October 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic has derailed many of the development gains made in Southeast Asia in recent decades, severely impacting the lives of the poor and marginalized. In the ‘new normal’, can Southeast Asian cities use the rise of digital technologies to overcome inequalities and improve he lives…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
20 October 2022
This second session of the AASCTF Guided Learning Program (GLP) webinar series on data management discussed the ever-relevant topic of data protection and privacy, and how cities can navigate this challenging issue while aiming to manage the vast amounts of data generated in cities to improve…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
20 October 2022
Nick Elger with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided an overview of tools and resources offered by the EPA to support methane mitigation from agriculture, waste, and wastewater. Nick also highlighted EPA's work with international partners through engagement in the Global…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
11 to 13 October 2022
GRRSO Dialogue on Powered Two-Wheeler Safety
11-12 October 2022, Manila, Philippines
Background
Globally, road traffic crashes cause nearly 1.3 million preventable deaths and an estimated 50 million injuries each year. The Global Plan for the Second Decade of Action on Road Safety…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
20 September 2022
Central and West Asia Department of ADB, in cooperation with East Asia Department, organized a session on climate-resilient housing. The session showcased two pioneering ADB projects on climate-resilient housing in Uzbekistan and Mongolia. It highlighted key components of the projects on building…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, East Asia Department