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8 April 2015
This material provides an overview of the Global Alliance For Clean Cookstoves' specific gender strategy for increasing the role of women in the clean cookstoves and fuels sector and for addressing gender issues to scale adoption.
26 March 2015
Stakeholders in Cambodia, Nepal, and Samoa who have been adversely affected by ADB-assisted projects mentioned communications or the lack of it as the main factor for their grievances. In these cases, simply providing information about the project was not enough. Communication processes needed to…
26 March 2015
Investing in communications by creatively allocating or leveraging funds for project communication activities results to conflict prevention. This report examines ADB’s Accountability Mechanism and discusses the role of communications in conflicts featuring ADB-assisted projects in Cambodia, Nepal…
26 March 2015
ADB has committed to double its annual climate financing by year 2020. This presentation discusses ADB’s approaches to climate finance mobilization and shares some examples of projects that support environmentally sustainable growth.
4 March 2015
This presentation showcases the good practices of Japan's Kitakyushu City in achieving sustainable development. Through its highly successful development policies and action plans, Kitakyushu has transformed its industrialized environment to an advanced green city.
2 March 2015
This presentation explains the concept of green bank and the process for green financing. It also highlights the importance of recognizing climate risks as part of the financial risk management process.
2 March 2015
The Cities Development Initiative for Asia identifies key challenges in urban financing that hinders medium size cities from implementing their infrastructure development plans. This presentation also identifies the necessary steps to link urban infrastructure with financing.
2 March 2015
Former Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi explains how Japan was able to achieve sustainable development through strong leadership and effective implementation of national policies.
2 March 2015
This report presents the results of the electronic polling activity at the Asia Leadership Program 2015, where the objectives were to understand the diversity of sectors and factors that must be addressed in the development of a sustainable society.
2 March 2015
This material outlines the global investment challenges for sustainability and lack for long-term commitment for climate change.