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21 to 23 November 2024
Regional Operations Services I (OSR1) of the Office of Safeguards (OSFG), in partnership with the Policy and Technical Services (OSPT), organized the Livelihood Restoration Regional Workshop for Central and West Asia. The event took place from 21 to 23 November 2024 at the Hilton Tashkent,…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards
20 November 2024
The Holcim Circular Explorer project in Manila Bay was a groundbreaking initiative that combined technology, sustainability, and community action to tackle marine pollution. This solar-powered boat collected and recycled plastic waste directly from the water, using advanced onboard systems to…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
Biodegradable and Compostable Solutions for Agriculture (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 31)
13 November 2024
Novamont was an Italian industrial company established in 1990. It was a Benefit Company, B Corp certified and among the leaders in producing biodegradable and compostable materials, biochemicals, and bioproducts wholly or partly derived from renewable origins. Since 2023, Novamont has become…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
12 to 15 November 2024
Asia and the Pacific is one of the world’s most biodiverse regions, with 17 global biodiversity hotspots and diverse ecosystems, from mountains and deserts to wetlands, tropical forests, and coral reefs. This rich natural capital underpins the region’s food systems plus its economies, climate,…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, ADBI
4 November 2024
This focused design thinking workshop, curated by the ADB, aimed to consider mechanisms to scale high-impact agroforestry. Using bamboo as a case study for how agroforestry might achieve affordable, disaster-resilient housing, climate mitigation, and financial health for the vulnerable, this…
Organizer: Finance Sector Office
30 October 2024
This webinar covered various aspects of electronic and electrical wastes, or e-wastes, in the context of the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal. Carla Valle-Klann and Tatiana Terekhova, experts from the United Nations Environment…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
29 October 2024
ADB and EBRD are both in the process of updating our safeguard policies, with ADB creating an entirely new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) with associated Environmental and Social Standards, while EBRD is looking to update its existing Environmental and Social Policy (ESP) and associated…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
28 October 2024
Finance for nature continues to be significantly below what is required to bend the curve and restore biodiversity at scale. On Finance Day at COP16, this session explored progress in implementing Goal D and Target 19 of the Kunming—Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for mobilizing finance for…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
25 October 2024
Key to the purpose, considerations, and targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KM-GBF) and agenda item 25 on biodiversity and climate change are coherence, complementarity, and cooperation between the CBD and other relevant multilateral agreements such as the UNFCCC. At…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
24 October 2024
The ADB Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) is one of ADB’s flagship nature-positive programs, aiming to scale up wetlands' protection and sustainable management along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway. In collaboration with the East-Asian Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) and key delivery…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster