ADB Business Opportunities in the Energy Sector Read more about ADB Business Opportunities in the Energy Sector This presentation gives an overview of ADB's energy sector operations including ADB lending, energy sector lending, and clean energy investments.
[VIDEO] A Safe Place to Go: Designing Female-Friendly Public and Community Toilets—WaterAid Read more about [VIDEO] A Safe Place to Go: Designing Female-Friendly Public and Community Toilets—WaterAid Poor access to sanitation disproportionately affects women and girls. But it's not just a question of lacking a household toilet – low availability of public and community toilets is also an issue. And where they do exist, these facilities often don't meet the needs of women and girls, undermining their rights. A lack of suitable toilets in public places and institutions can even further constrain their personal freedom and mobility, access to employment, health and education, and involvement in political and recreational activities.
International Financial Institutions Water and Energy Sectors Business Opportunities Seminar in Southeast Asia (IFI BOS) Read more about International Financial Institutions Water and Energy Sectors Business Opportunities Seminar in Southeast Asia (IFI BOS) The International Financial Institutions Business Opportunities Seminar focused on energy and water-related procurement opportunities in Southeast Asia. Key speakers from ADB, Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank, and World Bank Group delivered presentations on:
Building Water Resilience in a Changing Climate Read more about Building Water Resilience in a Changing Climate This presentation gives an overview of the effective framework on national water resource management, the climate change impact in Tonga, and the assessment of Rarotonga groundwater resource.
Virtual Workshop on Water and Sanitation Read more about Virtual Workshop on Water and Sanitation Part of an ADBI series on water and sanitation in Asia, this virtual workshop featured keynote remarks on water supplies and safe sanitation development by Sebastian Galiani, Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, and Meera Mehta, Professor Emeritus at CEPT University in India and Executive Director of the Center for Water and Sanitation.
Chris Shanks Keywords environment water climate change water supply strategic planning groundwater resource Read more about Chris Shanks Chris Shanks is a senior hydrogeologist for Tonkin + Taylor, with over 12 years of experience as an environmental consultant across New Zealand and wider Australasia. He works almost exclusively on public water supply projects, specialising in strategic planning for groundwater resource development and drinking water source security, where he holds key technical leadership roles on various public water supply projects.
Bapon Fakhruddin Keywords hydrological risk assessment. climate change water climate change adaptation water resources management Read more about Bapon Fakhruddin Dr Fakhruddin is an eminent hydro-meteorologist and disaster risk assessor with 20 years’ global experience in hydro-meteorology and climate resilience projects. His key areas of expertise are hazards forecasting, climate and multi-hazard risk assessments and coastal community resilience.
Building Water Resilience in a Changing Climate Read more about Building Water Resilience in a Changing Climate This Pacific WASH Webinar was about building resilience to the impacts of climate change focusing on Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). Climate change is affecting us all and we need to ensure that our water supplies are well planned to adapt to changes in rainfall and water availability. Speakers discussed the challenges and approaches to water resource planning covering topics such as:
Rosemary Ong Keywords public-private partnership transport logistics water healthcare education sports infrastructure Read more about Rosemary Ong Ms. Ong is a national of the Philippines. Ms. Ong has developed Thought Leadership materials on PPP and Privatization. She obtained her Master’s degree in Business Management from Asian Institute of Management in the Philippines and eared her Certificate in Finance from ESADE Business School, Spain; and Bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the University of the Philippines, Quezon City.
Sourav Majumder Keywords water gender Read more about Sourav Majumder Sourav believes that the solution to smart cities lies in good governance, adoption of new technologies, and greater public participation. He has an academic background in civil engineering and urban planning. Before joining ADB in 2006, Sourav worked in complex urban infrastructure projects in India, mainly handling their planning, and engineering design and implementation.