Briefing on the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022): Our World at Risk – Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future Read more about Briefing on the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2022 (GAR2022): Our World at Risk – Transforming Governance for a Resilient Future COVID-19 and climate change are making it clear that disaster impacts increasingly cascade across geographies and sectors. Despite progress, risk creation is outstripping risk reduction. To change course, new approaches to governance systems and an understanding of systemic risk are needed.
Dayna Connolly Keywords adb governance public sector climate finance Read more about Dayna Connolly Dayna Connolly is a Disaster Risk Financing Specialist in the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department. She focuses on strengthening understanding of the fiscal impacts of disasters and supporting the integration of disaster risk considerations into public financial management systems and fiscal policy, to enhance preparedness and reduce long-term development losses.
Jei Edora Keywords business outreach climate finance Read more about Jei Edora Jei Edora is the Trade Commissioner for Clean Technologies, Life Sciences, and International Financial Institutions at Global Affairs Canada, with a focus on the Asian Development Bank. He also serves as a champion of Canada’s Trade-Development Nexus initiative. A leading expert in public climate finance, multilateral and bilateral development finance, and international banking and investments, he brings nearly a decade of experience leveraging development finance to support people and planet.
ASEAN Climate Week 2026 Read more about ASEAN Climate Week 2026 Join the ASEAN Climate Week 2026—a virtual event that aims to advance NDC implementation, scale climate and biodiversity finance, strengthen regional cooperation on loss and damage, and build institutional capacity through high‑level dialogue, technical exchanges, and targeted training across ASEAN.
Advancing Climate Goals with Integrity Read more about Advancing Climate Goals with Integrity Jane Nelson, founding director of the Corporate Responsibility Initiative at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government, explains how climate commitments and integrity frameworks reinforce each other. She emphasizes applying integrity standards, such as governance, risk management, and transparent reporting, to climate projects, just as with any traditional infrastructure project.
Tristan Knowles Keywords climate finance development finance Read more about Tristan Knowles Tristan Knowles is a climate finance specialist at the Asian Development Bank, where he currently serves as a Senior Investment Specialist (Blended Finance) and Unit Head of the Blended Finance, Guarantees and Syndications Unit within the Private Sector Operations Department (PSOD).
Sagar Gubbi Keywords environment climate finance Read more about Sagar Gubbi Sagar Gubbi is the founder and Managing Director of Ecoforge Advisors, a climate and green finance focused advisory and consulting firm based in India and working across ADB developing member countries and in Africa.
Zhe Yuan Keywords climate change adaptation climate finance Read more about Zhe Yuan Zhe Yuan is a Natural Resources Economist at ADB with over ten years of experience in environmental economics, natural capital accounting, and climate change adaptation. She has worked extensively in the Asia-Pacific region on projects related to sustainable resource management and climate finance. Prior to joining ADB, she contributed to economic analysis and policy development at international organizations such as the Green Climate Fund and FAO.
Nawa Raj Dhakal Keywords energy clean energy; renewable energy climate finance Read more about Nawa Raj Dhakal Mr. Nawa Raj Dhakal is the Executive Director of Alternative Energy Promotion Centre (AEPC), Government of Nepal’s focal agency on renewable energy and energy efficiency, under the purview of Ministry of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation (MoEWRI).
Abdurahmonzoda Nigina Shukhrat Keywords climate finance Tajikistan Glaciers' Preservation climate change Read more about Abdurahmonzoda Nigina Shukhrat Ms. Nigina is a financial expert and reform leader with over 15 years of experience in macroeconomic policy, capital market regulation, sustainable finance, investment promotion, banking, and international development.