Monitoring Air Quality and Health – UK Tools and Guidance (Mongolian) Read more about Monitoring Air Quality and Health – UK Tools and Guidance (Mongolian) This presentation gave an overview of existing guidance and tools that informs the United Kingdom's local and national government on actions to improve air quality and health.
Doing Business with the Asian Development Bank Read more about Doing Business with the Asian Development Bank This presentation discussed potential business opportunities in ADB operations.
Doing Business with the Asian Development Bank Read more about Doing Business with the Asian Development Bank This presentation discussed potential business opportunities in ADB operations.
Enhancing Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific Read more about Enhancing Environmental Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific This presentation gave an overview of ADB's integrated approach that combines finance, knowledge, and partnerships under Strategy 2030.
Doing Business with ADB Read more about Doing Business with ADB Hiroki Kasahara, Senior Financing Partnerships Specialist of ADB's Partner Funds Division spoke at a seminar co-organized by ADB's Japan Representative Office and the ASEAN-Japan Centre on 7 November 2019 to address potential business opportunities in ADB operations funded by the trust funds for companies together with Development Finance International. About 50 participants from Japanese private firms took part in the event.
Malaysia: Measures by the Public Sector to Support Financing for Renewables Read more about Malaysia: Measures by the Public Sector to Support Financing for Renewables The presentation discussed intervention measures by Government to address financing for current RE programs spanning over the feed-in tariff (FiT), net energy metering (NEM) and large scale solar (LSS). Moving forward as Malaysia plans to further decarbonize our electricity sector, SEDA has been tasked by the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment, and Climate Change to develop the Renewable Energy Transition Roadmap (RETR) 2035. Within the roadmap, recommendations to address financing for renewables which was also be shared in the presentation.
Scaling Up E-Mobility as a Platform for Sustainable Urban Transportation Read more about Scaling Up E-Mobility as a Platform for Sustainable Urban Transportation Electrification of transport modes is already a global trend. In this scene-setting presentation, ADB's Ki-Joon Kim makes a case for electric vehicles (EVs) as an immediate solution for reducing GHG and urban pollution. He also outlines the deciding factors for electric vehicle viability, as well as recommended policy actions for consideration by governments. He concludes by highlighting that while EV studies and financing by international institutions are growing fast but needs more cross-sectoral efforts to accelerate EV deployment.
Paul Romer Keywords urbanization New York University economics urban management cities economic development policy Read more about Paul Romer Paul Romer, an economist and policy entrepreneur, is a University Professor on leave from NYU. Romer was the former Director of the Marron Institute and the founding director of the Urbanization Project at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business. The Urbanization Project conducts applied research on the many ways in which policymakers in the developing world can use the rapid growth of cities to create economic opportunity and undertake systemic social reform.
Kavita Sinha Keywords policy Regulation investment clean energy smart technology low-carbon technology Smart City smart grid internet-of-things IoT climate change cleantech Read more about Kavita Sinha Kavita Sinha leads grant-making strategies that enable corporates, utilities, civil society, financial institutions, and governments in Southeast and East Asia to transition to clean and low-carbon energy system. In her previous role, she worked with an American multinational firm that provides smart city, smart grid, and internet-of-things solutions, where she led strategic partnership, business development, and sales in key markets of Asia.
Briony Eales Keywords climate change litigation law policy climate and sustainable development law legal Read more about Briony Eales Briony Eales works with ADB’s award-winning Law and Policy Reform program. Briony has dedicated 2 years to researching climate change litigation, law, and policy in Asia and the Pacific. She is now writing working papers on climate change litigation, law, and policy based on that research. Apart from being an absorbing read (for lawyers at least), the papers will support practitioners working on climate and sustainable development law in Asia and the Pacific. Briony understands the legal challenges of large-scale infrastructure development.