Climate change
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How resilience-building efforts can benefit those who need it most
By Arghya Sinha Roy on Friday, 04 May 2018
Local perspectives on disaster risk are essential for resilience measures to be sustainable and effective.
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Navigating the shift to a clean energy future
By Yongping Zhai on Thursday, 03 May 2018
A key challenge is to transition from fossil fuels to next-generation clean energy without making consumers pay more.
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Time to dismantle legal barriers to climate finance in Asia-Pacific
By Takako Morita on Wednesday, 11 April 2018
Most developing countries are ill equipped to handle an influx of international climate finance. Fiji and Lao PDR, though, are making progress.
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Strengthening resilience key to sustainable development in Asia-Pacific
By Bambang Susantono, Haoliang Xu, Shamshad Akhtar on Monday, 09 April 2018
Together, we must build the capacity of institutions in the region to cope with shocks.
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Leading by example on going carbon-neutral
By Virender K. Duggal on Wednesday, 04 April 2018
Achieving carbon neutrality at ADB demonstrates that we back up our words with concrete actions.
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Want to build low-carbon infrastructure? Try local currency green bonds
By Ingrid van Wees on Monday, 26 February 2018
Bonds that reduce foreign exchange risk are a great way to finance environmentally friendly infrastructure in developing Asia.
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Fostering sustainable development through carbon markets
By Virender K. Duggal on Tuesday, 30 January 2018
The co-benefits of projects supported by the Future Carbon Fund have changed the lives of thousands of people.
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How to expand international climate finance investments
By Nathan Rive on Tuesday, 23 January 2018
A country’s success in attracting international climate finance depends on the enabling environment in place to facilitate projects.
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ADB deepens its commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change
By Bambang Susantono on Friday, 22 December 2017
As development institutions are expected to deliver more climate finance, ADB will play a more significant role in helping its developing member countries fulfill their climate pledges.
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2018 will be a crucial year for international climate policy making
By Preety Bhandari on Tuesday, 12 December 2017
There are only eleven months left for countries to finalize the implementation framework for the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change.
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How ADB is supporting PRC’s drive to become an “ecological civilization”
By Stephen P. Groff on Monday, 11 December 2017
Vice-President Stephen Groff explains how ADB is helping the People’s Republic of China deliver environmentally sustainable growth and achieve its climate targets.
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Building resilience with nature
By Daniele Ponzi, Xianfu Lu, Charles Rodgers on Tuesday, 14 November 2017
Nature-based solutions are gaining credibility as an effective way to make vulnerable communities more resilient against climate change.
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ADB to more than double climate financing for vulnerable Pacific countries
By Stephen P. Groff on Tuesday, 17 October 2017
Vice-President Stephen Groff, in Fiji for a COP23 meeting, reveals that ADB will mobilize over $500 million in climate finance for the Pacific until 2021.
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Climate finance or development finance?
By Nathan Rive on Tuesday, 29 August 2017
What makes an investment a climate change adaptation rather than a development project is not always a straightforward question.
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Get ready for climate impacts beyond your imagination
By Renard Teipelke on Monday, 14 August 2017
We must be fully aware that extreme weather events will become more frequent and severe to prepare better for their impacts.
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How global warming will hurt Asian economic growth
By Minsoo Lee on Monday, 10 July 2017
Countries in the region have much to lose if they don’t act now to curb temperature rise.
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Using high-tech infrastructure to fight climate change
By Kijin Kim on Monday, 29 May 2017
Taking urgent action to combat climate change means building infrastructure that can withstand its impacts.
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How farmers cope with natural disasters in Bangladesh, Pakistan
By Shikha Jha on Wednesday, 19 April 2017
Post-disaster strategies help farmers overcome immediate losses while they wait for assistance.
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Heading off a climate migration crisis in Asia
By Bart Edes on Friday, 03 March 2017
Only proactive policies can minimize the human displacement caused by climate change.
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Less talk, more action on climate change
By Daniel Hersson on Wednesday, 21 December 2016
We debunk 4 myths of the post-Paris scenario on clean technology to encourage faster action on climate change.
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