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EFlows Case Studies and Review

22 November 2018
With a decision tree as guide, this presentation cites EFlows case studies and assessments, including a proposed inlet array design, hydropower plants, and river zoning.

Embracing Digital Technology in Internal Audit

22 November 2018
The internal audit function is a key element of good governance and accountability in both public and private sector organizations. In his Opening Remarks, ADB President Takehiko Nakao highlights the importance of keeping pace with the changes in digital technology and leveraging new technologies…

Training Course on Pollution, Health, and Safety Management in ADB Projects: Water Management Module

21 November 2018
Water pollution has been increasing in Asia, resulting in economic losses, health problems, and damage to aquatic systems. ADB-financed projects must not only meet environment safeguard requirements in water quality impacts; they must also incorporate environmental sustainability into project…

Water Quality Modeling: A Brief Introduction

21 November 2018
Water quality models can aid in planning and in assessing the environmental impacts of project-generated pollution. This presentation explains the uses, purposes, limitations, and components of water quality models; their application in the review of ADB-funded projects, with case studies as…

Training Course on Pollution, Health, and Safety Management in ADB Projects: Water Management Module

21 November 2018
Water pollution has been increasing in Asia, resulting in economic losses, health problems, and damage to aquatic systems. ADB-financed projects must not only meet environment safeguard requirements in water quality impacts; they must also incorporate environmental sustainability into project…

A Practical Introduction to Water Quality Modeling

21 November 2018
Water quality models can aid in planning and in assessing the environmental impacts of project-generated pollution. This presentation explains the uses, purposes, limitations, and components of water quality models; their application in the review of ADB-funded projects, with case studies as…

Determining Wastewater Treatment Standards: Discharge to Surface Water

21 November 2018
This presentation seeks to determine wastewater treatment standards by identifying wastewater sources, the factors to consider in treating wastewater, calculating assimilative capacity, the stages in the wastewater treatment process, and provisions for peak flows.

Climate Litigation: A Suitable Discourse for China’s Green Courts?

7 November 2018
The value of environmental justice is becoming increasingly prominent in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). As climate litigation is a more recent discourse, it might be a challenge to transplant it into PRC directly. Nonetheless, climate litigation is one of the four case types handled by PRC’s…

Training on Preventing Corruption in Public Procurement

6 November 2018

Workshop Report - Promoting Environmentally Sustainable Smart Cities

18 October 2018
ADB’s South Asia Department, in collaboration with the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Environment (MoE), Korea Environmental Industry and Technology Institute (KEITI), and K-water, organized a four-day knowledge and networking workshop in Seoul, Republic of Korea on 15-18 October 2018 on “…