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Project Life Cycle Step 2 and 3: Preparation and Appraisal – Part 1

9 October 2025
The activity focuses on integrating air quality considerations into project design by evaluating baseline conditions, identifying pollution sources, and prioritizing interventions.

How Disaster Resilient Loans Strengthen Fiscal Resilience of DMCs

9 October 2025
This presentation explains how Disaster Resilient Loans (DRL) operate as a financing tool to strengthen disaster preparedness and recovery, and how they complement ADB’s Crisis Response Toolkit.

Overview on Asia Clean Blue Skies Program and relevant TA

8 October 2025
The presentation outlined ADB’s support for air quality management in Asia, highlighting the Asia Clean Blue Skies Program, key technical assistance initiatives, and investments that strengthened policies, capacity, and clean air solutions across developing member countries.

State of Global Air Quality Funding 2025

8 October 2025
The presentation highlighted the state of global air quality funding, emphasizing the health, climate, and economic benefits of investing in clean air. It underscored current funding gaps, regional and sectoral trends, and offered key recommendations for international development funders to scale…

Clean Air: A Strategic Pillar of Climate Resilience

8 October 2025
The presentation highlighted the Urban Resilience Trust Fund’s support for clean air as a core pillar of climate resilience, showcasing how integrated urban planning, capacity building, and innovative investments strengthened air quality, public health, and low-carbon development across eligible…

Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism

8 October 2025
The presentation summarized the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM), which was established in 2014 to provide grants for deploying advanced low-carbon technologies in ADB-financed projects under the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM). It outlined eligibility criteria, funding schemes…

Aligning Circular Economy Goals and International Commitments

8 October 2025
The presentation discussed how ADB could align circular economy (CE) goals with international commitments such as the Paris Agreement, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and upcoming Global Plastics Treaty. It outlined the rationale for integrating CE into treaty implementation,…

Development of a Taxonomy for ADB’s Circular Economy Activities and Indicators for Tracking Progress

8 October 2025
The presentation explained how dynamic systems modeling was applied to support circular economy strategies by simulating policy impacts, infrastructure planning, and regional coordination. It introduced modeling paradigms such as system dynamics, agent-based, and hybrid approaches, highlighting…

Linking Civil Society to Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management

8 October 2025
The presentation explored the evolving role of NGOs and CSOs in environmental action in the Philippines, tracing their shift from protest-based activism to collaborative and transformative approaches. It highlighted historical phases from rights-based movements to community development, market…

Deep Dive on MDB Nature Finance Common Principles and Taxonomy and Ocean Finance Tracking

8 October 2025
The presentation provided a deep dive into MDB nature finance principles, taxonomy development, and ocean finance tracking. It explained the growing demand for nature investments, commitments under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, and the MDB Joint Nature Statement. The session…