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Climate Finance Accounting for Agriculture and Natural Resources (mostly adaptation)

20 September 2018
Agriculture and water sectors are likely to be the primary avenue of risk from climate change. This presentation discusses the methodology used by multilateral development banks for tracking adaptation finance, particularly in the agriculture and natural resources sector. It also details ADB's…

Adaptation Finance (Energy)

20 September 2018
This presentation elaborates on the application of the joint multilateral development bank approach in the energy sector. It also discusses how the approach relates to ADB’s internal approach and guidelines in the energy sector. It lists down mitigation activities under the energy sector.

Counting Climate Mitigation Finance in Energy Sector

20 September 2018
This presentation elaborates on the application of the joint multilateral development bank approach monitoring climate finance. It also discusses how the approach relates to ADB’s internal approach and guidelines in the energy sector, and lists down mitigation activities under the same sector.

Adaptation Finance (Transport)

20 September 2018
This presentation provides an overview of transport issues, and how these feed into ADB’s Sustainable Transport Initiative. It outlines the ADB approach for monitoring and reporting adaptation finance within eligible transport activities and investments.

Mitigation Finance (Transport)

20 September 2018
This presentation provides an overview of transport issues, and how these feed into ADB’s Sustainable Transport Initiative. It outlines the ADB approach for monitoring and reporting mitigation finance within eligible transport activities and investments.

Adaptation and Mitigation Finance (Urban and Water)

20 September 2018
This presentation provides an overview of urban and water issues, and tackles how urban and water priorities fed into ADB’s livable cities vision and approach to urban development. It also lists down illustrative and practical examples of urban and water projects related to counting and tracking…

Water Purification Technology for Calamities and Emergencies

3 August 2018
Issues such as climate change and armed conflict are causing more frequent calamaties in many parts of the globe. Victims urgently need water and electricity for survival and recovery. This presentation features a solar power system and a water purification system that can be deployed to disaster-…

Setting the Scene: Integrated Flood Risk Management

26 July 2018
Flooding is the most frequent and the most damaging of all natural hazards. It comprised 43% of all recorded natural events affecting nearly 2.5 billion people. As urbanization accelerates, damages and losses due to floods will likely increase. There is no one-size fits all flood protection…

Flood Protection Programme

18 June 2018
The Netherlands gives high priority to flood protection. Its regional water authorities and Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management, through the Rijkswaterstaat, work together to implement the Dutch Flood Protection Program. It currently runs 79 state-of-the-art projects and seven…

Financing of Water Programmes in the Netherlands

18 June 2018
The Netherlands has long been challenged by severe flooding because half of the country is below sea-level and three major rivers converge in it. To protect the country from floods, the government began building the "Delta Works" in 1954. Its final piece, the Maeslant storm surge barrier, was…