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20 to 21 April 2022
Economies in Asia and the Pacific are increasingly committing to the goal of carbon neutrality, in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change and outcomes of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26).
Cohosted by the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI),…
Organizer: East Asia Department
20 to 22 October 2021
The Asia-Pacific Forum on Green and Low-carbon Development (APLC) hosted by the Government of Hunan Province and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is the fifth forum to be conducted after the signing of the MOU between the Government of Hunan Province and the ADB in 2015. The past four forums were…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, East Asia Department
21 July 2021
via Zoom.
Decentralization, Local Governance and Local Economic Development in Mongolia offers an empirical assessment of both the formal features of Mongolia’s system of decentralized governance, and the extent to which these formal features translate into the actual, practical working…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
1 to 21 July 2021
Fiscal Management, Local Governance and Economic Growth in a Post-COVID-19 World - The New Normal is a webinar series organized by the Public Management, Financial Sector, and Regional Cooperation Division (EAPF) with the Mongolia and People's Republic of China (PRC) Resident Mission, and…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
1 July 2021
via Zoom.
Under the High-Quality Growth agenda, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) seeks to rebalance its economy by addressing the negative side effects of a long period of unprecedented economic growth, and local governments will have a key role to play in the implementation of that agenda…
Organizer: East Asia Department, Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office
2 to 5 September 2019
More than half of the world’s population today live in cities, and 80 percent of the world’s energy is consumed here. As part of its Strategy 2030 commitments, ADB aims to support cities in their journey to become low-carbon and more livable by supporting the development of a system that cities can…
Organizer: East Asia Department
4 to 6 December 2018
Rapid urbanization has been accompanied by increasing demand for energy and natural resources, and consequently disproportionate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from cities. Witnessing unprecedented variability in weather conditions, anticipating climate change-induced threat, and recognizing the…
Organizer: East Asia Department