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East Asia Forum 2023

20 to 21 October 2023
This year’s East Asia Forum will be held alongside the Asia-Pacific Forum on Green and Low Carbon Development (APFGLCD). The event is jointly organized by ADB, ADB-PRC Regional Knowledge Sharing Initiative (RKSI), ADB Institute and the Ecology and Environment Department of Hunan. It is a…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Pushing the Limits Scaling up Climate and Disaster Resilience to Minimize and Address Loss and Damage

18 October 2023
This session discussed the limits to adaptation and how specific areas of investments in climate and disaster resilience can help push the limits and thereby help countries minimize and address loss and damage.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Yellow River Ecological Corridor YREC Seminar Series Building Sustainable and Climate Resilient Agriculture in the Yellow River Basin

3 July 2023
Location: Kerry Hotel, Beijing. Date: July 3, 2023 (Monday), 09:00-17:10 (Beijing time) Meeting ID: 960 0014 1764 Passcode: YREC230703 Objectives of the Bejing onsite hybrid seminar (1 day) Introduce the project implementation; Final report (draft comments) presentation and…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Yellow River Ecological Corridor YREC Seminar Series

28 June to 3 July 2023
Seminar 1 Location: Onsite – Henan Province (Zhengzhou city), hybrid (online participation for Day 1 and Day 3) Date: May 24 – 26 Seminar 2 Location: Kerry Hotel, Beijing. Date: July 3, 2023 (Monday), 09:00-17:10 (Beijing time) Meeting ID: 960 0014 1764 Passcode: YREC230703 The Yellow…
Organizer: East Asia Department

Yellow River Ecological Corridor YREC Seminar Series Institutions and Governance for a Water Secure and Resilient Yellow River Basin

24 to 26 May 2023
Location: Onsite – Henan Province (Zhengzhou city), hybrid (online participation for Day 1 and Day 3) Objectives of the Henan onsite hybrid seminar (3 days) The onsite seminar is hosted by ADB and co-hosted by YRCC and MEE, with external participation of sector relevant PRC agencies and…
Organizer: East Asia Department

SECURE Webinar 6 Climate Change and PostCOVID19 Health Security

3 February 2023
Climate change affects human health through a variety of mechanisms, including impacts on air quality, the spread of disease, food security, and extreme weather events. One way that climate change can affect air quality is through the increase in ground-level ozone, which is a harmful air…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

SECURE Webinar 5 Strengthening Health System Resilience against Climate Change in Indonesia

9 December 2022
The fifth SECURE webinar discussed lessons learned from Indonesia's experience on health and climate policy-making and governance, ongoing actions, and recommended strategies and ways it can help strengthen the resilience of health systems and inform the harnessing of strong health systems as key…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Designing Climateresilient Housing Best Practices from ADBsupported Projects

20 September 2022
Central and West Asia Department of ADB, in cooperation with East Asia Department, organized a session on climate-resilient housing. The session showcased two pioneering ADB projects on climate-resilient housing in Uzbekistan and Mongolia. It highlighted key components of the projects on building…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, East Asia Department

PRC Fund Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Developing Productive Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture for Food Security the PRCs experience

9 August to 21 September 2022
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) feeds the largest population in the world, a task fraught with many challenges. Investments in agriculture together with institutional reforms have secured a stable food supply. The PRC made a remarkable achievement in expanding agriculture production by more…
Organizer: East Asia Department

SECURE Webinar 3 COVID19 Vaccination Programs and Climate Change

28 June 2022
The SECURE Webinar Series #3: COVID-19 Vaccination Programs and Climate Change brought together experts, scholars, and practitioners to share experiences and observations over climate change and health issues that beset the implementation of COVID-19 vaccination programs globally, and to help…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department