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UN Climate Change Conference: Outcomes and Implications

1 December 2016
ADB's Preety Bhandari and Christian Ellermann reported on the highlights of the 22nd Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held on 7-18 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morroco. Outcomes included strengthened momentum and actions for implementing the Paris…

UN Climate Change Conference: Outcomes and Implications

1 December 2016
ADB's Preety Bhandari and Christian Ellermann shared the highlights of the 22nd Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The conference was held on 7-18 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morroco. This short video highlights key moments on Insight Thursday, ADB’…

Eco-compensation in Chongqing Municipality: Experiences and Future Priorities

25 November 2016
Ye Chengli, deputy director of the Economic Cooperation Division of the Chongqing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, briefly presented the relevant work on ecological compensation in Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing implemented the development strategy of establishing five functional…

Eco-compensation in Sichuan Province: Experiences and Future Priorities

25 November 2016
Yu Hua, director of Sichuan Development and Reform Commission, presented the experiences and prospects of ecological compensation in Sichuan Province. The provincial government attaches great importance to the construction of ecological civilization and the protection of the ecological environment…

ADB Vice President Stephen Groff at the 5th International Conference on Eco-Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services

24 November 2016
ADB Vice President Stephen Groff highlighted the long-term partnership with the National Development and Reform Commission on developing the PRC’s eco-compensation agenda in a recorded welcome message shown at the 5th International Conference on Eco-compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at the National Level: The Experience of South Africa

24 November 2016
Poverty in South Africa is seen as one of the major challenges facing the young democracy. This is compounded by the high and continually increasing unemployment figures, with the youth and women being the most vulnerable groups. Such problems forced the population to overutilize the country’s…

Practical Experiences in Combining Poverty and Environment at the National Level: The National Greening Program of the Philippines

24 November 2016
The Philippines’ remaining forest cover accounts for only 23% of the country’s land area. This compelled then President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III to issue Executive Order (EO) No. 23, immediately banning logging in natural forests and intensified forest protection. On 24 February 2011, EO No. 26…

Progress and Prospect of Ecological Compensation Mechanism in Dongjiang River Basin

24 November 2016
On 19 October 2016, the provinces of Jiangxi and Guangdong signed the “Horizontal Ecological Compensation Agreement of Dongjiang River Basin Upstream and Downstream” in Nanchang Province. The agreement stipulates that, based on the water-quality assessment of cross-provincial watershed area, the…

Mandalay City Goes Green

24 November 2016
ADB's Eri Honda and ADB consultant Ian Hamilton shares stories on how the restoration of Thingazar Creek is paving the way for the transformation of Mandalay into a prosperous, green urban center. The Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project is the first urban development project since ADB's re-…

Mandalay City Goes Green

24 November 2016
ADB's Eri Honda and ADB consultant Ian Hamilton share stories on how the restoration of Thingazar Creek is paving the way for the transformation of Mandalay into a prosperous, green urban center. The Mandalay Urban Services Improvement Project is the first urban development project since ADB's re-…