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.
Training on Counting Climate Finance Read more about Training on Counting Climate Finance In 2015, ADB pledged to double its annual climate financing to US$6 billion by 2020, with US$4 billion for climate mitigation and $2 billion for climate adaptation. Through its Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Thematic Group and Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management Division, ADB organized a Training on Counting Climate Finance to help enhance the capacity of staff to integrate climate change into the Bank’s operations. The training was also supported by ADB’s other sector and thematic groups including energy, transport, urban, water, and agriculture.
Accessing Climate Finance to Support Low-Carbon Actions Read more about Accessing Climate Finance to Support Low-Carbon Actions Learn how to use nationally appropriate mitigation actions as instrument to catalyze climate finance. This presentation discusses the role of climate finance to achieve sustainable transport. It also explains how to integrate climate finance into traditional financing for the transport sector.
Manuel Cocco Keywords energy renewable energy climate finance Read more about Manuel Cocco Manuel Cocco is a senior climate policy expert with more than 15 years of experience working on climate change and renewable energy policy development, including public climate finance and sustainable development advisor. He has deep knowledge of the SD and CC policy environment around the world, with a focus on Southeast Asia and Latin America.
ADB Transport Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions Read more about ADB Transport Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions Learn about the core design elements of ADB’s nationally appropriate mitigation actions for the transport sector. This presentation examines the urban transport policies, mitigation actions, and enabling activities in Dhaka and Ulaanbaatar.