Climate Change and Disasters in Asia and the Pacific Read more about Climate Change and Disasters in Asia and the Pacific This infographic gives an overview of the impact of climate change and disasters on the long-term sustainability of development in the Asia Pacific region, and how ADB is addressing climate change and disaster risk in the region.
ADB: Building a Low Emission and Climate Resilient Asia and the Pacific Read more about ADB: Building a Low Emission and Climate Resilient Asia and the Pacific This infographic gives an overview of ADB's climate actions in line with its Strategy 2030.
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.
Gajanana Hegde Keywords regulatory development energy UNFCCC climate change renewable energy energy efficiency waste management Clean Development Mechanism digital technology applications for climate change climate chain coalition renewable energy applications Read more about Gajanana Hegde Gajanana Hegde leads the regulatory development (energy) team to develop standards to measure the outcomes of climate actions within the sustainable development mechanism (SDM) program of the UNFCCC Secretariat in Bonn. He has over two decades of professional experience in climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and waste management. He has contributed to the development of over one hundred methodologies applied in several thousand projects and programs hosted in over one hundred countries under the Clean Development Mechanism.
Climate Justice and Disasters - A Focus on the Pacific Read more about Climate Justice and Disasters - A Focus on the Pacific Prof. Rosemary Lyster discussed about climate disasters, the various climate justice approaches and key issues, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and loss and damage in the Asia Pacific.
Emerging Public Climate Finance Disputes: A Roadmap for Shifting Sands? Read more about Emerging Public Climate Finance Disputes: A Roadmap for Shifting Sands? Ms. Smith shared her insights on emerging trends in public climate finance disputes, including the various forms of disputes foreseen under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the types of public climate finance disputes that could be resolved through international arbitration, and the PCA’s experience with regard to innovations to adapt the features of international arbitration to the needs of this dynamic field, focusing on the perspective of South Pacific developing countries.
What Makes Social Protection Systems Adaptive? Read more about What Makes Social Protection Systems Adaptive? Poor households are more likely to be affected by disasters, and have been found to lose relatively more than non-poor people. Adaptive social protection programs can provide safety nets to poor households during disasters and other shocks. Learn from this presentation on how social protection can help.
New Financing Approaches, Instruments and Opportunities that Address the Risks of Loss and Damage Read more about New Financing Approaches, Instruments and Opportunities that Address the Risks of Loss and Damage The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the insurance industry has been working with institutional investors in promoting risk modelling beyond insurance. The aim is to offer parametric risk transfer to organizations (e.g., NGOs, development banks, microfinance providers, municipalities) while sharing the risk with third-party investors via an investment fund structure.
Highlights of the 2016 Standing Committee on Finance Forum Read more about Highlights of the 2016 Standing Committee on Finance Forum Around 200 participants attended the two-day SCF forum, representing different regions and a variety of institutions, including public and private sector, NGOs, think tanks and international organizations. This documents summarizes the key take aways from the said forum.