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Progress on the Global Plastics Treaty: Outcomes and Insights from the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee Process (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 37)

19 March 2025
With millions of tons of plastic produced annually and plastic waste driving environmental and climate concerns, the Global Plastics Treaty will be key in reshaping policies and investments to end plastic pollution in Asia and the Pacific. This webinar unpacks key outcomes from the fifth session…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Accelerating Circularity and Just Transition through Digital Solutions (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 36)

12 March 2025
In the journey toward a sustainable, inclusive, and waste-free future, digital transformation plays a pivotal role in reshaping material flows and empowering communities. This webinar explored how data-driven technologies, digital product passports, and traceability platforms can accelerate…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Financing Plastic Circularity: Recommendations to Overcome Market and Policy Challenges (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 35)

26 February 2025
With the massive scale of the plastic pollution crisis, countries need an estimated $50 billion–$120 billion annually to achieve their waste reduction goals. Asia and the Pacific is at the epicenter of global plastic pollution, yet the region accounts for only 8% of plastic circularity…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Maldives Tuna Think Tank

12 to 13 February 2025
Representatives from key segments of the tuna fisheries value chain in the Republic of Maldives gathered in Malé on 12-13 February 2025 for the Tuna Think Tank Workshop. This event brought together significant stakeholders, including delegates from the Maldivian government, fish processing…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office

Launch of the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity  

10 February 2025
On 10 February 2025, ADB, in collaboration with the City Government of Manila, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau, and other national government agencies, launched the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity at ADB Headquarters, aligned with…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Circularity In Action: Accelerating a Concrete Solution to Plastic Waste at CRDC Global (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 34)

5 February 2025
Circular business models struggle to scale when economic actors lack incentives to collaborate. In this webinar, Donald Thomson, CEO of the Center for Regenerative Design and Collaboration (CRDC), and Nicholas Kolesch, plastics circularity leader and strategic advisor to CRDC, presented an…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Data Room: Safeguard Policy Review and Update

30 January 2025
Environmental and Social Framework Approved by ADB’s Board of Directors in 22 November 2024, the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) builds on the findings and recommendations of ADB’s corporate evaluation of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS), detailed analytical studies, and…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards

Opportunities to Strengthen Regional Cooperation for Marine Litter Management in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 33)

22 January 2025
Marine litter was a major concern for Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam. Governments in these countries had developed and enacted policies to address the sources and impacts of marine litter. In this webinar, Anna Oposa, a marine conservation and circular economy specialist,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster