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13 to 14 September 2023
Workshop objective: To strengthen the capacity of wetland managers, policymakers, and conservation practitioners for sustainable wetland management through an in-depth understanding of wetland ecosystem services and how to assess them.
This training workshop will enable the Regional Flyway…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
7 September 2023 to 6 May 2024
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) initiated an update of its 2009 Safeguard Policy Statement (SPS) in August 2020 following a corporate evaluation by ADB’s Independent Evaluation Department in May 2020. The ongoing update seeks to modernize the policy considering the changing development context,…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
24 August 2023
This session discussed about an innovation for Waste to Energy: How Waste can be turned into an Energy Resource without air pollution and landfill needs as well as manage energy/waste/climate goals all at once.
The volume of waste not only in Korea but also around the world is exploding. Low-…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Energy Sector Office
18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Review of Development Economics on rural and agricultural development in the digital age, edited by Wanglin Ma, Andy McKay, Dil Rahut, and Tetsushi Sonobe.
Papers in this special issue investigated the impacts of the…
Organizer: ADBI
18 August 2023
This webinar highlighted key takeaways from a new special issue of the journal Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics on farmers’ organizations and sustainable development, coedited by Wanglin Ma, Marco Marini and ADBI’s Dil Rahut.
Papers in this special issue examined how farmers’…
Organizer: ADBI
16 to 18 August 2023
Better access to domestic and international markets allows rural farmers to sell their products at higher prices, motivating them to increase the quantity, quality, and diversity of the goods they produce and sell more. Reliable market access is also beneficial to regional income growth, food…
Organizer: ADBI
7 August 2023
David Still CBE and Bill Grainger shared their experience in the development of the offshore wind sector in the United Kingdom. They discussed the lessons learned, current international best practices, and how the industry skilled up to meet challenges.
Organizer: Energy Sector Office
25 July 2023
Greater flooding, droughts, and sea level rise due to climate change is increasingly affecting wastewater management and water availability. At the same time, sanitation practices such as wastewater treatment are a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions. These dynamics make greater…
Organizer: ADBI
7 July 2023
Strong, balanced, secure, sustainable, and inclusive growth in the economy is one of the major drivers of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Putrajaya Vision 2040. To attain sustainable growth outcomes, APEC member countries focus on policy responses to environmental and social…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office, Southeast Asia Department
3 July 2023
Location: Kerry Hotel, Beijing.
Date: July 3, 2023 (Monday), 09:00-17:10 (Beijing time)
Meeting ID: 960 0014 1764
Passcode: YREC230703
Objectives of the Bejing onsite hybrid seminar (1 day)
Introduce the project implementation;
Final report (draft comments) presentation and…
Organizer: East Asia Department