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29 November 2023
Digital technology is revolutionizing how we manage water, offering opportunities to improve water security and resilience for water utilities worldwide. Harnessing digital innovations and solutions has the potential to streamline operations, reduce operational costs, enhance system efficiencies…
Organizer: Pacific Department
21 November 2023
This knowledge-sharing series, jointly organized by the ADB Urban Resilience Trust Fund (URTF) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), fosters strategic dialogue among international, national, regional, and city-level decision-makers and stakeholders to advance urban…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office
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
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
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
18 October 2023
Effective handwashing isn't possible without flowing water. While many water utilities do not consider being in the business of hand hygiene, they are uniquely placed to provide the infrastructure support and water services needed to practice good handwashing behaviors. On Global Handwashing Day…
Organizer: Pacific Department
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
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
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
5 July 2023
In the Pacific, rural WASH is often managed at a community level by Village Water Committees, local government or similar. Water utilities are supporting rural WASH to varying degrees across the region, reflecting the global trend of increasing utility engagement in rural water services.…
Organizer: Pacific Department