Scene Setting: Green Buildings and Eco-Districts Financing and Implementation Mechanisms

How do you promote green building, energy efficiency, performing cooling, and heating methods in countries/cities that are lacking capacity? In this presentation, Mr. Heckmann discussed ADB's Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Project. It is a large-scale demonstration project and complete solution leveraging private sector investment to deliver affordable and green housing stock. The project also established policies, mechanisms, and standards for sustainable and affordable housing and green urban development.

Zolzaya Enkhtur

Ms. Zolzaya Enkhtur is working as a Climate Change and Project Management Specialist for ADB RETA on low carbon development. She has completed her Master’s in Environmental Science and Natural Resources Management and worked extensively on various environmental and sustainable projects in Mongolia since 2010. Previously she worked as a senior projects officer at Capital city’s Environmental Agency to expand cooperation opportunities with international organizations to meet the commitments of Green development policy and Climate policy of Ulaanbaatar city.

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions and Transport Mitigation Potential

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) are climate pledges that countries have made before the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015. Transport-related climate actions were also included in the INDCs. Learn about INDCs of developing countries in Asia particularly greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets from transport, transport mitigation strategies, and suggested future steps.