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How Can We Sustain the Clean Air Post COVID-19?

17 September 2020
The ongoing COVID-19 crisis has compelled governments across the world to take dramatic measures to contain the spread of the virus. With the lockdowns and travel restrictions, human beings have been forced to change their behavioral patterns overnight. Countries and cities are facing severe…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Bridge to Future Livable and Green City Clusters, Cities, Towns and Villages in the People’s Republic of China

16 September 2020
Mr. Stefan Rau from EASS discussed the findings and analysis in an upcoming working paper on “Bridge to Future Livable and Green City Clusters, Cities, Towns and Villages in the People’s Republic of China: Policy Options for Urbanization in the New Era Aiming at Wellbeing and High-Quality…
Organizer: East Asia Department

ADB-UN Women Webinar: Promoting Gender Equality in COVID-19 Response and Recovery

10 September 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has hit the Asia-Pacific region hard, particularly the most vulnerable, and is deepening pre-existing inequalities — exposing vulnerabilities in social, political, and economic systems. A recent UN Women report found that women in the region, in both the formal and informal…
Organizer: Office of the Vice-President (Sectors and Themes), Gender Equality Division

Clean Air for Livable Cities Knowledge Series: September – November 2020

7 September to 24 November 2020
In celebration of the first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies the Asian Development Bank is pleased to launch a six-part knowledge series on Clean Air for Livable Cities. In the knowledge series, experts from international organizations, research institutes, Governments and civil…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies 2020: Clean Air for a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous Society

7 September 2020
Emphasizing the need to make further efforts to improve air quality to protect human health, the UN Member States decided to designate 7 September as the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. On the occasion of the first International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies and noting the…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Block Heater Technology Business Fair

3 September 2020
During the cold winter days most citizens often idle their car engines for long periods to warm the engine and interior. This unnecessarily wastes fuel, costs money, causes excess engine wear and tear, and produces greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions and harmful air pollutants. The proposed Block…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department

ADBI-WCTRS Third Webinar on High Speed Rail (HSR): HSR and Spatial Scenarios for Europe 2050

26 June 2020
This ADBI-World Conference of Transport Research Society (WCTRS) webinar featured Prof. Michael Wegener, Professor (retired) and former Director of the Institute of Spatial Planning, University of Dortmund, Germany. Prof. Wegener examined the impacts of high-speed rail (HSR) on spatial development…
Organizer: ADBI

World Oceans Day 2020 Greenbag: A Progress Report on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans

8 June 2020
(Part of ADB's Nature Month 2020 activities) This session, organized on the occasion of World Oceans Day 2020, provides updates on ADB's Action Plan for Healthy Oceans programmatic work, including program pipelines, targets, and flagship programs. It also discussed ocean finance activities,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Joint Gender Equity TG and Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management TG Webinar: Enhancing Women-Focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience

3 June 2020
Women are agents of change for resilient development. However, substantial gaps remain in building women’s capacity. In this webinar, Zonibel Woods and Arghya Sinha Roy shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) 2020: Bridging the LGBTI Inclusion Data Gap

20 May 2020
To commemorate the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (IDAHOTB) 2020, Asian Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the World Bank collaborated to organize a series of virtual events. The joint…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department