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CRPP Talks 4: Building Climate Resilience Through Graduation Programs

9 July 2025
Drawing on Bangladesh's Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme and examples from India, the session shared insights into how integrating climate adaptation measures into graduation approaches can create more sustainable and transformative outcomes for vulnerable populations. It is built on research…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Effectiveness, Efficiency, Equity, and Enforceability – Evaluating Economic Instruments for Thailand's Packaging Waste (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 41)

25 June 2025
The Circular Economy Webinar Series continues, building on the demand for more knowledge and real-life use cases from the Circular Economy Forum. In this latest session, the focus was on the application of economic instruments as part of Thailand's approach to plastic pollution. The webinar…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Insight Thursday: Building Community Resilience Through National Climate Funds

10 April 2025
This session explored how creating “community windows” within national climate funds was a key strategy for delivering locally owned investments. Interestingly, ADB developing member countries were keen on establishing specific finance vehicles to invest in their resilience and development goals…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

People, Planet, Prosperity Project: Mainstreaming Nature in Policy and Investment Decisions

22 October 2024
Integrating natural capital valuation into policy and investment decisions is essential for sustainable development and the long-term health of ecosystems. By incorporating natural capital into economic analysis, policymakers and businesses can make more informed decisions. Many ecosystem…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Clean Air with Improved Agricultural Crop Residue and Biomass Management in Asia

6 June 2024
​ Poor management of agricultural residues and biomass can contribute to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in Asia and the Pacific. Due to increasing labor shortages in rural areas and lack of appropriate machinery, many farmers cannot collect crop residues and other biomass from…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Insight Thursday: Scaling Up Local Adaptation Measures Through Climate-Responsive Decentralization Processes

15 February 2024
This session explained the inter-relationship between climate adaptation solutions, a decentralized system of governance, and climate resilience. It highlighted how local governments played a critical role in climate resilience as they had a mandate to deliver public services and execute public…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

CRPP Talks 2: Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants: Experience from Asia and the Pacific

27 October 2023
This session shared the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) experience on implementing the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility’s (LoCAL) performance-based grants mechanism for financing locally led adaptation in Asia and the Pacific region. It discussed how LoCAL enables local…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

The Power of Partnerships in Fostering a Circular Economy (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 15)

11 May 2023
ADDENDUM: Please note that the numbers or figures shown in the presentation delivered in this webinar may no longer be updated. These figures were accurate and/or relevant at the time of the webinar and the publishing of this event page. As the Philippines tackles the plastic waste problem,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

CRPP Talks 1: Scaling Up Locally Led Climate Action

26 April 2023
While local communities are on the frontlines of climate impacts, they typically lack a voice in the decisions that affect them. The International Institute for Environment and Development estimates that less than 10% of international climate finance gets earmarked for local-level action. There…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Insight Thursday: Strengthening Climate Resilience at Scale While Leaving No One Behind

2 February 2023
This session explored the impacts of climate change in increasing poverty levels in the Asia and Pacific region, with the poor and vulnerable population, especially poor women, being disproportionately impacted. It also underscored the need for investments in resilience that were targeted at poor…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster