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Green and Resilient Ports: Global Lessons for Southeast Asia

2 October 2025
This webinar examined how leading ports worldwide are advancing green and climate-resilient solutions, and how these approaches can be adapted to Southeast Asia’s diverse port systems. Ports are vital engines of trade and development, handling nearly 80% of global goods by volume, but they are…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

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
Why Join? 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…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Resilient Coasts, Thriving Communities: A Sea of Solutions

18 to 19 August 2025
India’s coastline stretches over 7,525 kilometers, supporting about 171 million people across 70 coastal districts. It sustains vital sectors including fisheries, aquaculture, renewable energy, tourism, transport, and trade. Coastal ecosystems provide essential biodiversity, livelihoods, and…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

ADB Business Opportunities Training for Civil Society Organizations - Suva

28 July 2025
ADB BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS   28 July 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ADB Pacific Subregional Office, Level 12, FHL Tower  Corner of Gordon St and Thurston St, Suva, Fiji   Overview The Asian Development Bank (ADB) held a Business Opportunities…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

ADB Business Opportunities Training for Civil Society Organizations - Sydney

25 July 2025
ADB BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES TRAINING FOR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS   25 July 2025, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ADB Pacific Liaison and Coordination Office, Level 20, 45 Clarence Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Australia   Overview The Asian Development Bank (ADB) held a Business Opportunities…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Nutrition-Gender Webinar Series

21 July to 4 September 2025
  ADB is scaling up investments in food and nutrition security across Asia and the Pacific. Led jointly by ADB’s Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Officer (AFNR) and Gender Equality Division (CCGE), this online dialogue series aims to bring together global thought…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Thematic Session 11: Climate Finance and Investment for Glacier Preservation and Adaptation

31 May 2025
Under current climate projections, much of the world’s stored freshwater is set to disappear within the coming decades. Despite this significant impact on the freshwater supply, there is no straightforward pathway to future-proof communities relying on the frozen stores in the mountain cryosphere…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Thematic Session 4: Partnership for Climate Change, Glaciers and Transboundary Cooperation in Central and West Asia Region

30 May 2025
The countries of Central Asia, South Caucasus, and Pakistan are home to a significant portion of Asia's glaciers. It is estimated that around 80 per cent of the total river runoff in Central Asia is supplied by meltwater from snow, glaciers, and permafrost in the region. These rivers comprise a…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office