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2025 CSO Conversations: Gender and Heat Stress

24 September 2025
2025 CSO Conversations Gender and Heat Stress 24 September 2025, Wednesday, 2:00–3:15 p.m. Manila time (GMT+8) via Zoom: https://adb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/s2WMKrWoTUe2fn_U0rNwXA#/registration Please register in advance for this webinar. Background Across the Asia and the Pacific region…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Gender Equality Division

Nutrition-Gender Webinar Series: Women’s empowerment and nutrition outcomes

4 September 2025
Why Join? Learn how enabling women’s empowerment can lead to stronger nutrition outcomes and social protection programs. Gain practical tools and lessons to strengthen your projects and programs.   Featured keynote speaker, Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator at the…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Measuring Sustainability in Global Value Chains

26 August 2025
Hard-won development gains are increasingly threatened by environmental risks that cross borders. Drawing on new data from Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2025, panelists examine how emissions along global supply chains are shifting with cleaner production and trade. The discussion…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Carbon Pricing Options and Implications for Asia

7 August 2025
  Putting a price on carbon is a crucial strategy for reducing emissions, lowering pollution, and addressing climate change, which are vital to support sustainable development. This webinar featured a presentation on the carbon pricing chapter of the 2024 Asia-Pacific Climate Report by ADB,…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Mobilizing Private Capital for Climate Action

24 July 2025
The private sector contributed less than half of total climate finance in the region—far below the IMF’s estimated 90% share needed by 2030. With rising climate finance needs and limited public resources, private capital is essential. This webinar explored the drivers and barriers influencing…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Nutrition-Gender Webinar Series

21 July to 4 September 2025
  ADB is scaling up investments in food and nutrition security across Asia and the Pacific. Led jointly by ADB’s Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Officer (AFNR) and Gender Equality Division (CCGE), this online dialogue series aims to bring together global thought…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Nutrition-Gender Webinar Series: Status of Women in Agrifood Systems

21 July 2025
ADB scaled up investments in food and nutrition security across Asia and the Pacific. Women and girls were central to agrifood systems, playing vital roles as farmers, wage workers, retailers, entrepreneurs, and consumers. However, entrenched gender inequalities within and beyond the household…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division

Harnessing Digital Transformation for Good

4 June 2025
Asia and the Pacific is experiencing rapid digital transformation, offering opportunities to promote inclusive and sustainable development and to strengthen resilience to extreme weather events. However, if not managed well, it can widen inequalities and compromise environmental sustainability…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

ADB Pacific Women Leaders Program 2025

3 to 6 June 2025
The Stanley Hotel and Suites, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea  10 to 13 June 2025 ADB Headquarters, Manila, Philippines The Pacific Women Leaders Program (PWLP) is part of ADB’s flagship Asia Women Leaders Program (AWLP) that aims to address significant gaps in women’s leadership in Asia and…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division

How Government Assistance Reduces Food Insecurity

29 May 2025
Findings from a 2023 household survey conducted in Southeast Asia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia showed that both regions had significant levels of food insecurity, with Southeast Asia showing more severe conditions. Among the various coping strategies adopted by households, only applying for…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department