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Leveraging Carbon Finance for Mobilizing Private Capital in Southeast Asia

23 October 2025
2:00 – 3:00 p.m., MNL time Southeast Asia has advanced its decarbonization efforts, but more ambitious action is needed to slow climate change. The region is well-positioned for the global shift to net zero, yet financing needs are immense and current investment falls short. Mobilizing private…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Southeast Asia Department

Accelerating Asia’s Growth with AI and Cloud Technologies

16 October 2025
Synergistic adoption of AI and cloud technologies is unlocking unprecedented opportunities for regional growth. Learn how a modest 1% increase in AI spending can drive a 0.03% growth in GDP, and explore how these technologies contribute to economic expansion through both direct and indirect…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Serendipity Knowledge Program (SKOP) on Digital Transformation: Cybersecurity and Data Protection for Digital Economy Development

15 October 2025
The “Serendipity Knowledge Program” (SKOP) is ADB’s knowledge program dedicated to Sri Lanka, designed to respond effectively to the country’s needs in line with ADB's vision as a knowledge solutions bank. SKOP seeks to share knowledge on issues relevant to Sri Lanka and facilitate discussion…
Organizer: South Asia Department

Asian Development Policy Lecture - Joel Spicer

11 September 2025
Malnutrition is costing Asia billions of dollars every year, silently eroding national productivity, draining fiscal resources, and locking millions of children and families into intergenerational poverty. According to the World Bank’s “Investment Framework for Nutrition,” investing in nutrition…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

AIxADB 2025: Harnessing AI for Public Sector Innovation and Fiscal Resilience

9 to 12 September 2025
  AIxADB is ADB’s flagship platform for advancing AI readiness, adoption, and capacity building in its developing member countries (DMCs). Now in its second year, the 2025 edition will focus on how AI can be responsibly applied to address public sector challenges—improving service delivery,…
Organizer: Public Sector Management and Governance Sector Office

Nutrition-Gender Webinar Series: Women’s Empowerment and Nutrition Outcomes

4 September 2025
Learn how enabling women’s empowerment can lead to stronger nutrition outcomes and social protection programs. Gain practical tools and lessons to strengthen your projects and programs.   Featured keynote speaker, Hazel Malapit, Senior Research Coordinator at the International Food…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office

Measuring Sustainability in Global Value Chains

26 August 2025
Hard-won development gains are increasingly threatened by environmental risks that cross borders. Drawing on new data from Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2025, panelists examine how emissions along global supply chains are shifting with cleaner production and trade. The discussion…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

Resilient Coasts, Thriving Communities: A Sea of Solutions

18 to 19 August 2025
India’s coastline stretches over 7,525 kilometers, supporting about 171 million people across 70 coastal districts. It sustains vital sectors including fisheries, aquaculture, renewable energy, tourism, transport, and trade. Coastal ecosystems provide essential biodiversity, livelihoods, and…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Infrastructure Planning from Space: Supporting Power Sector Investments with Earth Observation

22 July 2025
From limiting environmental impact and assessing sites for offshore wind farms to mapping rural households without access to electricity, Earth observation and satellite imagery can support planning for energy sector investments.  This webinar showcased three applications of earth…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office

Nutrition-Gender Webinar Series

21 July to 4 September 2025
  ADB is scaling up investments in food and nutrition security across Asia and the Pacific. Led jointly by ADB’s Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Officer (AFNR) and Gender Equality Division (CCGE), this online dialogue series aims to bring together global thought…
Organizer: Gender Equality Division, Agriculture, Food, Nature, and Rural Development Sector Office