Aligning ADB's Operations with the Paris Agreement Read more about Aligning ADB's Operations with the Paris Agreement
Climate Finance Tracking and Paris Agreement Alignment Read more about Climate Finance Tracking and Paris Agreement Alignment SDCC-URG, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division (SDCD), and the urban divisions of Operations Departments (ODs) jointly organized a deep dive FGD for the urban sector staff on ADB’s procedures for working on the Paris Agreement (PA) alignment and tracking of climate finance (mitigation and adaptation) at the project level.
Kathryn Jarvis Keywords ADB climate finance climate change agribusiness Read more about Kathryn Jarvis Kate is a food and agribusiness professional with 15 years’ experience, and a passion for improving the sustainability of food production, distribution, and consumption.
Interactive Panel Discussion: Bridging the Climate Finance Gap at Local Level Read more about Interactive Panel Discussion: Bridging the Climate Finance Gap at Local Level Held via Zoom. This online event highlighted the importance of climate adaptation finance reaching the local level, especially the poor and vulnerable communities who are the hardest hit by the impacts of climate change. The session discussed lessons from the ADB Resilient Communities Development project in Myanmar and Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund’s (UCCRTF) experiences.
ADB Business Opportunities (Climate Change) Read more about ADB Business Opportunities (Climate Change) This presentation gives an overview of ongoing and upcoming ADB business opportunities relevant to climate change.
Angela Consuelo Ibay Keywords environmental law climate finance renewable energy legislation and policy climate change Read more about Angela Consuelo Ibay With more than 20 years in climate change and environment fields, Gia presently heads WWF Philippines’ Climate Change and Energy Programme, concurrently serving as Earth Hour Philippines’ National Director. She chaired National Renewable Energy Board’s Public Relations and IEC Sub-committee and was British Embassy Manila’s first Climate Change Attaché. Gia has worked at the Manila Observatory, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Environmental Management Bureau.
Accelerating Clean Energy Technology Transformation with the Private Sector Read more about Accelerating Clean Energy Technology Transformation with the Private Sector An Asia Clean Energy Forum (ACEF) 2019 Deep Dive Workshop
Emerging Private Climate Finance Disputes Read more about Emerging Private Climate Finance Disputes Ms. Delaney talked about emerging private climate finance disputes. Funding for climate-related projects may come from the public sector, the private sector, the Green Climate Fund, and the Clean Development Mechanism, through loans or equity arrangements. She described arbitration as particularly useful in resolving private climate finance disputes given its adaptability to legal and cultural differences, flexibility and efficiency, ability to choose arbitrators and experts with experience in climate change and climate finance, and enforceability.
Climate Finance Flows in the Pacific Read more about Climate Finance Flows in the Pacific Ms. Ilona Millar, special counsel in the Environmental Markets team at Baker McKenzie, Sydney, briefly explained the concept of climate finance and discussed about climate finance flows in the Pacific. In 2010–2014, climate finance to Pacific Island countries totaled $1,762 million, of which $1,455 million came from bilateral sources and $307 million from multilateral sources. Likewise, of this amount, $748 million had climate change as the main objective while $1,014 million targeted climate change as a co-benefit.
Climate Change: The Politics of Action and Finance Read more about Climate Change: The Politics of Action and Finance Tracking and reporting financial flows is needed to help measure the effectiveness of climate actions. This also helps in building trust and accountability and to monitor trends and progress. In this presentation, Pretty Bhandari, ADB’s Director for Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, talks about political economy and climate change, climate finance architecture, and the climate action taken by ADB.