Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez Keywords finance infrastructure global environment sustainable development cities water resources climate change agriculture blue economy resilience fragility and conflict resettlement Read more about Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez Ede Ijjasz has more than 30 years of senior technical and management experience at the World Bank, academia, and consulting. His expertise is in the areas of finance, infrastructure, global environment, sustainable development, cities, water resources, climate change, agriculture, blue economy, resilience, fragility and conflict, resettlement, PPPs, and ESG.
CWRD Brown Bag Seminar Held on the New Pakistan Country Partnership Strategy (2021-2025) Read more about CWRD Brown Bag Seminar Held on the New Pakistan Country Partnership Strategy (2021-2025)
John Dora Keywords infrastructure resilience and adaptation drr climate change ADB virtual dialogue Urban Development Read more about John Dora John Dora has thirty-nine years’ experience in managing infrastructure, including flood risk management and asset management of railway structures. He is a recognized international expert on climate change adaptation and standards, and his clients include or have included the UN, the UK Met Office, Copernicus Climate Services, World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Standards Organization (ISO) and CEN/CENELEC, the European Standards’ organizations; John is ISO’s global lead for adaptation.
Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Face of Covid Covid-19: How Entrepreneurs Contribute to Economic Resilience Read more about Entrepreneurial Resilience in the Face of Covid Covid-19: How Entrepreneurs Contribute to Economic Resilience This presentation gives an overview of Imperial College of London's mission and shared about entrepreneurial resilience framework and processes as well as its mechanisms, policy insights, and opportunities.
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.