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1st Asia-Pacific Housing Conference: Making Housing Affordable, Inclusive, and Resilient

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

ADB-ADBI Workshop on Development and Innovative Finance Session 3: Greening Micro- and Macro-prudential Frameworks

21 September 2022
This joint ADB-ADBI workshop discussed innovative finance underpinning Energy Sector Group investment and its sustainable development implications. It focused on blended finance and carbon offset project financing. It also examined ways to mobilize private sector funding for sustainable…
Organizer: ADBI, Finance Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Designing Climate-resilient Housing: Best Practices from ADB-supported Projects

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

People’s Republic of China: Study on Municipal Solid Waste Regional Integrated Management Model for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei: Final Dissemination Workshop

25 to 26 August 2022
Physical: Park Plaza Hotel Beijing Science Park, 25 Zhichun Road, Haidian District, Beijing Virtual: ZOOM The workshop will share key findings from the TA work on technical, financial and institutional challenges of improving and coordinating solid waste management across the Beijing-Tianjin-…
Organizer: East Asia Department

PRC Fund Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series: Developing Productive, Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture for Food Security: the PRC’s experience

9 August to 21 September 2022
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) feeds the largest population in the world, a task fraught with many challenges. Investments in agriculture together with institutional reforms have secured a stable food supply. The PRC made a remarkable achievement in expanding agriculture production by more…
Organizer: East Asia Department

4th Asia Finance Forum: Reinventing Finance for Sustainability and Inclusion

20 to 22 June 2022
The 4th Asia Finance Forum, organized by the Asian Development Bank, aimed to bring together policymakers, financial sector supervisors, regulators, financial institutions, academia, and financial sector experts to discuss the latest trends in sustainable finance and innovations to support…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Energy Efficiency and Savings Insurance: De-risking green investments for SMEs and large-scale projects

18 May 2022
Promoting innovative financing solutions to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a key prerequisite to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. This webinar focused on Energy Efficiency and Savings Insurance finance models that can support the transition to low carbon and climate…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Energy Sector Office

East Asia Forum 2022: Decarbonizing Asia and the Pacific – Experience from East Asia

20 to 21 April 2022
Economies in Asia and the Pacific are increasingly committing to the goal of carbon neutrality, in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change and outcomes of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26). Cohosted by the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI),…
Organizer: East Asia Department

East Asia Forum Series

20 April 2022 to 21 October 2023
The ADB East Asia Department (EARD) organized the East Asia Forum (EAF) to share lessons from EARD operations and knowledge work with a wider audience. The EAF highlights East Asia’s efforts in providing innovative and sustainable solutions to climate change, provides an opportunity to exchange…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Integrated River Basin Management: Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region

29 March 2022
via Zoom, 2-4 pm GMT+8 ; 8-10 am CEST ; 2-4 am EDT On 29 March 2022, ADB hosted a Knowledge Symposium on “Integrated River Basin Management: Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region.” The event focused on presenting existing ADB projects and wider initiatives in…
Organizer: East Asia Department