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AIxADB: Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Development

4 to 8 November 2024
AIxADB serves as a platform for collaboration and knowledge exchange to explore cutting-edge solutions, learn from successful case studies, identify pilots for implementation under the ADB AI Sandbox Program, and support DMCs to manage the transition for AI adoption through policies, skilling, and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Information Technology Department

Progress and Barriers to Driving a Nature-Positive Renewable Energy Transition: Identifying Enabling Conditions and Policy Gaps

25 October 2024
Key to the purpose, considerations, and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) and agenda item 25 on biodiversity and climate change are coherence, complementarity, and cooperation between the CBD and other relevant multilateral agreements such as the UNFCCC. At…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

3D Clay Reef Systems – An Innovative Approach to Structural Enhancement and Habitat Rehabilitation

1 October 2024
This session explored the possibility of complex clay reef habitat structures in protecting floating solar installations by reducing wave height while promoting coastal resilience. Clay reef structures foster increased fish biomass and biodiversity, contributing to healthier marine ecosystems. A…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

Rapid Traffic Modeling with AI and Big Data Methods: Network Performance and Carbon Sensitivity

29 August 2024
With the continued growth of data and machine-learning techniques, the development of large-scale traffic models can be accomplished in a fraction of time. Model appropriateness is even more critical for scenarios involving carbon emission and system resilience. The presentation discussed an…
Organizer: Transport Sector Office

e-Procurement Education Program in Asia and Pacific Region

26 August 2024 to 2 May 2025
This annual training program aims to enhance the capacity of DMCs within the Asia-Pacific region in implementing and successfully rolling out e-procurement at both policy and practice levels, based on the best practices of the Republic of Korea, and to create an international collaborative…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department

Investing in Blue Natural Capital

22 July 2024
The presentation addressed climate change and biodiversity loss as dual threats to humanity’s existence. It emphasized that the current economic paradigm, which promotes growth at the expense of nature, made economic growth unsustainable in the long term. The speaker argued that everything humans…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

ADB Data Room: Emerging Areas Sustainable Solutions Initiatives

1 July 2024
The Pacific Renewable Energy Investment Facility (PREIF), a technical assistance (TA) of the Asian Development Bank is designed to finance a number of small value renewable energy projects in 11 small Pacific Island countries (PIC-11). The facility aims to support PIC-11 to have greater access to…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

Circular Economy: Integrated Waste Management Approach (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 27)

11 June 2024
This session covered two broad themes: Abellon’s integrated waste management approach combining material recovery as well as energy recovery; and the second, the waste-to-energy technology approach that Abellon implements that is contextual to India and developing economies.
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Deep Dive Workshop on Gender Inclusive Clean Energy Solutions to Tackle Energy Poverty at Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2024

4 June 2024
The Deep Dive Workshop (DDW) on Gender Inclusive Clean Energy Solutions to Tackle Energy Poverty was designed to explore the intersection between gender, energy, and the environment, with a view to advancing social equity and the green transition. The workshop was held during the 19th Asia Clean…
Organizer: ADBI

The Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC)

27 to 28 May 2024
Climate change is becoming more evident each year, demanding an urgent need for solutions. Some tools and mechanisms, such as the Global Stocktake and Enhanced Transparency Framework were further developed and negotiated at COP28, but the next two years will be crucial Ensuring that sufficient…
Organizer: ADBI