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9th International Conference on Eco-Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services

22 to 24 November 2023
Eco-compensation is a policy mechanism which aims to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of human activities by implementing measures to offset or compensate for ecological damage caused by those activities. Examples of eco-compensation include fiscal transfer, regional cooperation and…
Organizer: East Asia Department

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

Seismic Risk: A Changing Landscape

25 October 2023
This session convened two leading experts to share the latest developments and learning that can inform the work of ADB and its member countries in strengthening understanding of seismic risk and building resilience.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Unlocking Tomorrow's Resilience: Bridging Countries through ISO of Disaster Risk Reduction Infrastructure

19 October 2023
The session featured a presentation by David Nguyen from Tohoku University that discussed how the international standardization of disaster risk reduction infrastructure can strengthen the resilience agenda.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Pushing the Limits: Scaling up Climate and Disaster Resilience to Minimize and Address Loss and Damage

18 October 2023
This session discussed the limits to adaptation and how specific areas of investments in climate and disaster resilience can help push the limits and thereby help countries minimize and address loss and damage.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Human and Social Development Sector Office

2023 Resilience Learning Month

26 September to 27 October 2023
In celebration of Resilience Learning Month (RLM) 2023, ADB has organized a series of online events and capacity-building workshops that highlight regional and global innovation and lessons learned on tackling climate change and building climate and disaster resilience, delivered in partnership…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week

26 to 28 September 2023
ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines WELCOME TO THE ASIA-PACIFIC SOCIAL PROTECTION WEEK 2023! The Asia-Pacific Social Protection Week 2023: Social Protection in a Changing World, hosted by ADB’s Human and Social Development Sector Office, brought together in-person at ADB Headquarters more than…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office

Capacity Development Course

25 September to 17 October 2023
Forty-one ADB staff from headquarters and resident missions completed seven interactive, half-day virtual workshops of the 2023 Resilience Learning Month (RLM) capacity development course from 26 September to 17 October. This year’s course tackled carbon pricing and carbon finance, climate finance…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023 Launch

24 August 2023
At the beginning of 2022, Asia and the world seemed poised for an economic recovery as the COVID-19 pandemic began to recede. Unfortunately, additional shocks unsettled the nascent recovery, hindering the progress that had been underway. Cost of living pressures rose as prices of energy and food…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Journal Special Issue Launch: Rural and Agricultural Development in the Digital Age

18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Review of Development Economics on rural and agricultural development in the digital age, edited by Wanglin Ma, Andy McKay, Dil Rahut, and Tetsushi Sonobe. Papers in this special issue investigated the impacts of the…
Organizer: ADBI