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Yellow River – A Hydrological Basin Approach

22 September 2020
Water managers are continuously making decisions to guarantee water safety. These decisions relate to the short term; for example, ongoing droughts or when there is a risk of flooding. But these decisions can also affect the long term given the more extreme weather events caused by climate…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Dynamic Adaptive Policy Pathways and Climate Adaptation

8 September 2020
Many investments and policy decisions in water management have significant and often long-term consequences. At the same, there are investments being made that influence adaptation requirements and long-term options to adapt. Therefore, making sound near-term decisions is critical—unfortunately…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Achieving Water Security and Resilience in Asia Pacific: AWDO 2020

26 August 2020
08:00-08:45 Stockholm | 14:00-14:45 Manila | 16:00-16:45 Sydney Adapting to the new normal, the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has transformed the annual World Water Week (WWWeek) in Stockholm into a virtual conference, dubbed WWWeek at Home. Held on 24 to 28 August, the…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Understanding Disease Transmission and Health Risks through Water Systems

25 August 2020
For the second part of the series, Dr. Eline Boelee, senior researcher and advisor for water-environment-health interlinkages at Deltares, discussed how an integrated approach contributes to the understanding of health risks in water systems. She focused mainly on freshwater systems, looking at…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

ADB Water and Deltares Seminar Series: Collaborating on Innovative and Sustainable Solutions for Integrated Water Management

11 August to 6 October 2020
Following a successful seminar series with Water Aid on water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) and health in the context of the pandemic, the ADB Water Sector Group is collaborating with Deltares, an independent Netherlands-based knowledge institute, to bring attention to the issues of water…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

Resilient City Toolbox for Urban Resilience Planning

11 August 2020
Urban societies and economies are increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather due to climate change, ongoing urbanization, and densification. To reduce the risks to acceptable levels, urban resilience needs to be strengthened. For the first part of the series, Deltares focused on the challenges…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office

WASH Seminar Series: Part 3 – WASH, IWRM, and Climate Change

18 July 2020
Part 3 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series The impacts of climate change are being felt across the Asia and Pacific region and threaten to reverse progress made in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH). Services must be urgently extended and strengthened in the face of…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

WASH Seminar Series: Part 4 – A Health Systems-Strengthening Approach to Improve WASH in Health Care Facilities

23 June 2020
Part 4 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series WASH is a critical part of infection prevention and control. Despite this, one in four health care facilities lacks basic water services and 896 million people seek care at facilities with no water service, according to the…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

WASH Seminar Series: Part 2 – Urban Sanitation

11 June 2020
Part 2 of the Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series At current rates of progress, universal access to safely managed sanitation – the aim of the Sustainable Development Goal 6 – won’t be achieved until 2030. WaterAid’s urban sanitation work, through policy and programming, aims…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office

Scaling Up WASH Services in a Pandemic Seminar Series

9 to 23 June 2020
Handwashing with soap and proper hygiene are the first lines of defense against the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). ADB, together with world leaders and heads of international organizations, in a joint statement, recognize that water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) services must be…
Organizer: Water and Urban Development Sector Office, Human and Social Development Sector Office