Environment

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
CIFs endorsement puts dzud-affected Mongolia on climate financing map

By Shigeru Yamamura on Tuesday, 15 December 2015

New funding is expected to facilitate transforming Mongolia’s energy sector into a low-carbon one to achieve the government’s renewable energy targets.