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Counting Mitigation Finance-MDB Approach

20 September 2018
For an activity to be considered under climate mitigation, it should help promote the reduction of green house gases (GHG) emission or enhance GHG sequestration. This presentation gives a closer look at the approach used by multilateral development banks (MDBs) in mitigation finance tracking.

Adaptation Finance

20 September 2018
Climate adaptation finance is the cost of activities undertaken to lower the current and expected risks to or vulnerabilities of the project, or community, economy or the environment posed by climate change. This presentation tackles the adaptation finance’s key elements and adaptation finance…

Counting Climate Mitigation Finance in Energy Sector

20 September 2018
This presentation elaborates on the application of the joint multilateral development bank approach monitoring climate finance. It also discusses how the approach relates to ADB’s internal approach and guidelines in the energy sector, and lists down mitigation activities under the same sector.

Remote Sensing Introduction and Characteristics of Satellite Data

18 September 2018
The webinar answers the questions: What is remote sensing? What is a satellite and how does it work? Which kind of sensor systems are available and what are their characteristics?

Social Protection in a Competitive Economy: What Have We Learned?

22 August 2018
Australia has a well-targeted welfare system. Gross income is unequal, but taxes and transfers make it more equal, and government invests a lot in health and education. However, the government should also consider privatization, active regulatory oversight, and incentives to inform market design.

Special Olympics Overview

19 July 2018
More than 200 million people with intellectual disability face ongoing discrimination in healthcare, education, and employment. Special Olympics uses sports as a vehicle for change to achieve its vision of creating smart cities wherein all communities and cities are active and inclusive of…

Geospatial Technology and its Applications for Urban Topics

17 July 2018
The webinar presents some of the major challenges in urban development and planning in developing countries and the potential for the application of geo-spatial data to improve assessment of urban growth and planning. These issues are illustrated with various examples from the EO4SD Urban…

Early Life Health Shocks: Can Policy Interventions Help?

5 July 2018
Learn how early life health environment affects human capital accumulation in developing countries. It is well-documented that children who are hit by negative health shocks early in life can suffer long-term disadvantages, in terms of health, education, and labor market outcomes. This presentation…

Paying Primary Care through National Health Insurance

25 June 2018
ADB's Eduardo Banzon discussed the role of national health insurance (NHI) in expanding primary care services in Asia. He also described the implementation steps needed to enable NHI paying for primary care, analyzed the bottlenecks and barriers of NHI coverage of primary care, and identified…

Remarks by Chiara Bronchi, Deputy Director General of SDCC and OIC of the Governance Thematic Group

11 June 2018
Chiara Bronchi, Deputy Director General concurrently Chief Thematic Officer and OIC, Governance Thematic Group, underscores the importance of renewed commitments to strengthen public service delivery through improved corporate governance of state-owned enterprise in Asia and the Pacific region in…