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Forum on Environmental & Social Governance and Climate Finance for Banks in Viet Nam

18 June 2024
9:00 A. M. - 5: 00 P. M. GMT +8 The Asian Development Bank arranged a one-day forum for representatives from local commercial banks and their private sector counterparts in Viet Nam entitled ‘Environmental & Social Governance (ESG) and Climate Finance for Banks in Viet Nam.’ The forum aims…
Organizer: Office of Safeguards, Private Sector Operations Department

Integrity Learning Series: Marshall Islands Youth Skills Development and Employment Project

13 May 2024
ADB OAI's integrity learning session for stakeholders of the Youth Skills Development and Employment in Marshall Islands Project. OAI provides training tailored for participants exercising oversight functions and project responsibility under RETA 9703's Integrity Learning Series.
Organizer: Office of Anticorruption and Integrity

Featured Speaker Seminar: Subramanian Ramadorai on Navigating the Future: Digital Public Goods, AI, and the Changing Landscape of Work

1 April 2024
This conversation with Subramanian Ramadorai, Chairperson at Karmayogi Bharat, was about the changing nature of work driven by digital technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and innovation. The world is moving from rule-based frameworks to role-based frameworks, bringing a transformation in…
Organizer: ADBI

Circular Economy in the Construction Industry (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 26)

20 March 2024
In the seminar, the potential of circular economy (CE) in the construction industry, known for its significant environmental footprint, was discussed. It focused on the stakeholders’ perception of costs and benefits. A machine learning model analyzed data from 382 participants from Norway, Latvia…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) Forum 2024

27 to 28 February 2024
Anantara Siam Bangkok Hotel | Bangkok, Thailand The Community Resilience Partnership Program (CRPP) is a partnership program to help countries and communities in Asia and the Pacific region scale up investments in climate adaptation, especially investments at the community level, that explicitly…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Workshop and Korea Showcase: Universities as Enablers of Vibrant Startup Ecosystems

26 to 29 February 2024
The startup ecosystem of the Central Asia Regional Economic Regional Cooperation (CAREC) region needs a constant supply of quality talent to operate and grow. Universities are one of the biggest producers of talent embraced with the latest technology and potential to innovate and disrupt. Many…
Organizer: Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department, ADBI

Insight Thursday: Scaling Up Local Adaptation Measures Through Climate-Responsive Decentralization Processes

15 February 2024
This session explained the inter-relationship between climate adaptation solutions, a decentralized system of governance, and climate resilience. It highlighted how local governments played a critical role in climate resilience as they had a mandate to deliver public services and execute public…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster

Promoting Small Firms for Resilient, Gender-Balance Growth in the Pacific

23 November 2023
Low business diversity can limit Pacific countries’ growth potential. Asia Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Monitor 2023 shows how promoting women entrepreneurs can be part of the solution. The webinar discussed key findings from the business survey conducted in Fiji and explored needed policy…
Organizer: Economic Research and Development Impact Department

9th International Conference on Eco-Compensation and Payments for Ecosystem Services

22 to 24 November 2023
Eco-compensation is a policy mechanism which aims to mitigate the negative environmental impacts of human activities by implementing measures to offset or compensate for ecological damage caused by those activities. Examples of eco-compensation include fiscal transfer, regional cooperation and…
Organizer: East Asia Department

CRPP Talks 2: Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants: Experience from Asia and the Pacific

27 October 2023
This session shared the United Nations Capital Development Fund’s (UNCDF) experience on implementing the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility’s (LoCAL) performance-based grants mechanism for financing locally led adaptation in Asia and the Pacific region. It discussed how LoCAL enables local…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster