This presentation gives an overview of the benefits of co-benefits or co-control relevant to domestic needs and global environmental issues.

This presentation gives an overview of the benefits of centralized district heating or cooling system for low carbon development.

In his presentation, Kevin Chen cited options to achieve 2060 carbon neutrality while ensuring food security: improve crop technologies (increase yields, improve fertilizer use efficiency); improve livestock technologies (reduce GHG emissions, improve forage use efficiency; reduce food waste and loss; adjust diets (reduce meat consumption); and combination of these approaches.

In his presentation, Arthur Hanson highlights the mutually reinforcing co-benefits and synergies between food and ecological climate security where projects must be nature-positive, carbon-neutral towards integrated rural development.

Yongping Zhai and Preety Bhandari emphasized that while institutions such as ADB can help mobilize financing towards low carbon and climate resilient development, the bulk of climate financing originates in countries where they are deployed. Ultimately, the greater role will lie on governments in ensuring that national policies are in place so that national budgets are allocated towards this purpose and incentives are provided to the private sector to channel funds in the right direction.

In his presentation, Jiahua Pan highlighted that rural areas must lead the process towards carbon neutrality and contribute to net-zero carbon in urban areas. He highlighted that carbon neutrality will bring opportunities for rural prosperity while food security must be prioritized.

In his remarks, James Lynch highlighted the need for new approaches and integrated solutions to achieve carbon neutrality in the region, generate new revenues from renewable energy, and channel more private investments into research and development.

Sanjay Upadhyay discussed about the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All Initiative, the sustainable development goals, and the concept of carbon neutrality. He described the current energy pattern in the Asia Pacific region and noted the drafting of renewable energy laws across the region. He also highlighted the challenges in developing renewable energy sources.

Seattle in the United States is a model city with sustainable urban development practices. The city, an established leader in recycling and composting, has enjoyed plentiful and high-quality drinking water from protected mountain sources for over a hundred years.