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Why RED Blue Energy is ready for upscaling into megawatt-demonstration scale

14 April 2023
The webinar discussed Blue Energy or Salinity Gradient Power, which is generated by using two sources of water flows with different salt concentrations (fresh water and salt water), passing it through the Reverse Electro Dialysis (“RED”) stack. REDstack B.V. has developed a Reverse Electro…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for India Project Executing and Implementing Agencies

14 April 2023
On 14 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) held a hybrid integrity learning session for 93 government officials working on ADB projects part of India’s portfolio. The session was part of the India Resident Mission Capacity Development Resource Center and Procurement Unit…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, South Asia Department

The Integrity Learning Series: Anticorruption and Integrity Training for Grant 9231 – Renewable Heating Demonstration in Remote Areas Project

5 April 2023
On 5 April 2023, the Office of Anticorruption and Integrity (OAI) conducted a session for 10 participants from the executing agency and project implementation unit of the Renewable Heating Demonstration in Remote Areas Project in Mongolia. Conducted during the project’s inception mission, the…
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity, East Asia Department

Research Assessment on the Attitudes and Motivations of Women in Waste: A Gender-responsive Approach on Addressing Plastic Pollution (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 13)

30 March 2023
The ADB CEWG recognizes the need to highlight the human side of our commitment to a circular economy. In partnership with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Bayi Inc., this session showcased more of the social side of addressing plastic pollution and a call for inclusivity in our approaches while we…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Gender Equality Division

Building Post-flood Resilience in Pakistan through Integrated Flood Risk Management

23 March 2023
This virtual session highlighted and featured ongoing developments towards integrated approaches to flood risk management in Pakistan post-2022 floods, incorporating both structural and non-structural measures. Presentations and Q&A featured a range of stakeholders overseeing, implementing,…
Organizer: Central and West Asia Department, Water and Urban Development Sector Office

NUTEC Plastic - NUclear TEchnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 12)

16 March 2023
There are about 12 million tons of plastic that enter the oceans every year. The oceans are expected to contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish by 2025, and by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish. Plastic pollution is a major concern in the Asia and Pacific Region, where…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Upscaling Climate-Smart Agriculture and Paris Alignment Training

15 to 18 March 2023
ADB has set a steep cumulative investment target of $100 billion by 2030 since 2019 and committed to align all its investments with the Paris Agreement by July 2023 for all sovereign investments and 85% of non-sovereign investments. This training aims to assist ADB project teams and DMC project…
Organizer: Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

11th Meeting of Partners (MOP) of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership Wetland Ecosystem Services Workshop

14 to 15 March 2023
This Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) Ecosystem Services Training Workshop was held during the 11th Meeting of Partners of the East Asian-Australasian Flyway Partnership (EAAFP) in Brisbane, Australia. It aimed to enhance knowledge-sharing and site-level capacity in wetland management in RFI's…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Indonesia-Japan Policy Research Forum for Asia: Impact Investing for the Transition Toward a Zero-Carbon Society

22 February 2023
Co-organized by ADBI, the University of Indonesia, and the University of Tokyo, the Indonesia-Japan Policy Research Forum for Asia discussed climate change and impact investing practices for advancing the transition toward a zero-carbon society. It explored the growth of impact investing and its…
Organizer: ADBI

Trade, Investment, and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific

15 February 2023
Trade and investment play an outsized role in the economic development of the Asia and Pacific region, but it has come with unintended environmental costs. Asia and the Pacific are on the frontline of climate change and are responsible for about half of global annual carbon dioxide emissions. The…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department