Thuy Trang Dang Keywords Thuy Trang Dang Senior Urban Development Specialist Southeast Asia Urban Development and Water ADB Read more about Thuy Trang Dang Trang is a Country Operations Head at ADB. She was previously a Senior Urban Development Specialist in the Urban Development and Water Division of the Southeast Asia Department.
Zonibel Woods Keywords ADB consultant SERD Southeast Asia SEHS Read more about Zonibel Woods Zonibel Woods has dedicated over 30 years to address barriers to gender equality and create opportunities for women and girls to live healthy, productive lives free from discrimination and violence. She has extensive and diverse expertise in gender and development and sustainable development, including in the areas of gender mainstreaming, strategic planning, policy analysis and development, training, technical assistance, and capacity building.
Utility Creditworthiness and Alternative Lending Instruments: The Southeast Asian Experience Read more about Utility Creditworthiness and Alternative Lending Instruments: The Southeast Asian Experience This presentation discussed ADB's work on enhancing the financial capacity of water utilities and fostering policy dialogue in Southeast Asia to reach the last mile.
Verena Streitferdt Keywords energy efficiency policy and finance energy policy climate policy urban governance Southeast Asia climate change finance cities climate change urban green finance Read more about Verena Streitferdt Verena has over 10 years of work and research experience in the field of policy advisory/project development especially on the topics of energy efficiency: policy & finance, energy/climate policy and urban governance in the South East Asian context. In her PhD research, she explored how far the public sector can assist to optimize energy efficiency finance initiatives by analyzing in-depth two energy efficiency finance programs, one focused on ESCOs and one on banks.
Adaptation and Migration in Asia's Drowning River Deltas Read more about Adaptation and Migration in Asia's Drowning River Deltas The world's threatened deltas are concentrated in South and East Asia. Among the identified accelerators of relative sea-level rise in river deltas are climate change, urbanization, and aquaculture expansion. Asian Development Bank's intern Alex Chapman shares the current state of river deltas in the region and points out some adaptation options.
Interview Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Read more about Interview Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Asian Development Bank’s Sameer Kamal and Sonia Sandhu share their insights on the need to have an inventory of greenhouse gas (GHG); the connection of GHG in urban areas; and the specific challenges and opportunities in doing GHG inventories in Southeast Asia’s urban areas.
Session Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Read more about Session Video - Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Asian Development Bank (ADB)’s Sonia Sandhu discussed the challenges and opportunities of accounting greenhouse gas emission of urban infrastructure projects, and incorporating GHG inventories into city investment planning processes. The aim of the interactive discussion is to align with ADB's commitments on climate change mitigation.
Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Read more about Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities Mitigation progress cannot be measured without estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Capturing project and city emission estimates has yet to be fully mainstreamed as part of Asian Development Bank’s urban operations. Despite the challenges, there is a strong case for moving toward establishing and maintaining GHG inventories for cities in the long-term.
Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia Read more about Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia Sonia Sandhu and Sameer Kamal of the Southeast Asia Department Urban Development and Water Division (SEUW) of ADB discussed the challenges and opportunities of accounting greenhouse gas emission of urban infrastructure projects, and incorporating GHG inventories into city investment planning processes. The speakers, in this event on Greenhouse Gas Inventories for Urban Operations in Southeast Asia: Challenges and Opportunities organized by ADB’s SEUW and Urban Sector Group, led the discussions to align with ADB's commitments on climate change mitigation.
Local Governance and Decentralization Reforms in Southeast Asia Read more about Local Governance and Decentralization Reforms in Southeast Asia Most countries in Asia and the Pacific have decentralized the delivery of basic services to some extent. Political dynamics, however, remain an important driver based on Southeast Asia’s reform experiences in local government. The local government reforms introduced in the Philippines and Cambodia are featured as examples in this presentation.