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18 November 2021
Khuvsgul Lake National Park is one of Mongolia’s most popular tourist destinations and supports global biodiversity values and is the country’s largest source of freshwater. Climate change threatens these values. Many protected areas across Asia and the Pacific are also threatened by climate change…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
16 to 18 November 2021
Building the resilience of the urban poor is a critical issue for rapidly urbanizing countries in Asia and the Pacific. Cities and other urban areas are major drivers of national economies and home to an increasing urban poor population who are significantly contributing to productivity, both in…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, Human and Social Development Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
15 November 2021
CWER’s intern Cynthia Wang presented findings of her internship project to identify potential approaches for scaling up private sector-driven adaptation and resilience investments and activities. This included a summary of existing frameworks for identifying and measuring private sector adaptation…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
11 November 2021
Healthy coastal ecosystems, such as coral reefs, are natural buffers that provide the first line of defense against extreme weather events. These ecosystems are rapidly declining, however, despite their importance for coastal cities, communities, and infrastructure. Insurance can financially…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
10 November 2021
Tackling climate change is fundamental to the long-term health and resilience of communities. At the same time, healthy ecology and the protection of biodiversity are vital to human wellbeing. The One Health approach promotes resilience based on harmony between human, animal, and ecological health…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
9 November to 13 December 2021
Via Zoom
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The 2021 Asian Development Bank Trade Finance Gaps, Growth, and Job Survey showed a…
Organizer: Private Sector Operations Department
9 November 2021
Nature-based solutions (NbS) to improve climate resilience have been rediscovered and universally promoted and identified as essential moving forward on climate action, as in the UNFCCC’s 2020 annual report. ADB has been supporting NbS and green capital development in various countries.
The seminar…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
8 to 10 November 2021
Before the COVID-19 crisis, the creative economy, broadly encompassing knowledge-based economic activities underpinning the creative and cultural sectors and bridging art, culture, technology, and business, was on pace to account for 10% of global GDP by 2030. In recognition of its economic and…
Organizer: ADBI
2 November 2021
In this high-level exploration, participants reflected on the generation of useful and credible risk information and how to incorporate the uncertainties of a changing climate in resilient spatial and infrastructure investment planning. This included spotlighting perspectives on current and…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department
2 November to 9 December 2021
In celebration of Resilience Learning Month, ADB has organized a series of online events and capacity building workshops that will highlight regional and global innovation and lessons learned on tackling climate change and building climate and disaster resilience, delivered in partnership with ADB…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department