Digital Entrepreneurship for Economic Resilience Read more about Digital Entrepreneurship for Economic Resilience Nurturing Asia’s digital entrepreneurs’ potential is the key to unlocking economic resilience in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and the long-term capacity for green and inclusive development. What have we learned from best practices, conducive regulatory environments, and supportive entrepreneurial ecosystems? This Asian Impact webinar discussed the necessary ingredients for the region’s success in digital entrepreneurship.
The Adaptation Principles: A Guide for Designing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Read more about The Adaptation Principles: A Guide for Designing Strategies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience Stephane Hallegatte of World Bank discussed the adaptation principles and the importance of assessing both the resilience of project design and the resilience of the project outcomes. He highlighted practical tools, concrete examples, and information to guide decision-makers through the principles of adaptation and help governments formulate effective strategies that enable their societies to thrive in a time of climate change.
Jun Rentschler Keywords climate change energy resilience research development Read more about Jun Rentschler Jun Rentschler is a Senior Economist at the Office of the Chief Economist for Sustainable Development, working at the intersection of climate change and sustainable resilient development. Prior to joining The World Bank in 2012, he served as an Economic Adviser at the German Foreign Ministry. He also spent two years at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) working on private sector investment projects in resource efficiency and climate change.
Enhancing Women-focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience (WfIR) Read more about Enhancing Women-focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience (WfIR) This presentation shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate targets of ADB's Strategy 2030.
Joint Gender Equity TG and Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management TG Webinar: Enhancing Women-Focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience Read more about Joint Gender Equity TG and Climate Change & Disaster Risk Management TG Webinar: Enhancing Women-Focused Investments in Climate and Disaster Resilience Women are agents of change for resilient development. However, substantial gaps remain in building women’s capacity. In this webinar, Zonibel Woods and Arghya Sinha Roy shared key findings of a recent publication that calls for women-focused investments in resilience to meet the gender and climate targets of ADB's Strategy 2030.
Albert Salamanca Keywords natural resources management sustainable livelihoods climate change adaptation Stockholm Environment Institute SEI resilience risk and vulnerabilities mobility and spatial linkages disaster displacement settlement change Read more about Albert Salamanca Albert is a Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute's Asia Centre where he leads its Climate Change, Disasters and Development Cluster. He has over 15 years of experience working on natural resources management, sustainable livelihoods, and climate change adaptation issues in several countries in Southeast Asia. His current research interests are on the themes of resilience, risk and vulnerabilities, mobility and spatial linkages, disaster displacement, and settlement change.
Satish V. Ukkusuri Keywords data driven mobility solutions disaster management resilience interdependent networks Read more about Satish V. Ukkusuri Satish V. Ukkusuri is a Professor in the Lyles School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University and Director of the Urban Mobility Networks and Intelligence Lab. His research focuses on interdisciplinary transportation networks, with current interest in data driven mobility solutions, disaster management, resilience of interdependent networks, connected and autonomous traffic systems, shared mobility platforms, and smart logistics.
ADB Events at COP25 Read more about ADB Events at COP25 Overview of ADB events at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP25) from 2-13 December 2019 in Madrid, Spain.
ADB Side Events at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP 25) Read more about ADB Side Events at the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP 25) The UNFCCC Climate Change Conference included the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 25) to the UNFCCC, the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 15), and the second session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement (CMA 2). Representatives from all UNFCCC parties were in attendance.
The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries Read more about The Strategic Mitigation Adaptation and Resilience (SMART) Tool: Integrating Planning Objectives in Southeast Asia and Pacific Countries Developing long-term low emissions development strategies (LT-LEDS) provides an opportunity for Asia-Pacific countries highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change to simultaneously achieve other development objectives, including energy and food security, economic resilience and resilience to natural disasters. By undertaking mid-century planning across policy areas of mitigation, adaptation, resilience and sustainable development, countries can design and implement a pathway that considers the interactions, synergies, and trade-offs of all their national priorities.