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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: Environment Thematic Group
5 June 2025
This is the 40th session of the ADB Circular Economy Webinar Series, after nearly three years of promoting circular economy innovations and solutions. This webinar also marks World Environment Day, which is celebrated every 5 June. This year's theme focuses on ending plastic pollution, with the…
Organizer: Environment Thematic Group
21 May 2025
Circularity can be applied across all sectors and industries, including the fashion and textile sectors. Every year, the textile sector contributes 2%–8% of the world’s greenhouse gases, uses about 86 million Olympic-sized swimming pools of natural water resources, and accounts for 9% of…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Environment Thematic Group
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
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
27 to 29 October 2021
The 16th Annual Session of Global Forum on Human Settlements (GFHS 2021) was held in a virtual format to observe the World Cities Day from October 27 to 29, 2021, with the theme being “Accelerate Green Transformation and Innovation towards Healthy, Resilient and Carbon-neutral Cities”.…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes)
29 April 2021
Asia’s future is urban. Cities are booming in Asia because they are hubs of economic and social opportunities for people and enterprises. Increasing urbanization, however, does not necessarily translate to increasing opportunities for the residents of cities.
ADB on 29 April launched Creating…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes)
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
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)
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)