Pushing the Limits: Scaling up Climate and Disaster Resilience to Minimize and Address Loss and Damage Read more about Pushing the Limits: Scaling up Climate and Disaster Resilience to Minimize and Address Loss and Damage This session discussed the limits to adaptation and how specific areas of investments in climate and disaster resilience can help push the limits and thereby help countries minimize and address loss and damage.
Climate Risk Management in an Emergency Assistance Loan: The Pakistan Emergency Flood Assistance Project Read more about Climate Risk Management in an Emergency Assistance Loan: The Pakistan Emergency Flood Assistance Project The session shared the approach and lessons learned in climate risk management for the Emergency Assistance Loan for the Pakistan 2022 floods. The presentation highlighted key approaches and results of rapid climate change assessments used to inform the build-back-better reconstruction of key transport, irrigation, and flood risk management infrastructure.
Capacity Development Course Read more about Capacity Development Course Forty-one ADB staff from headquarters and resident missions completed seven interactive, half-day virtual workshops of the 2023 Resilience Learning Month (RLM) capacity development course from 26 September to 17 October. This year’s course tackled carbon pricing and carbon finance, climate finance, climate and disaster resilience, Paris alignment, and post-disaster and emergency assistance.
Seismic Risk: A Changing Landscape Read more about Seismic Risk: A Changing Landscape This session convened two leading experts to share the latest developments and learning that can inform the work of ADB and its member countries in strengthening understanding of seismic risk and building resilience.
2023 Resilience Learning Month Read more about 2023 Resilience Learning Month In celebration of Resilience Learning Month (RLM) 2023, ADB has organized a series of online events and capacity-building workshops that highlight regional and global innovation and lessons learned on tackling climate change and building climate and disaster resilience, delivered in partnership with ADB operations departments and sector and thematic groups.
Tanmay Tathagat Keywords climate change mitigation sustainable development energy efficiency indoor air quality green buildings Read more about Tanmay Tathagat Tanmay Tathagat is Director of the organisation Environmental Design Solutions [EDS]. He has a background of architecture and engineering. Over the last 30 years, he has worked on issues of climate change mitigation and sustainable development, building energy efficiency, indoor air quality, green buildings, and standards and labeling in Asia, Africa and the US.
Tatsuya Yanase Keywords environment clean air management ADB sustainable development Read more about Tatsuya Yanase Mr. Tatsuya Yanase is working as an Environment and Climate Change Specialist for ADB and the fund manager of the Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism, which aims to provide financial incentives for the adoption of advanced low-carbon technologies in ADB projects; and to facilitate the diffusion of leading low-carbon technologies, products, systems, services, and infrastructure.
Sangyun Lee Keywords parliament sustainable development Read more about Sangyun Lee Lee Sangyun is the Vice Administrator of the Public Procurement Agency (PPA) of Korea since August 2022. Prior to PPA, he served as Director General for Planning and Coordination and as Director General for the New Technology and Services Bureau in the Public Procurement Service during the period 2017-2019. He is also a recipient of many awards, most notably the Presidential Citation in 2010 and the Order of Service Merit (Red Stripes) in 2019. He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Seoul in Korea in 1993.
David Songulashvili Keywords parliament public procurement sustainable development international business Read more about David Songulashvili David Songulashvili has been a member of Parliament for the last seven years and is the current Chairperson, Sector Economy and Economic Policy Committee, Parliament of Georgia. He was also chairperson of the Committee of European Integration in 2019-2020. His career in government includes key positions with the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable development and the Ministry of Economic Development. He holds a Master’s degree in International Business from Grenoble Ecole de Management in 2007.
Rowena Candice Ruiz Keywords digital transformation public procurement capacity building technology solutions sustainable development Read more about Rowena Candice Ruiz Rowena Candice Ruiz is an expert on digital transformation and public procurement. Her leadership has led to innovative reforms, focusing on data-driven policies, capacity building, and technology solutions for efficiency and transparency. She secured the Philippines' observer status in the World Trade Organization – Committee on Government Procurement in 2019. During the pandemic, she spearheaded digital transformation for crisis adaptation, fostering transparency in public funds through online portals.