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16 August 2021
The ADBI-Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation webinar was organized in collaboration with the Institute for Fiscal Studies. The webinar featured Yale University’s Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak who presented his work on technology adoption in developing countries. This includes low technology uptake in the…
Organizer: ADBI
4 August 2021
This study “Gender Review of DMC Energy Policies” sought to find out how selected five Asia Pacific countries – Bangladesh, Fiji, Mongolia, Pakistan, and the Philippines – understand and incorporate the gender-energy nexus into their national frameworks. The aim was to see whether their energy…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division
3 August 2021
Rikolto is an independent Belgian nongovernment organization (NGO) with more than 40 years of experience in partnering with farmer organizations and food chain actors across Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
The incredible variety of food on our plates is not to be taken for granted. To…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, East Asia Department
22 July 2021
Online via Zoom, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Manila time (GMT+8)
The virtual 2021 International Climate Change Conference provided a platform to discuss international practices that can help the Asian Development Bank’s developing member countries such as Indonesia transition into a low-carbon economy…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
16 July 2021
Nguyen Dinh from Offshore Wind Consultants Limited presented the current status of offshore hydrogen production, development, and opportunities to produce ammonia and methanol for shipping and use by local communities.
Organizer: Energy Sector Office
12 July 2021
ADB, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Grow Asia, and DFAT Australia organized this joint event to discuss how digital technologies are reshaping agriculture in the region; and transforming rural economies and food systems into becoming more inclusive, productive,…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department
1 July 2021
The Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan and the Asian Development Bank held a knowledge sharing event on 1 July 2021 on the application of modern renewable heat technologies and the good international practice of reforming of the heating systems.
The seminar aimed to share experiences and lessons…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department
28 to 30 June 2021
In consideration of ADB’s relevant investments in the next three to five years, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) experts and other partners shared the guidance they have developed on sustainable livestock and analysis on the sector's…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office
28 June 2021
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), in partnership with the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and with the participation of the World Vegetable Centre, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, private sector, and academia discussed concrete solutions and actions to…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
16 June 2021
All of our civilization’s activities manifest in the ocean. Carbon emitted is absorbed into the sea. This increases acidification and threatens the life at the bottom of our food chain. This session looked at ways that changes in our civilization can reverse the impact of current industrial…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office