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14 December 2021
The Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF) established at COP26 in Glasgow, aims to mobilize $200 million in grant funds to support LDCs and SIDS improve their weather observation infrastructure. The support includes (i) TA resources to undertake…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
10 December 2021
Education and training have a critical role to play in combating the negative effects of climate change. Climate-induced disasters adversely affect education systems, like floods and natural disasters, disrupting education. However, education and training can be major drivers for…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
9 December 2021
The session presented case studies of landslide risk reduction in the Kyrgyz Republic and Pakistan. CWER presented the recently approved Landslide Risk Management Sector Project.
The project featured the use of GIS and earth observation for site selection, feasibility study, and landslide…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
3 December 2021
Drawing from a forthcoming SDCC publication on the “state of play” on disaster-resilient infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific, a risk assessment framework for infrastructure will be presented. The methodology includes the importance of a risk narrative, the role of risk modeling, and how this…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
3 December 2021
Young people have taken to the streets ringing the alarm about the impacts of the climate change emergency. While the protests showcase youth’s frustration in current socio-political systems of managing the climate emergency, they are increasingly also engaging in climate…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office
26 November 2021
Agriculture is one of the most affected sectors by climate change. About $350 billion of investments are needed annually to transform the food and agriculture system to become greener and more resilient. Alongside its investment programs on agribusinesses, PSOD’s Agribusiness Investment Team…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
25 November 2021
SDCC-URG, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division (SDCD), and the urban divisions of Operations Departments (ODs) jointly organized a deep dive FGD for the urban sector staff on ADB’s procedures for working on the Paris Agreement (PA) alignment and tracking of climate finance (…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
19 November 2021
Central and West Asia Department led a panel to present experiences in developing, processing, and implementing ‘Type 2’ adaptation projects.
This webinar covered a range of issues including upstream project programming, climate change modeling, and risk assessments, expertise requirements,…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
18 November 2021
Khuvsgul Lake National Park is one of Mongolia’s most popular tourist destinations and supports global biodiversity values and is the country’s largest source of freshwater. Climate change threatens these values. Many protected areas across Asia and the Pacific are also threatened by climate change…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
16 to 18 November 2021
Building the resilience of the urban poor is a critical issue for rapidly urbanizing countries in Asia and the Pacific. Cities and other urban areas are major drivers of national economies and home to an increasing urban poor population who are significantly contributing to productivity, both in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office