Climate Threat: Rising Sea Levels and Stronger Storms Highlight the Need for Coastal Resilience Read more about Climate Threat: Rising Sea Levels and Stronger Storms Highlight the Need for Coastal Resilience The blog emphasizes the urgent need for coastal resilience due to threats of rising sea levels and stronger storms driven by climate change. It is the role of nature-based solutions like mangrove conservation in enhancing coastal protection and mitigating climate impacts.
Turning the Tide: The Crucial Role of Oceans in Fighting Climate Change Read more about Turning the Tide: The Crucial Role of Oceans in Fighting Climate Change The blog discusses the importance of including oceans in climate change strategies. It highlights how oceans regulate climate by absorbing heat and carbon dioxide and suggests innovative financing and sustainable marine projects to protect and utilize ocean resources.
Audrey Tan Keywords healthy oceans coastal resilience ADB ADB healthy oceans blue economy climate change environment Read more about Audrey Tan Ms. Audrey Tan was previously an assistant news editor and environment correspondent at The Straits Times, Singapore’s national broadsheet, where she covered environmental issues and climate change for about a decade. Audrey holds a master’s degree in climate science and policy from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. She is an advisory committee member of the Pulitzer Center’s Rainforest Journalism Fund for Southeast Asia.
To Save the World’s Oceans, We Must Take These Four Actions Now Read more about To Save the World’s Oceans, We Must Take These Four Actions Now To protect the world's oceans, the blog outlines four actions: valuing natural capital with nature-based solutions, building partnerships and regional cooperation, promoting sustainable investments and business models, and engaging local leaders and communities. These strategies aim to balance development with conservation, strengthen policy implementation, foster green investments, and empower local stakeholders.
ADB Data Room: Healthy Oceans and Coastal Resilience Read more about ADB Data Room: Healthy Oceans and Coastal Resilience
Melody F. Ovenden Keywords healthy oceans environment Read more about Melody F. Ovenden Melody’s focus is on coordinating initiatives anchored to the Healthy Oceans Program and promoting a One ADB approach to the Healthy Oceans Implementation Plan. This involves the consolidation of what has been achieved to date and the expansion of ADB’s regional and global leadership position and investments in ocean health. She holds a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from James Cook University, Australia and a Master of Science in oceanography from Southampton University, School of Ocean and Earth Science, U.K.
Bioplastics in Thailand Read more about Bioplastics in Thailand This presentation gives an overview of bioplastics value chain using the case study in Thailand based on a cost-benefit analysis research study that ADB conducted
Bioplastics in Thailand: Perceptions versus Reality and Future Directions for Southeast Asia (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 22) Read more about Bioplastics in Thailand: Perceptions versus Reality and Future Directions for Southeast Asia (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 22)
Quantifying Plastic Pollution to Inform Evidence-based and Effective Interventions (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 20) Read more about Quantifying Plastic Pollution to Inform Evidence-based and Effective Interventions (Circular Economy Webinar Series Session 20) Plastic pollution is an archetypical global challenge, the complexity of which means that we still do not have a sufficient understanding of fundamental aspects – for example, the relative importance of its forms, sources, pathways, and receptors.
Agricultural Genetic Resources in Sri Lanka Read more about Agricultural Genetic Resources in Sri Lanka This presentation discussed the Agricultural Genetic Resources in Sri Lanka from the University of Peradeniya perspective.