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Journey to Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Pakistan

18 October 2016
Challenges to gender equality and women's rights continue to thrive in many parts of the world. In this interview, Ms. Roshen Zafar, founder of Kash Foundation, talks about her own experiences and struggles as she fulfills her personal goals. She shares insights on how women in Pakistan can be…

Women Leaders and Entrepreneurs

18 October 2016
Ms. Pacita Juan, founder of sustainable lifestyle store/market and café called ECHOstore, talks about her personal journey that shaped her approach to promoting women’s economic empowerment. She also tackles the change needed in order to promote successful entrepreneurship.

Localizing Global Agendas: Introductory Statement

27 September 2016
Asia has seen remarkable growth in the last four decades though at the expense of inequality and environmental degradation. Lal Shanker Ghimire from the National Planning Commission of Nepal pointed out the need for Asia to move into a development model that considers economic, social, and…

Localizing Global Agendas: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Action

27 September 2016
This presentation examines global climate pacts like the Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It looks at climate change and disaster risk reduction in the context of the sustainable development goals. Lastly, it underscores the importance of an integrated…

Resilience and Sustainability for Asia and the World

12 September 2016
This presentation provides a brief snapshot of Asia’s economic growth forecast from Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Emerging Asia project in 1997. It introduces a new trajectory to achieving sustainable development from 2016 to 2050. Strategic issues that ADB should consider in sustainable…

Highlights Video - Eminent Speakers' Forum - Resilience and Sustainability for Asia and the World

12 September 2016
Some of the major challenges facing Asia and the rest of the world are on resilience and sustainable development. A new direction for the future orientation of the world economy is needed. Earth Institute’s Jeffrey Sachs makes some observations on what the new development model can look like moving…

Session Video - Eminent Speakers' Forum - Resilience and Sustainability for Asia and the World

12 September 2016
Mega trends sweeping through Asia and the world are affecting every dimension of people’s lives. Earth Institute's Jeffrey Sachs discusses how governments and society could manage these changes and the associated challenges to build resilience and promote sustainable growth in the future.

Making Risk Finance an Integral Synergizing Element of Comprehensive Risk Management: Philippines’ Experience

6 September 2016
Enhancing the comprehensive risk management (CRM) is key to addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts. As a part of CRM, risk finance such as insurance should be designed in a way that creates synergy with risk control. To that end, building incentive mechanisms for risk…

What Makes Social Protection Systems Adaptive?

6 September 2016
Poor households are more likely to be affected by disasters, and have been found to lose relatively more than non-poor people. Adaptive social protection programs can protect poor households from climate and other shocks.

New Financing Approaches, Instruments and Opportunities that Address the Risks of Loss and Damage

6 September 2016
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the insurance industry has been working with institutional investors in promoting risk modelling beyond insurance. The aim is to offer parametric risk transfer to organizations (e.g., NGOs, development banks, microfinance providers, municipalities…