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18 September 2024
This session discussed South Korea’s Policy Directions for the Circular Economy, with EV batteries as a key priority and focus, establishing a sustainable battery circulation system, and strengthening governance and international cooperation in this area.
Speaker:
Dr. Ji-Hye Jo
Chief…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
17 to 19 September 2024
Development projects in urban and rural communities focused on traditional gray infrastructure, such as seawalls, dams, and water treatment plants, especially in Asia and the Pacific, with limited consideration of biodiversity and climate impacts.
Nature-based solutions (NBS) improved…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
12 September 2024
Each year, more than 462 million tons of plastic are produced, with 90% contributing to global pollution. An estimated 9 million to 14 million tons of plastic waste in our oceans annually, harming wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. In 2019, plastics generated approximately 1.8 billion…
Organizer: Southeast Asia Department
12 September 2024
Financing nature positive development involves strategies and activities focused on improving the natural environment while achieving economic gains. These investments target reversing biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation, and climate change by funding projects that restore, protect and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
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
19 to 22 August 2024
The Asian Development Bank’s Office of Safeguards conducted a 4-day training on Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) for the various executing and implementing agencies (EAs/IAs) of ADB-funded projects in Islamabad, Pakistan entitled ‘Training on Occupational Health and Safety in Pakistan.’
The…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
26 July 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) dramatically scaled up its work on the environment and nature in response to the climate crisis, recognizing that healthy ecosystems are essential for climate resilience and sustainable development. The ADB Environment Group hosted the second part of the “Green…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
25 July 2024
On 25 July, ADB Managing Director General Woochong Um and Climate Change and Sustainable Department (CCSD) Director General Bruno Carrasco hosted a luncheon reception for officials from BirdLife International—one of ADB’s key partners in the Regional Flyway Initiative, along with the East Asian-…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
23 July 2024
Oceans and coastal adaptation are core ADB business. Thirty of ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs) border the ocean, a sea, or a major river that drains into the ocean. ADB launched the Action Plan for Healthy Oceans and Sustainable Blue Economies (hereafter known as the “Healthy Oceans…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
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