Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum: Innovative Solutions for Asia and the Pacific Read more about Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum: Innovative Solutions for Asia and the Pacific How can technology and finance protect our oceans, increase resilience, and accelerate the growth of sustainable blue economies?
SME BlueImpact Asia: Financing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises that Dominate the Blue Economy Read more about SME BlueImpact Asia: Financing Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises that Dominate the Blue Economy This session presented SME BlueImpact Asia, a blended finance platform for SME Blue Economy projects, which was jointly developed by ADB with UNEP and UNDP. The session discussed the concept of this initiative and will draw lessons from the European experience with BlueInvest Europe. To ensure the success of the platform, it also gathered insights from various stakeholders on policy recommendations and implementation approaches both from the perspective of SMEs and investors.
Ocean and Coastal Tourism: Changing the Tide on Sustainability Read more about Ocean and Coastal Tourism: Changing the Tide on Sustainability 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) and ADB operations the latest innovations, technologies, and practical solutions for ocean health, with the aim of enhancing knowledge for increased and more impactful investments.
Seaside Chat featuring ADB Vice-President Ahmed Saeed and Honorable Ministers from Fiji, Indonesia, Maldives, and the United Kingdom and ACGF Special Session: Blue Finance Book Launch Read more about Seaside Chat featuring ADB Vice-President Ahmed Saeed and Honorable Ministers from Fiji, Indonesia, Maldives, and the United Kingdom and ACGF Special Session: Blue Finance Book Launch Session Synopsis: The global community has set ambitious commitments and targets for achieving healthy marine ecosystems. Through the Healthy Oceans Tech and Finance Forum, ADB aims to share with developing member countries (DMCs) and ADB operations the latest innovations, technologies, and practical solutions for ocean health, with the aim of enhancing knowledge for increased and more impactful investments.
Closing Plenary Read more about Closing Plenary Bruno Carrasco, ADB Director General and concurrently Chief Compliance Officer of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
Sustainable Nitrogen Management for Healthy Oceans, Environment, and Economy Read more about Sustainable Nitrogen Management for Healthy Oceans, Environment, and Economy Event Synopsis: Nitrogen as a fertilizer has been a huge influence in feeding the global population. Increased crop production over the last century has also allowed substantial increases in livestock population, enriching human diets and producing many other products. Nitrogen however is also a pollutant and readily escapes into the environment resulting in adverse impacts to water quality, terrestrial and marine biodiversity, marine eutrophication, soil acidification, air quality issues as well as increasing the greenhouse gas balance.
What’s for dinner tonight? Blue Foods! Read more about What’s for dinner tonight? Blue Foods! 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) and ADB operations the latest innovations, technologies, and practical solutions for ocean health, with the aim of enhancing knowledge for increased and more impactful investments.
Coastal Resilience by Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund Read more about Coastal Resilience by Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund Session Synopsis: Consequential and overlapping issues such as food security, climate change, and marine biodiversity have been at the forefront in setting ambitious national and regional targets for achieving coastal resilience. Fully functioning and effectively managed technologies contribute to delivering such commitments.