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Coastal Resilience by Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund

28 January 2022
Session Synopsis: Consequential and overlapping issues such as food security, climate change, and marine biodiversity have been at the forefront in setting ambitious national and regional targets for achieving coastal resilience. Fully functioning and effectively managed technologies contribute to…

What’s for dinner tonight? Blue Foods!

28 January 2022
Session Synopsis: The global community has set ambitious commitments and targets for achieving healthy marine ecosystems and technologies play an indispensable role in achieving that. Through the Healthy Oceans Finance and Technology Forum, ADB aims to share with developing member countries (DMCs)…

Sustainable Nitrogen Management for Healthy Oceans, Environment, and Economy

28 January 2022
Event Synopsis: Nitrogen as a fertilizer has been a huge influence in feeding the global population. Increased crop production over the last century has also allowed substantial increases in livestock population, enriching human diets and producing many other products. Nitrogen however is also a…

Closing Plenary

28 January 2022
Bruno Carrasco, ADB Director General and concurrently Chief Compliance Officer of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department

SME BlueImpact Asia: Financing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises that Dominate the Blue Economy

28 January 2022
This session presented SME BlueImpact Asia, a blended finance platform for SME Blue Economy projects, which was jointly developed by ADB with UNEP and UNDP. The session discussed the concept of this initiative and will draw lessons from the European experience with BlueInvest Europe. To ensure the…

Circular Economy Plastics Clinic: A Project Playshop

28 January 2022

Concept of SME BlueImpact Asia

27 January 2022
The presentation discusses the concept of SME BlueImpact Asia, including its objectives, features, governance structure, and metrics.

From Concept to Implementation through Digitalization

27 January 2022
The presentation discusses the key features of the digital finance platform for matching SMEs with private investors.

Second Day Plenary, Inspiring Keynote Speech

27 January 2022
Gab Mejia, Conservation Photographer and National Geographic Explorer

Seaside Chat featuring ADB Vice-President Ahmed Saeed and Honorable Ministers from Fiji, Indonesia, Maldives, and the United Kingdom and ACGF Special Session: Blue Finance Book Launch

27 January 2022
Session Synopsis: The global community has set ambitious commitments and targets for achieving healthy marine ecosystems. Through the Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum, ADB aims to share with developing member countries (DMCs) and ADB operations the latest innovations, technologies, and…