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International Anticorruption Day 2023 - Green and Clean: Protecting Climate Finance from Corruption

7 December 2023
Corruption and its staggering costs have affected sustainable development across the globe. Corruption drains more than 5 percent of the world’s GDP. Of approximately $13 trillion in global public spending, 25 percent or $3 trillion is lost to corruption. In developing countries, the United…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Plastic Asset Circularity (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 21)

7 December 2023
This Circular Economy Webinar Series session spotlighted how Recity is enabling a circular economy of plastics with a combination of physical assets like ‘recycled material’ and digital assets like ‘credits’. This session also highlighted how Recity is connecting a brand's plastic footprint to…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Energy Sector Office

Thailand: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop

27 to 29 November 2023
The Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) Training Series: Workshop on Wetland Ecosystem Services and Nature-based Solutions -- Thailand, was co-organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), and BirdLife International, in partnership with…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Quantifying Plastic Pollution to Inform Evidence-based and Effective Interventions (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 20)

23 November 2023
Plastic pollution is an archetypical global challenge, the complexity of which means that we still do not have a sufficient understanding of fundamental aspects – for example, the relative importance of its forms, sources, pathways, and receptors. Over the last decade, people have been…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Closing Workshop on Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotourism for Ecosystem Services (MARES)

20 November 2023
ADB held in a hybrid format, a closing workshop for TA 6619 Marine Aquaculture, Reefs, Renewable Energy, and Ecotourism for Ecosystem Services (MARES) at ADB HQ on 20 November 2023. Representatives from the Philippine government, the British Embassy in Manila, the private sector, and ADB staff…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Pakistan Executing and Implementing Agencies

20 November 2023
On 20 November, 120 representatives of ADB project executing and implementing agencies in Pakistan learned how to identify integrity risks and red flags as well as preventive and remedial actions. The hybrid session was part of the 3rd Integrated Capacity Development Training Program held in…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Central and West Asia Department

11th Better Air Quality (BAQ) Conference

15 to 17 November 2023
Clean Air Asia, along with co-organizers, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (a UNEP convened initiative), presented the 11th Better Air Quality Conference (BAQ),15-17 November 2023, with pre-events on 13-14 November, at the ADB Headquarters, Manila,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Risk Transfer Mechanisms: Partnerships for Coral Reef Finance and Insurance in Asia and the Pacific

14 November 2023
Healthy coastal ecosystems provide natural protective services and a first line of defense for coastal cities, communities, and infrastructure, as well as other valuable ecosystem services. For example, well maintained coral reefs provide critical ecosystem services, such as nurseries and feeding…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Indonesian Executing and Implementing Agencies

8 November 2023
On 8 November 2023, more than 50 Indonesia Resident Mission staff and ADB project executing and implementing agencies participated in two integrity learning sessions designed to refresh their knowledge of ADB’s integrity framework, increase their awareness of potential integrity risks and remedial…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, Southeast Asia Department

Climate Risk Management in an Emergency Assistance Loan: The Pakistan Emergency Flood Assistance Project

27 October 2023
The session shared the approach and lessons learned in climate risk management for the Emergency Assistance Loan for the Pakistan 2022 floods. The presentation highlighted key approaches and results of rapid climate change assessments used to inform the build-back-better reconstruction of key…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department