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Welcome Remarks

6 November 2018
Explicit or tacit knowledge needs to be deployed, demonstrated, and disseminated to ensure its true value. In ADB’s case, it must (i) ensure that knowledge is fit-for-purpose, (ii) share tacit knowledge for deeper impact and value addition, and (iii) move from silo thinking to network thinking.

The Futures of Knowledge

6 November 2018
Using knowledge as a learning journey to becoming futures literate is the key to learning from the future. This entails challenging the used future and co-inventing the desired vision. Communicating a futures strategy through data and narrative is essential.

Dealing with Financial Crisis

6 November 2018
A correct diagnosis is the key to dealing with a financial crisis. ADB offered knowledge and capacity building assistance to the Government of Mongolia when a financial crisis hit the country in 2016.

Product Portfolio in a Nutshell

17 October 2018
This webinar provides a brief explanation of all currently generated products in the EO4SD Urban portfolio. Users are given an overview of the products and their main properties without going much into technical details.

Improvements to Developing Master Plans

17 October 2018
The application of EO for land use/land cover products can be used as the basis for improved design and implementation of Master Plans. The assessment of urban growth and urban expansion are key aspects of the utility of Master Plans, as this information will help to define areas for new plans as…

Accuracy and Quality of Products

10 October 2018
Geospatial data freely available on the internet are often used for decision-making without considering their limitations due to poor accuracy and quality control procedures. Additionally, geospatial data produced with no metadata and quality control (QC) pose problems related to transparency,…

Basics of Image Classification and Geographical Information Systems

26 September 2018
The webinar answers the questions: How can I generate information from satellite imagery? What is GIS? How can it be used?

Climate Change: The Politics of Action and Finance

20 September 2018
Tracking and reporting financial flows is needed to help measure the effectiveness of climate actions. This also helps in building trust and accountability and to monitor trends and progress. In this presentation, Pretty Bhandari, ADB’s Director for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management,…

Climate Finance Tracking: Joint MDB Approach

20 September 2018
Multilateral development banks (MDBs) in 2012 worked together to develop methodologies for tracking their climate finance flows. This helps ensure that mitigation and adaptation finance flows are consistent, comparable, and transparent. This presentation provides a snapshot of how the MDBs joint…

Counting Mitigation Finance-MDB Approach

20 September 2018
For an activity to be considered under climate mitigation, it should help promote the reduction of green house gases (GHG) emission or enhance GHG sequestration. This presentation gives a closer look at the approach used by multilateral development banks (MDBs) in mitigation finance tracking.