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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

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 highlighted practical solutions—including innovative collection methods, effective procurement strategies, mapping initiatives, and informal friendly traceability technologies—that enhance…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Environment Thematic Group

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

Mongolia: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop

28 to 29 November 2024
The Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) Training Series: Workshop on Wetland Ecosystem Services and Nature-based Solutions is co-organized by the Asian Development Bank (ADB), the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP), and BirdLife International, in partnership with Wildlife Science and…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Environment Thematic Group, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Accelerating Investments for Plastic Circularity

26 to 27 June 2024
The Asian Development Bank, in collaboration with the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA), hosted a regional capacity building workshop: Accelerating Investments for Plastics Circularity, 26-27 June 2024, Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop aimed to provide insights and strategies to…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Plastic Asset Circularity (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 21)

7 December 2023
This Circular Economy Webinar Series session spotlighted how Recity is enabling a circular economy of plastics with a combination of physical assets like ‘recycled material’ and digital assets like ‘credits’. This session also highlighted how Recity is connecting a brand's plastic footprint to…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Energy Sector Office

Bangkok Plastics Week

9 to 12 October 2023
The  Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Coordinating Body on the Seas of East Asia (COBSEA) organized Bangkok Plastics Week on 9-12 October 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand. Bangkok Plastics Week was a series of capacity development events and workshops on data monitoring approaches and regional…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Philippines: Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop

27 to 30 June 2023
This RFI Ecosystem Services Training Workshop for the Philippines was held at ADB Headquarters in Manila and included a field visit to Balanga Nature and Wetland Park in Bataan Province. The Balanga wetlands are a critical site for migratory birds along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Smart Cities and Circular Economy: How Citizens Recycle and Reuse to Save the Planet (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 16)

22 June 2023
The amount of plastic waste in South Korea has been increasing rapidly during the coronavirus pandemic, and the problem is becoming serious. To solve this problem, it is important for civil society to properly separate and collect used disposable waste and turn it into resources and to use…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

11th Meeting of Partners (MOP) of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop

14 to 15 March 2023
This Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) Ecosystem Services Training Workshop was held during the 11th Meeting of Partners of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) in Brisbane, Australia. It aimed to enhance knowledge-sharing and site-level capacity in wetland management in RFI's…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster