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ADB-UN Women Webinar: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

10 September 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has hit the Asia-Pacific region hard, particularly the most vulnerable, and is deepening pre-existing inequalities — exposing vulnerabilities in social, political, and economic systems. A recent UN Women report found that women in the region, in both the formal and informal…
Organizer: Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes), Gender Equality Division

UNDIP-ADB 2nd International Webinar 2020: Fast-Tracking the SDGs at a Time of Crisis

2 September 2020
Asia and the Pacific is grappling with the devastating consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. A collective response will be needed to contain the loss of life and address this evolving human crisis. Returning to “business as usual” is not an option for a region that is already off-track to…
Organizer: Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes)

International Online Conference to Address Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) under the COVID-19 Pandemic

20 August 2020
As the world experiences the COVID-19 crisis, water-related disasters remain as imminent now as before COVID-19. People worldwide have been affected, and thousands of people have lost their lives due to water-related disasters, which are increasingly frequent. In light of the current pandemic…
Organizer: Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes)

World Oceans Day 2020 Greenbag: A Progress Report on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans

8 June 2020
(Part of ADB's Nature Month 2020 activities) This session, organized on the occasion of World Oceans Day 2020, provides updates on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans programmatic work, including program pipelines, targets, and flagship programs. It also discussed ocean finance activities,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Joint Gender Equity TG and Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management TG Webinar: Enhancing Women-Focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience

3 June 2020
Women are agents of change for resilient development. However, substantial gaps remain in building women’s capacity. In this webinar, Zonibel Woods and Arghya Sinha Roy shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

ADB Data Room: Managing Infectious Medical Waste during the COVID-19 Pandemic

9 April 2020
During the COVID-19 outbreak in Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China (PRC), infectious medical waste increased by 600% from 40 tons per day to 240 tons per day. This quickly overwhelmed existing medical transport and disposal infrastructure around hospitals. Other countries are likely to face…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Innovation Technologies for Air Quality Management

22 January 2020
Sean Wihera of Clarity Movement discussed their organization’s experiences on applications of new low-cost air quality management technologies that enable advanced performance-based allocations for smaller or highly localized clean air investments. Specifically he discussed how real-time emissions…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

ADB Side Events at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP 25)

2 to 13 December 2019
The UNFCCC Climate Change Conference included the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to the UNFCCC, the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 15), and the second session of the Conference of the Parties…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

2nd Regional Knowledge-Sharing Workshop: Strengthening the Environment Dimensions of the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific

27 to 28 November 2019
This workshop aims to disseminate the findings and technical guidance materials developed during Phase 1 of ADB's Technical Assistance on Supporting the Implementation of Environment Related SDGs in Asia and the Pacific, and disseminate knowledge, experiences and lessons learnt from the Phase 2 in…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Innovative Solutions for Medical Waste Management – Recommendations from UN and WHO

16 October 2019
In some countries, infected waste is disposed in a landfill or at sea without decontamination, causing adverse effects on both people and the environment. In this presentation, AMB Ecosteryl sales manager for Asia and the Middle East Marie Van Sull showcased solutions for managing medical waste…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster