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Engaging Stakeholders Meaningfully on Sustainable Development Projects Lessons from Community Participatory Approaches

6 May 2025
The session objective was to share good practices on how community participation and monitoring can enhance the effectiveness of activities, finances, and climate change adaptation outcomes in ADB-supported programs. The session aimed to develop recommendations for the ADB based on case studies…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Girls Takeover Girls and Young Womens Leadership in Naturebased Solutions for Climate Action

17 October 2024
Background The International Day of the Girl (IDG), celebrated annually on October 11, is a key global moment to celebrate the power of girls and highlight the barriers they face. This event aims to amplify their voices to share the issues they experience across the world and the support they…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Navigating Interconnected Challenges Climate Conflict and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific

4 May 2024
This session discussed the complex interplay between climate change, conflict, crisis, and social development in the Asia and Pacific region, with a focus on the vulnerabilities faced by women and other marginalized populations, including LGBTI communities. In his opening remarks, Benjamin Graham…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Protecting People and Planet Will ADBs New Environmental and Social Framework Live Up to Its Promises

3 May 2024
Chantale Wong opened the session by observing that strong environmental and social safeguards are key to prosperous, inclusive, and sustainable economies. She highlighted the new stakeholder engagement standard in the draft Environment and Social Framework (ESF) to engage with people. The upcoming…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

4th Asia and the Pacific Youth Symposium

17 to 19 April 2024
The 4th Asia and the Pacific Youth Symposium (APYS4) is a social dialogue exchange that convenes governments, non-government organizations, youth, and other key stakeholders in development to discuss major and emerging climate issues in the region. These meaningful discussions ultimately revolve…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Food and Nutritional Security in Asia and the Pacific Challenges and Opportunities

18 to 19 March 2024
Asia and the Pacific underwent a rapid transition in diet and nutritional patterns due to ongoing shifts in economic conditions, urbanization, and global interconnectedness. Unfortunately, this transformation was accompanied by intricate nutritional failures among the population: childhood…
Organizer: ADBI

Information Session on Phase 3 Consultation Approach on the Draft Environmental and Social Framework

17 to 18 October 2023
The information session was presented to both government and civil society stakeholders. It discussed the Phase 3 engagement approach, including the consultation process (e.g., the format of consultations, reference materials and how to access these, ways to submit feedback, schedule of…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Office of Safeguards

Journal Special Issue Launch Rural and Agricultural Development in the Digital Age

18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Review of Development Economics on rural and agricultural development in the digital age, edited by Wanglin Ma, Andy McKay, Dil Rahut, and Tetsushi Sonobe. Papers in this special issue investigated the impacts of the…
Organizer: ADBI

Journal Special Issue Launch Webinar Farmers Organizations and Sustainable Development

18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics on farmers’ organizations and sustainable development, coedited by Wanglin Ma, Marco Marini and ADBI’s Dil Rahut. Papers in this special issue examined how farmers’…
Organizer: ADBI

13th AsiaPacific Financial Inclusion Forum Policy Approaches to Support Green Financing of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises

21 to 22 June 2023
Climate change and environmental degradation pose significant risks to the performance of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) critical to economic growth and climate resilience. The movement toward green finance mechanisms has the potential to create new financing opportunities for…
Organizer: ADBI