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Impacts of Climate Change on Economic Sectors in South Asia

27 June 2016
Many economic sectors are dependent on or sensitive to weather and climate. Extreme weather events that bring multiple hazards have serious economic impacts, affecting people, infrastructure, and livelihood. This presentation highlights how climate change can affect various economic sectors,…

Climate Change, Sea Level, Islands, and Coastal Areas

27 June 2016
Warming raises averages sea levels from the oceans expanding as they warm and melting of land-ice. This has caused typhoons to become more extreme and for wind directions to change. This presentation tackles the effect of climate change on islands and coastal areas.

Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

21 June 2016
ADB's Charlotte Lapsansky discusses the need for project communications, stakeholder analysis and communications strategies in implementing development projects.

Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

21 June 2016
Matthias Gelber discussses the importance of communication and leadership after COP21.

Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series

21 June 2016
Matthias Gelber and ADB's Charlotte Lapsansky discuss the importance of communication and leadership after COP21, as well as the need for project communications, stakeholder analysis and communications strategies in implementing development projects.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

ADB and IFMR Workshop: Discussion Highlights

3 June 2016
This article summarizes the discussions during the different workshop sessions on catastrophe risk protection markets in India.

Challenges IFIs Face and are Likely to Face in Implementing their Safeguard Policies

1 June 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the generic and specific challenges in implementing safeguard policies.

Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP)

31 May 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the Urban Services Improvement Investment Program (USIIP) in Georgia.

Good Practice in Implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM)

31 May 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the implementation of Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) under USIIP in Georgia.

Briefing Note No. 1: Country Safeguard Systems - An Overview

30 May 2016
ADB's Safeguard Policy Statement calls for strengthening country safeguard systems as an objective in itself, to ensure that such systems achieve the benchmarks set by international good practices.