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Policy Dialogue with CSOs 2: Approaching the Last Mile for a Strong Safeguards Policy

3 May 2023
by NGO Forum on ADB and Accountability Counsel. Panelists from the NGO Forum on ADB discussed their feedback regarding the implementation of the ADB’s environmental and social safeguards citing examples and exhibiting related photos from Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines. ADB’s United States…

Learning with Partners CSO 1: Civic Engagement and Multistakeholder Partnerships for SDGs in Asia

3 May 2023
by Asia Civil Society Partnership for Sustainable Development (APSD) and Korea NGO Council for Overseas Cooperation (KCOC). The session opened with a note that while the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are at the halfway mark to the 2030 Agenda, progress is on track for only 12% of the SDG…

Learning with Partners CSO 2: Pathways to Inclusive Carbon Transition in Asia: Greening Agriculture and Local Climate Governance

3 May 2023
by the Economy and Environment Partnership for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA). This session aimed to foster dialogue among participants and practitioners working on inclusive carbon transition in Asia. Nguyen Quang of the University of Economics Ho Chih Min City presented a policy review on inclusive low-…

Policy Dialogue with CSOs 1: Challenging Ways Forward: Asserting Communities' Considerations on Just Transition

2 May 2023
by NGO Forum on ADB, Asian People’s Movement for Debt and Development, Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives – Asia Pacific, and Indus Consortium. In his opening remarks, ADB Vice President for East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Ahmed Saeed highlighted that ensuring sustainable…

Asian Development Outlook 2023: Brighter Prospects Amid Ongoing Challenges

4 April 2023
This presentation gives an overview of the economic growth in the Asia Pacific region and the possible risks and challenges.

Sri Lanka: A Primer on the Extended Fund Facility

4 April 2023
This presentation gives an overview of IMF's program strategy for Sri Lanka.

Global Perspective

30 March 2023
Digital payments giant Visa is helping consumers shift to a more conscious form of consumerism in support of the net-zero economy transition, said the company's Chief Sustainability Officer Douglas Sabo, in his talk at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) fourth Southeast Asia Development Symposium (…

Southeast Asian Countries to Scale Up Renewable Energy Manufacturing

30 March 2023
A presentation by ADB and McKinsey. Commentary by Bloomberg Philanthropies and Sustainable Energy for All. McKinsey & Co. Asia Sustainability Practice Partner and Leader Vaibhav Dua said the region is looking at a $200-billion opportunity in the manufacture of solar photovoltaic panels,…

Best Practices for Restoring and Rehabilitating Ecosystem Services in Wetlands: Examples from the United States

15 March 2023
The restoration and rehabilitation of ecosystems (and their services) is an important approach in ensuring sustainable management of wetlands. There is a need to understand different restorative and adaptive management measures to be able to choose the “best approach”. Examples of disturbance to…

Connecting ecosystem services values to decision-making

15 March 2023
Knowing the full range of benefits and values offered by different wetland ecosystem services is important in making decisions, not just for the purpose of conservation but also in determining best options for uplifting the lives of households and communities. Several cases had been shared here,…