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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

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

Launch of the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity  

10 February 2025
On 10 February 2025, ADB, in collaboration with the City Government of Manila, Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau, and other national government agencies, launched the Manila City Action Plan for Plastic Circularity at ADB Headquarters, aligned with…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Event 4: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Irrigated Agriculture

10 February 2025
The fourth webinar will explore good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better agriculture systems, featuring a case study on how Viet Nam strengthened the resilience of its irrigation systems and rural livelihoods following successive droughts.  
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Event 3: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Power

28 January 2025
The third webinar explored good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better power systems, featuring a case study of the recovery and reconstruction of Tonga's power network following Cyclone Gita.
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Event 2: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Transport

17 December 2024
The second webinar explored good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better in the transport sector, featuring a Palu Bay Port masterplan and reconstruction case study.
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Event 1: Build Back Better Sector Dialogue: Cross-cutting Themes

12 December 2024
This introductory webinar explored the principles and crosscutting measures likely relevant to any post-disaster recovery and reconstruction project, regardless of sector. This included governance arrangements, risk assessment, early warning systems, land-use planning, design standards, capacity…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Financing Biodiversity Conservation in Infrastructure Projects

23 October 2024
It is estimated that there is a biodiversity financing gap of about US$711 billion per year. In comparison, only about $133 billion was spent on biodiversity conservation in 2019, while financing for subsidies that were harmful to nature was estimated to be two to four times this amount. Twenty…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Nature and Climate Nexus: Nature-Based Solutions for Urban and Rural Landscapes

17 to 19 September 2024
Development projects in urban and rural communities focused on traditional gray infrastructure, such as seawalls, dams, and water treatment plants, especially in Asia and the Pacific, with limited consideration of biodiversity and climate impacts. Nature-based solutions (NBS) improved…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

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