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Circular Economy Forum

17 to 18 June 2025
  UPDATE: Due to growing demand, the Circular Economy Forum will now be available for online participation. Please register and select this option to receive livestream access during the forum. ​ Asia and the Pacific is the planet’s hotspot for plastic pollution. Of the 10 rivers that…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Collaborative Approaches to Waste Management Bridging the Informal and Formal Sectors Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 38

8 May 2025
  Drawing on real-world experiences from India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong, China, this webinar will highlight practical solutions—including innovative collection methods, effective procurement strategies, mapping initiatives, and informal friendly traceability technologies—that…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Environment Thematic Group

Growing the Future Innovations in Urban and Controlled Environment Agriculture

14 April 2025
  As part of ADB's $14 billion commitment to regional food supply security, the Agriculture Food Nature and Rural Development (AFNR) sector office is working to raise awareness and catalyze networking of key agricultural sectors. To this end, selected businesses are invited to present their…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Event 6 Build Back Better Sector Dialogue Social Infrastructure

28 March 2025
The sixth webinar explored good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better of the social infrastructure sector, featuring a case study on Nepal’s Earthquake Emergency Assistance Project.
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Highlights from the People Planet Prosperity Project Country Pilots Philippines and Sri Lanka

28 March 2025
Despite growing recognition that healthy, functioning ecosystems are fundamental to achieving food, water and nutrition security, poverty reduction, and sustainable development, the values provided by nature are not widely integrated into policy and investment decisions. Mechanisms that…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Ireland Agrifood Industry Innovations and Climate Measures

25 to 27 March 2025
This session was a product of continuous discussions between the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Ireland to collaborate for sustainable agrifood sector development in ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs). During ADB-DMC joint visit to Ireland’s National Ploughing…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

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

Community Resilience Partnership Program CRPP Partnership Forum 2025

25 to 26 February 2025
The Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) is a partnership program to help countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific region scale up investments in climate adaptation, especially investments at the community level, that explicitly target the nexus between climate change, poverty…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster