Sustainable Mobility for All Towards Implementation Read more about Sustainable Mobility for All Towards Implementation The World Bank Group facilitates Sustainable Mobility for All through its four objectives of universal access, efficiency, safety, and green. The aim is to achieve improved lives and livelihoods of billions of people across the world—their health, environment, and quality of life—and stabilize climate change over the long term.
Structured Decision Support for Natural Resource Management Read more about Structured Decision Support for Natural Resource Management Serious issues beset the globe today. Competition for natural resources and threats to flora and fauna and to human health challenge the world's survival. These concerns highlight the need for authoritative science information. This presentation shares valuable information on how applied research and accurate data can contribute to more effective natural resource management systems.
Structured Decision Support for Natural Resource Management Read more about Structured Decision Support for Natural Resource Management The US Geological Survey (USGS) is the United States' independent scientific advisor. It conducts applied research and collects and delivers natural resource data to support informed decision-making in the USA. This event shares the agency's experience in providing structured decision support for natural resource management not only in the USA, but in various Asian countries.
Haixia Zheng Keywords Agricultural Sciences environmental and resource economics ecological compensation environmental evaluation environment poverty reduction Read more about Haixia Zheng Zheng Haixia is a professor at the Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), and a researcher at the Centre for International Agricultural Research (CIAR), CAAS. She is also senior advisor to the International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IRPCC).
ADB Perspectives on Smart City Read more about ADB Perspectives on Smart City Project officers of ADB who are supporting the development of various smart cities projects share their experiences and updates in this presentation. As no universal definition exists for smart city, the commonalities identified from ADB’s smart cities projects were used as a starting point for creating one.
Chaoni Huang Keywords green business energy environment sustainable future Read more about Chaoni Huang Chaoni has been Head of Business Development for Asia at Trucost Plc since October 2012. Chaoni joined Trucost in 2012 and is responsible for business development, account management and partnership in Asia. Prior to Trucost, she was a Senior Environment, Social, Governance analyst at MSCI (London and Beijing), and a project manager at the UNEP Finance Initiative. She has been an executive board member of China Carbon Forum, a guest researcher for the China Economy and Sustainable Development Centre at the Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business.
Zainal Arief Keywords engineering environment energy Read more about Zainal Arief Mr. Arief is the Director of Politeknik Elektronik Negeri Surabaya (PENS), the first rank polytechnic in Indonesia. He earned both his Bachelor and Master degrees in engineering from the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember in Subaraya in 1993 and 2005, respectively.
Elizabeth Vu Keywords oceanography ocean environment Read more about Elizabeth Vu Elizabeth Vu is currently working as Program AssociateProgram Associate for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Prior to this, she was the Implementations Lead & Co-founder of the Foundation for Learning Equality. She also worked as a Researcher for Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a degree in Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Environmental Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography from n UC San Diego.
Papua New Guinea Nature-Based Tourism Read more about Papua New Guinea Nature-Based Tourism Discover the beauty of Papua New Guinea, one of the six member countries of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries, and Food Security, working to promote sustainable and responsible nature-based tourism to preserve one of the world’s most unique ecosystems and areas while providing benefits to people and communities.