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COP 30 Side Event: Scaling Nature Finance: Role of MDBs and Partners

17 November 2025
Scaling nature finance is essential for climate resilience, biodiversity conservation, and sustainable development. Healthy ecosystems—forests, wetlands, grasslands—provide services like flood protection, temperature regulation, and vital inputs for economic sectors. Agriculture, for instance,…
Organizer: Environment Thematic Group

CSO Conversations: Engaging Communities for Effective Climate Solutions

12 November 2025
  At the “CSO Conversations: Engaging Communities for Effective Climate Solutions” webinar on 12 November, civil society representatives highlighted innovative strategies for how civil society organizations (CSOs) can connect governments and communities in planning and implementing climate…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development

ADB Business Opportunities Seminar for Civil Society Organizations

5 November 2025
Description On 5 November, ADB conducted a Business Opportunities Seminar for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) with 122 attendees participating.  In her remarks, Haidy Ear-Dupuy, NGO and Civil Society Center Unit Head, emphasized civil…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Girls Takeover: Ending Child, Early, and Forced Marriage in Asia and the Pacific

27 October 2025
  Co-organized with Plan International Asia Pacific, discussions focused on addressing Child, Early, and Forced Marriage (CEFM).  Meaningful ‘girl takeover’ experiences were provided for Girl Advocates Saima Tahmin Tofa, to assume the role of ADB Climate Change and Sustainable…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Equality Division

Chemicals and Wastes Financing Partnership Facility Roundtable Meeting

22 October 2025
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) hosted a consultative meeting on the proposed Chemicals and Wastes Financing Partnership Facility (CWFPF), an operational platform that will support sovereign project preparation, pre-commercialization of innovative technologies for private enterprises, and…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Private Sector Operations Department

Civil Society Partnership Days: Papua New Guinea

21 to 22 October 2025
  The Papua New Guinea (PNG) Civil Society Partnership Days brought together the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the Government of Papua New Guinea, and civil society organizations (CSOs) to strengthen collaboration through dialogue and training. Hosted for the first time by ADB in PNG, the…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development

CSO Conversations: Gender and Heat Stress

24 September 2025
Expert panel highlights civil society's role in strengthening women's resilience to heat stress The CSO Conversations webinar on Gender and Heat Stress, held on September 24 via Zoom, brought together civil society organizations (CSO), Asian Development Bank (ADB) staff and development…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Equality Division

CSO Insights: A Listening and Dialogue Forum

15 to 16 September 2025
  On 15–16 September 2025, the Asian Development Bank's NGO and Civil Society Center, in collaboration with the Office of Safeguards, hosted civil society organizations (CSOs) from across Asia and the Pacific for the inaugural CSO Insights: A Listening and Dialogue Forum in Manila, Philippines…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Digital Sector Office, Energy Sector Office, Environment Thematic Group, Gender Equality Division, Office of Safeguards, Human and Social Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Asian Development Policy Lecture - Joel Spicer

11 September 2025
Malnutrition is costing Asia billions of dollars every year, silently eroding national productivity, draining fiscal resources, and locking millions of children and families into intergenerational poverty. According to the World Bank’s “Investment Framework for Nutrition,” investing in nutrition…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Nutrition-Gender Webinar Series: Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition Outcomes

4 September 2025
Learn how enabling women’s empowerment can lead to stronger nutrition outcomes and social protection programs. Gain practical tools and lessons to strengthen your projects and programs.   Featured keynote speaker, Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator at the International Food…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office