Sustainable Urban Transport: Realizing the New Climate Change Agenda and Initiatives in BRT and Road Safety - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Read more about Sustainable Urban Transport: Realizing the New Climate Change Agenda and Initiatives in BRT and Road Safety - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series With the recent global agreements on climate change mitigation and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), transport and urban development specialists are saying that now is the right time to implement green transport projects.
Sustainable Urban Transport: Realizing the New Climate Change Agenda and Initiatives in BRT and Road Safety - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Read more about Sustainable Urban Transport: Realizing the New Climate Change Agenda and Initiatives in BRT and Road Safety - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series This webinar discusses the implications and applications of COP21 on the urban transport sector. It also presents an integrated approach to urban transport planning and management, including ADB's contributions to urban transport in terms of knowledge sharing and learning, financing, and inclusive development.
Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Read more about Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Matthias Gelber discussses the importance of communication and leadership after COP21.
Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Read more about Leadership and Communication Challenges for Climate Change Aspects of Development Projects - Knowledge Sharing Webinar Series Matthias Gelber and ADB's Charlotte Lapsansky discuss the importance of communication and leadership after COP21, as well as the need for project communications, stakeholder analysis and communications strategies in implementing development projects.
Han Meng Keywords climate change environment Read more about Han Meng Meng Han is the PRC’s representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)-World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC). Since 2015, Hans’ role contributes to a broader UNEP-WCMC strategy to promote UNEP’s strategic presence in the PRC and the Asia-Pacific region. She specifically assists in leveraging UNEP-WCMC’s expertise and resources to strengthen UNEP’s biodiversity capabilities delivered through its regional and country offices, and provides more effective support to national and regional governments and other stakeholders.
ADB Resilience Academy Read more about ADB Resilience Academy Sansank Vemuri, Urban Resilience Specialist for the Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund, presented on ADB Resilience Academy (ADB RA), an intensive project development workshop patterned after the Resilience Academy of the Rockefeller Foundation. ADB RA gathers interdisciplinary teams from cities to design projects that aim to address current and future climate-related risks while enhancing the climate resilience of vulnerable communities.
Charles Rodgers Keywords climate change disaster financing disaster risk reduction climate adaptation Read more about Charles Rodgers Charles Rodgers is Senior Advisor for Climate Change Adaptation at the Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines since 2015. He has served as Senior Environment Specialist with the Asian Development Bank in the Regional and Sustainable Development Department where he coordinated ADB’s climate change adaptation program. Dr. Rodgers’ training and professional experience combine civil engineering and economics as applied to agriculture and food security, water resources development and global climate change.
What is the Role and Importance of Enabling Environments (e.g. Policies/Strategies, Institutions, Capacity) to Effectively Apply Financial Instruments to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage? Read more about What is the Role and Importance of Enabling Environments (e.g. Policies/Strategies, Institutions, Capacity) to Effectively Apply Financial Instruments to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage? Forum participants identified the major stakeholders of financial instruments that address loss and damage. They also discussed strategies and options that can be taken to create an enabling environment for financial instruments.
What are the Limitations of the Existing Financial Instruments to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage and What Could Be Other Options/Solutions Considering the Best Practices Around? Read more about What are the Limitations of the Existing Financial Instruments to Address the Risks of Loss and Damage and What Could Be Other Options/Solutions Considering the Best Practices Around? Forum participants enumerated the limitations of existing financial instruments, which include, among others, a lack of accessible and adequate data and a common understanding about how to characterize loss and damage. Contingency funds are also mostly loan-based. To address these limitations, they discussed possible alternatives they can take.
Social Protection in the Area of Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific: IFRC Experience and Learnings Read more about Social Protection in the Area of Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific: IFRC Experience and Learnings Climate‐related disasters are expected to increasingly affect vulnerable people, adding to the already unmanageable workload of humanitarian teams. There is a need for systems that can respond predictably and effectively to protect vulnerable communities amidst the evolving risks.