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18 November 2025
Mobilizing private sector capital will be essential to narrowing the multitrillion-dollar financing gap for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific—a gap that public funds alone cannot fill. In line with its Strategy 2030, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) has made private sector…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department, Southeast Asia Department
23 October 2025
Southeast Asia has advanced its decarbonization efforts, but more ambitious action is needed to slow climate change. The region is well-positioned for the global shift to net zero, yet financing needs are immense and current investment falls short. Mobilizing private capital is therefore…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Southeast Asia Department
13 October 2025
Despite intensive negotiations at INC-5.2 in Geneva, governments had not agreed on a final draft of the Global Plastics Treaty, leaving its future uncertain. For Southeast Asia, however, the challenge was immediate: plastic use was projected to triple by 2060, and the region already generated the…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Southeast Asia Department
2 October 2025
This webinar examined how leading ports worldwide are advancing green and climate-resilient solutions, and how these approaches can be adapted to Southeast Asia’s diverse port systems.
Ports are vital engines of trade and development, handling nearly 80% of global goods by volume, but they are…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
21 November 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) organized a hybrid webinar, Plastic Odyssey: Tackling Plastic Pollution Through Innovation, on 21 November 2024, from 2:00–3:30 p.m. at Learning Resource Center 1, ADB Headquarters. The event featured Simon Bernard, CEO of Plastic Odyssey, and was coordinated by…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
24 October 2024
The SECURE Webinar 18 is a collaboration with ADB’s Human and Social Development Office’s Solutions Development Working Group on Health Systems Strengthening (HSD-SDWG HSS), focusing on vaccine manufacturing and regulatory ecosystems.
This 90-minute virtual event spotlighted ADB's initiatives to…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department
12 September 2024
Each year, more than 462 million tons of plastic are produced, with 90% contributing to global pollution. An estimated 9 million to 14 million tons of plastic waste in our oceans annually, harming wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. In 2019, plastics generated approximately 1.8 billion…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
23 April 2024
This session delved into the critical role that clear, comprehensive reports play in facilitating effective investigations and ensuring regulatory compliance - best practices for gathering evidence, documenting findings, and presenting insights in a manner to facilitates efficiency and integrity…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, East Asia Department, Pacific Department, Southeast Asia Department
16 April 2024
This session explored the evolving landscape of anti-bribery and corruption laws, global enforcement trends, and practical strategies for mitigating bribery and corruption risks within an organization.
Disclaimer: This event is part of a webinar series for correspondent banking counterparties…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, East Asia Department, Pacific Department, Southeast Asia Department
9 April 2024
This session explored the dynamic landscape of detecting and preventing financial crime through effective transaction monitoring strategies and delved into best practices for implementing robust transaction monitoring systems and interpreting alerts.
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, East Asia Department, Southeast Asia Department, Pacific Department