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Event 2: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Transport

17 December 2024
The second webinar explored good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better in the transport sector, featuring a Palu Bay Port masterplan and reconstruction case study.
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

ADB Build Back Better Sector Dialogues

12 December 2024 to 31 March 2025
When a disaster occurs, timely support for recovery and reconstruction efforts is critical to minimize potential long-term setbacks to sustainable and inclusive socioeconomic development. The ADB Build Back Better Sector Dialogues aim to share regional voices, stories, ideas, and lessons learned…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Event 1: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Cross-cutting Themes

12 December 2024
This introductory webinar explored the principles and crosscutting measures likely relevant to any post-disaster recovery and reconstruction project, regardless of sector. This included governance arrangements, risk assessment, early warning systems, land-use planning, design standards, capacity…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

National Conference on Inclusive Clean Energy Solutions in ADB Operations

10 to 11 December 2024
On 10–11 December, stakeholders discussed the critical pathways for a Just, Affordable, and Inclusive Energy Transition, building on key priorities from the G20 Energy Ministers’ meeting under India’s G20 Presidency. The event highlighted the complex interplay between advancing clean energy goals…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

From Recommendations to Action: Insurable Infrastructure Solutions in the Pacific

2 to 3 December 2024
Background Contractors tendering for Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) partner projects in the Pacific Island countries (PICs) are struggling to access the insurances and related risk engineering services required to deliver quality construction infrastructure projects funded by donors…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Marine Renewable Energy and Blue Economy

8 November 2024
Marine Renewable Energy (MRE), "renewable energy production which makes use of marine resources or marine space," is a necessary step towards decarbonization and contributes to the growth of the Blue Economy (BE) – the "sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved livelihoods,…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

AIxADB: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Development

4 to 8 November 2024
AIxADB serves as a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange to explore cutting-edge solutions, learn from successful case studies, identify pilots for implementation under the ADB AI Sandbox Program, and support DMCs to manage the transition for AI adoption through policies, skilling, and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Information Technology Department

Progress and Barriers to Driving a Nature-Positive Renewable Energy Transition: Identifying Enabling Conditions and Policy Gaps

25 October 2024
Key to the purpose, considerations, and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) and agenda item 25 on biodiversity and climate change are coherence, complementarity, and cooperation between the CBD and other relevant multilateral agreements such as the UNFCCC. At…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

3D Clay Reef Systems – An Innovative Approach to Structural Enhancement and Habitat Rehabilitation

1 October 2024
This session explored the possibility of complex clay reef habitat structures in protecting floating solar installations by reducing wave height while promoting coastal resilience. Clay reef structures foster increased fish biomass and biodiversity, contributing to healthier marine ecosystems. A…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

Infrastructure Assessments - Blue Dot Network

12 September 2024
These presentations explored how the Blue Dot Network certification can support governments, contracting authorities, and project developers from across Asia and beyond in meeting the twin goals of creating more sustainable projects while increasing the attractiveness for investors and stakeholders…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office