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Scene Setter for Coastal Resilience

26 January 2022
Coastal Resilience. Massive investment at scale is needed in both nature and transformational adaptation to build the resilience of Asia and the Pacific’s critical coastal and marine ecosystems, communities, cities, and island nations to climate and disaster-related shocks and stresses. Nature-…

Scene Setter for Ocean Finance

26 January 2022
Ocean Finance. The global community has set ambitious commitments and targets for achieving healthy marine ecosystems. While science and policy are important tools to protect the oceans, the biggest challenge for ocean protection in finance. The cost to save the oceans and scale up investments is…

Scene Setter for Blue Foods

26 January 2022
Blue Foods. Edible aquatic animals, plants, and algae captured or cultivated in freshwater and marine ecosystems – play a central role in food and nutrition security for billions of people; they are a cornerstone of the livelihoods, economies, and cultures of many coastal and inland communities…

Opening Plenary, Inspiring Keynote Speech, and Seaside Chat

26 January 2022
ADB Vice-President Bambang Susantono, including a keynote speech by WorldFish Global Lead for Nutrition and Public Health Dr. Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted, and a panel discussion Session Synopsis: The global community has set ambitious commitments and targets for achieving healthy marine…

Ocean and Coastal Tourism: Changing the Tide on Sustainability

26 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)…

Deep Dive 1.1 (Plastic-free Oceans Track) - Circling Back: A Back-to-Basics Course on Circular Plastics Economy

26 January 2022

Deep Dive 1.2 (Plastic-free Oceans Track) - From Source to Sea: Promoting Circular Economy Solutions to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution

26 January 2022

Deep Dive 1.3 (Plastic-free Oceans Track) - Message in a Bottle-to Bottle: Scaling Up Investments in High-Quality Recycling

26 January 2022

Deep Dive 3.1 (Ocean Finance Track) - The Seafloor: Setting the Foundation for Ocean Finance

26 January 2022

Deep Dive 3.2 (Ocean Finance Track) - The Whale: Are Blue Bonds the Charismatic Megafauna of Ocean Finance?

26 January 2022