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ADB Ventures

29 July 2020
Learn more about ADB Ventures, and how it intends to help highly scalable technology companies expand in Asia and the Pacific.

Support for SMEs to weather the COVID-19 crisis

8 July 2020
Presentation on how government and SMEs can work together to effectively implement measures to help SMEs weather the COVID-19 crisis.

Bouncing back support to SMEs for COVID-19 recovery

8 July 2020
Presentation on global good practice examples of effective SMEs crisis recovery policies, featuring phased approaches to manage and mitigate COVID-19 impacts, and build-back more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient economies.

Travel & Tourism, Southeast Asia and COVID-19

24 June 2020
Presentation on global good-practice examples of effective tourism crisis recovery policies using a phased approach for managing and mitigating the crisis; and building back more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient tourism.

Looking beyond WASH for water security: The roles of IWRM and climate change

18 June 2020
This presentation discussed mitigating climate risks for WASH; interlinks between WASH and integrated water resources management (IWRM); and approaches to climate resilient WASH and securing water resources.

COVID-19: A Summary of New Zealand Policy Response So Far

17 June 2020
Presentation on the experience and lessons of New Zealand in COVID-19 response and recovery.

Reinventing the Grid for a Fully Decarbonized and Resilient Future

17 June 2020
Reinventing the Grid will discuss how the transmission and distribution grid would need to be designed to accommodate a fully decarbonized future, while simultaneously coping with climate change acute and chronic impact, using California as a case study. The session encompassed the total system…

Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by Developing Energy Roadmaps

16 June 2020
This presentation gave an overview of the global and regional progress in climate action and emphasized the need for an integrated approach to 2030 energy transition. It also discussed the National Expert SDG Tool for Energy Planning (NEXSTEP), an online tool to help develop national SDG7 roadmap…

Industrial Decarbonization: The Next Challenge

16 June 2020
As per the Paris Agreement at the UNFCC COP of 2015, member states agreed to limit global warming to 2 °C versus pre-industrial levels. Based on this member states have set up targets under Intended Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs). The industrial sector accounts for about 28 percent of…

The Opportunities and Challenges for Climate Mitigation Actions (NDCs and NAMAs)- The Case of Pakistan

16 June 2020
Pakistan is a developing country, despite low emissions, it is ranked fifth when it comes to being affected by the impacts of climate change. During the period 1994-2013, the extreme climate events caused an economic loss of 4 billion USD. Pakistan having ratified Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement…