Air Quality Toolkit Training for Development Finance Institutions

Air pollution remains one of the most pressing environmental and public health challenges across Asia and the Pacific. Rapid urbanization, industrial growth, and increasing energy demand have led to worsening air quality, threatening human health, ecosystems, and economic productivity. Many cities in the region continue to exceed the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines, underscoring the need for integrated, cross-sectoral solutions.

Joy Amor Bailey

Joy Amor Bailey is an Urban Climate Change Resilience Specialist with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) - administered Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF) which supports cities in eight countries by improving urban planning, designing climate-resilient infrastructure, and investing in projects and people.

Scene Setting: Reimagining a Sustainable World Through the Lens of Impact Investing

In this presentation, Mr. Rai introduced the concept of impact investing, and how it institutionalized microfinance. He also highlighted problems in the waste and agriculture sectors and sample solutions brought about by impact investment. He also emphasized the potential role of Impact Investing in re-imagining renewable energy solutions such as solar and biofuels, and what multilateral institutions such as ADB can do to support this approach.