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14 July 2022
Marine plastic pollution is a major crisis for Asia and the Pacific region. In addition, the high consumption of fossil fuels and raw materials by the manufacturing industry in Asia makes the ecosystems extremely vulnerable. Transitioning from a linear to a circular economy could develop economic…
Organizer: Procurement, Portfolio, and Financial Management Department
16 June 2022
Our Ocean has enough energy to power our civilization. However, Ocean energy has been slow to be adopted due to technology costs, subsidization of fossil fuels, and a general lack of awareness of the ocean environment. For too long, the Ocean has been a dumping ground from which we extract what…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
14 to 17 June 2022
The 17th ACEF 2022 shared and explored proven and new ideas on policy, technology, and Paris-aligned financing to accelerate the low-carbon energy transition in Asia and the Pacific, which is fundamental to achieving the region’s climate and development goals. ACEF 2022 operationalizes ADB’s 2021…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office
7 June 2022
Asia is home to an estimated 350 million smallholder farmers, who produce around 80% of the food consumed in the region. The impacts of climate change on soil quality and productivity, exacerbated by a growing fertilizer shortage, threaten the region's food security and smallholder farmers'…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
20 May 2022
Marcel Kroese explained the energy needs and supply chains for alternative proteins including the current practices on how MARES type interventions can lead to transformation in aquaculture and fisheries.
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
18 May 2022
Promoting innovative financing solutions to mitigate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions is a key prerequisite to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. This webinar focused on Energy Efficiency and Savings Insurance finance models that can support the transition to low carbon and climate…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office, Energy Sector Office
13 May 2022
Tom Chi explained how deep tech could be rapidly rolled out to solve our oceans' energy, regeneration, and livelihood challenges. Deep tech thinking has been taken from the IT industry and applied to ocean regeneration disruptive tech developments.
Using his experience as a founding team member…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
12 May 2022
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from the new ADBI Press book Strengthening Environmental, Social, and Governance Investment Under COVID-19, to be discussed by a coeditor and panel of contributors.
It described environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment trends, how it supports…
Organizer: ADBI
6 May 2022
Dr. Will Bateman, CEO of CCell Renewable UK, presented the unique paddle technology to capture Marine Renewable energy to power coastal protection by growing artificial coral reefs.
The core technology uses an electrolytic technique combined with marine renewable energy to grow rock within the…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office
20 to 21 April 2022
Economies in Asia and the Pacific are increasingly committing to the goal of carbon neutrality, in line with the Paris Agreement on climate change and outcomes of the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26).
Cohosted by the Asian Development Bank and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI),…
Organizer: East Asia Department