Environment
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Rethinking our roles to address South Asia’s flood problems
By Erik Kjaergaard on Friday, 15 September 2017
The region’s tragic monsoon floods show the importance of scaling up disaster risk reduction efforts before new emergencies unfold.
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Let’s reeducate ourselves about the environment – who’s with me?
By Timmy Luistro on Friday, 30 June 2017
Cleaning up is everyone’s job. Our responsibility doesn’t end once we step outside our home.
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Bolster safeguards through civil society to protect the environment
By Richeline Tan Mascarinas on Monday, 05 June 2017
CSO participation can help make development projects as environmentally sustainable as they should be.
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Revive our rivers, save our cities
By Sonia Chand Sandhu on Monday, 22 May 2017
Declaring rivers as “living entities” can help protect them from pollution and make the cities along their banks more livable.
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3 ways to nurture future environment lawyers
By Rob Fowler on Thursday, 26 January 2017
ADB is helping strengthen environmental law capacity by developing teacher assets.
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It’s air-pocalypse now in Beijing – but the future is brighter
By Lin Lu on Tuesday, 03 January 2017
Although the city’s air pollution problems won’t disappear overnight, authorities are finally pursuing long-term solutions.
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Investment opportunities for nature-based tourism in Coral Triangle destinations
By Lida Pet-Soede on Monday, 21 November 2016
It's time for governments and the private sector to invest in protecting the natural capital of the Coral Triangle for tourism benefits.
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Engaging students to protect the Coral Triangle
By Lourdes Margarita A. Caballero on Wednesday, 05 October 2016
Here are 7 lessons from our experience that may help jump-start your climate change adaptation or environment initiative, and help bring out the best in the youth.
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New storybook shows why Coral Triangle matters to youth
By Lourdes Margarita A. Caballero on Friday, 30 September 2016
The stories remind us that young people are not bystanders passively watching the reef die, but heroes leading the fight to save their natural heritage.
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5 ways you can help civil society end the illegal wildlife trade
By Maria Cristina Tabing on Monday, 04 July 2016
It is our responsibility too to protect wildlife and maintain the balance of nature in the face of smuggling.
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Let's keep plastic out of the Coral Triangle
By Haidy Ear-Dupuy on Thursday, 09 June 2016
Pollution from plastic waste poses a grave threat to our marine ecosystem of the ‘Nursery of the Seas,’ as well as a food security risk for communities living in coastal areas.
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Blog poll: Preserve our ocean to protect our life
By Patrick Safran on Tuesday, 07 June 2016
It is our collective responsibility to take care of and protect our oceans if we want to live longer, better, and healthier.
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Walking the talk with a carbon neutral ADB Annual Meeting
By Woochong Um on Thursday, 28 April 2016
ADB aims is extend sustainability actions to annual meetings, starting with this year’s event in Frankfurt.
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We must build capacity, speed up Nepal earthquake reconstruction
By Kenichi Yokoyama on Monday, 25 April 2016
One year on, how is the country recovering from the colossal destruction of the 2015 earthquake?
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Companies in Viet Nam to become liable for environmental crimes
By Atsuko Hirose, Stephanie Venuti on Monday, 25 April 2016
Viet Nam’s new penal code reflects growing momentum across Asia in tackling environmental challenges and protecting biodiversity.
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Cyclone Winston fosters cooperation, solidarity in Pacific
By Sally Shute-Trembath on Friday, 11 March 2016
It is times like this that you need your friends the most, like Fiji and Tonga.
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How ADB is helping Fiji recover from Cyclone Winston
By Stephen P. Groff on Tuesday, 01 March 2016
Vice President Stephen P. Groff describes the devastation wrought by Cyclone Winston, and discusses what ADB is doing to help Fiji recover.
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Densification key to green cities, mindsets
By Amy Leung on Wednesday, 10 February 2016
Urban densification encourages efficiency and conservation to make cities more sustainable and environmentally friendly.
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Car wars: Delhi’s force awakens
By Lloyd Wright on Tuesday, 02 February 2016
Will the Jedi of sustainable transport find a way to counter the dark side of rampant motorization?
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Asian judiciary: Emerging leaders in climate change action
By Atsuko Hirose, Stephanie Venuti on Thursday, 17 December 2015
Asian judiciaries are setting the global benchmark on legal climate action through their work on cases with environmental implications.
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