The side event at COP25 will present the key findings, outcomes, and lessons learned from the CTF-funded TA in Viet Nam. It also aims to share with the international community of climate change specialists the challenges in operationalizing international guidelines in the context of complex institutional structures for CTF projects on the ground.

This presentation showcases Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) undertaken as part of pilot projects from key infrastructure sectors in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), including urban development, transport, energy, water, and social development. Challenges, priorities, and key issues arising are also presented.

Learn about ADB’s experiences on green freight projects.

This presentation features green freight projects implemented by ADB and the Ministry of Transport in Laos, Thailand, and Viet Nam from 2016 to 2016, with the objective of fostering low-carbon sustainable freight transport. It shares project results, lessons learnt, and the stakeholders involved.

Understand the relationship between road design and risk. Learn why achieving the sustainable development goal target for road safety is important for countries.

The International Road Assessment Programme (iRAP) is dedicated to preventing the more than 3,500 road deaths that occur everyday worldwide. iRAP provides tools and training to help governments and organizations in more than 70 countries make roads safe.

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.

The Paris Agreement on Climate Change is a universal sustainable development mechanism that includes climate change mitigation commitments for all countries. It encourages action at the subnational level as it recognizes the key role that local governments play in tackling climate change. Localization of the Paris agreement goals provides an opportunity for local governments to act locally and impact globally.

Behind Australia’s well-developed vocational education and training (VET) system are the three quality assurance pillars comprising of national standards, national framework for qualifications, and the national VET regulator. Quality principles are also applied at the regional level to improve skills recognition.

The Nam Theun 2 (NT2) Hydroelectric Power Project in the Lao People’s Democratric Republic (Lao PDR) is considered by then deputy prime minister Somsavat Lengsavad as the most powerful in Lao PDR, and a worldwide model of social and environmental responsibility. As previous chair of the NT2 Steering Committee, Lengsavad was convinced that a controlled exploitation of hydropower constitutes one of the less harmful ways, regarding climate change for instance, to produce the energy that the world needs.