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Climate Change Updates: Paris Agreement, Rulebook, and Recent Developments

7 October 2019
Maria Cecilia T. Sicangco discussed the 2015 Paris Agreement and the events that transpired after it was signed, such as the September 2019 UN Climate Summit. She also talked about transboundary climate litigation, particularly how it affects the citizens of developing countries.

Private Involvement in the Infrastructure Building of BRI

6 September 2019
This presentation discusses the Belt Road Initiative and identifies the roles of different stakeholders involved.

Using Open Knowledge to Improve Development Outcomes

29 August 2019
Many developing countries face gaps between their current reality and preferred future. Access to development knowledge is critical to overcome the gap and improve the lives of their people. In this session, Young Uck Kang explains how the solutions to many development challenges are available to…

Contributing to Development Asia

29 August 2019
Development Asia is the ADB’s knowledge collaboration platform for sharing development experience and expertise, best practice, and technology relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals. In this session, participants will learn how their governments can share their own development experiences,…

Digital by Default

28 August 2019
“Digital by default” is the assumption that information will be made publicly available in the interest of transparency, in contrast to historic approaches in which openness was an exception by conscious choice in particular circumstances. This approach means designing communications tactics and…

Learning from Each Other

28 August 2019
In this session, participants will have the opportunity to make a short 5-10 minute presentation to describe their work and share examples of their organization’s communications strengths and areas where they think it could be improved. The aim of this session is to both learn from other’s…

PHOTOS: Communications Capacity Building Program for Developing Member Countries’ Communications Offices

27 August 2019
Photos taken during the Communications Capacity Building Program for Developing Member Countries’ Communications Offices.

Welcome Remarks - Communications Capacity Building Program for Developing Member Countries’ Communications Offices

27 August 2019
There is the twenty-four hour news cycle. There is the power and speed of the internet, there is of course social media, and there is the instantaneous release and sharing of information through social media. The role of traditional media is also evolving. How do we then reconsider, reconfigure the…

How Renewables Can Optimize Water-Energy-Food Tradeoffs in the Mekong Basin

20 June 2019
Through deepening solar, wind, and biomass contributions to power mixes in the countries of the Mekong Basin and rethinking how hydropower and cross-border power trade are positioned to meet regional power demand needs, it is possible to achieve a low impact, low carbon, and low cost energy…

ADB's Regional Cooperation Programs and Their Role in Scaling Up Investment Needs in New Technology and Methods

22 May 2019
In this presentation, Ms. Yang discussed integrated corridor management in the context of ADB's existing regional cooperation programs. In particular, she presented various initiatives related to modal integration, intermodal logistics centers and services, integrated border crossing point…