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11 November 2021
Healthy coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs, are natural buffers that provide the first line of defense against extreme weather events. These ecosystems are rapidly declining, however, despite their importance for coastal cities, communities, and infrastructure. Insurance can financially…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
10 November 2021
Tackling climate change is fundamental to the long-term health and resilience of communities. At the same time, healthy ecology and the protection of biodiversity are vital to human wellbeing. The One Health approach promotes resilience based on harmony between human, animal, and ecological health…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
9 November 2021
Nature-based solutions (NbS) to improve climate resilience have been rediscovered and universally promoted and identified as essential moving forward on climate action, as in the UNFCCC’s 2020 annual report. ADB has been supporting NbS and green capital development in various countries.
The seminar…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
8 to 10 November 2021
Before the COVID-19 crisis, the creative economy, broadly encompassing knowledge-based economic activities underpinning the creative and cultural sectors and bridging art, culture, technology, and business, was on pace to account for 10% of global GDP by 2030. In recognition of its economic and…
Organizer: ADBI
2 November 2021
In this high-level exploration, participants reflected on the generation of useful and credible risk information and how to incorporate the uncertainties of a changing climate in resilient spatial and infrastructure investment planning. This included spotlighting perspectives on current and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
2 November to 9 December 2021
In celebration of Resilience Learning Month, ADB has organized a series of online events and capacity building workshops that will highlight regional and global innovation and lessons learned on tackling climate change and building climate and disaster resilience, delivered in partnership with ADB…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
27 to 28 October 2021
Day 1: 13:00-15:30 Tokyo time
Day 2: 13:00-15:40 Tokyo time
The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed to unprecedented employment losses, disproportionately affecting youth, women, migrant, and informal workers. Pandemic responses in many developing Asian economies have included massive cash transfer…
Organizer: ADBI
7 October 2021
The Business Opportunities Seminars (BOS) are regular events organized by ADB's Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department for its consultant and contractor community to share news and updates on how to access to ADB opportunities and its procurement framework. Since the pandemic…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
15 to 17 September 2021
Southeast Asia is home to varying degrees of autonomy in education service delivery. Countries in the region also vary in their public investment in education, education policy development, and community involvement in education. Improving the quality of basic education to ensure students acquire…
Organizer: ADBI
9 September 2021
Insurance can play an important role in influencing behavior, lowering the economic impact from disaster events, and unlocking private sector financing for sustainable infrastructure investments and more effective disaster response and reconstruction.
This interactive session brought together…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Finance Sector Office