Environment
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Singapore providing test-bed for effectiveness of floating solar
By Bambang Susantono on Friday, 23 November 2018
Singapore is home to the world’s largest test-bed for a floating solar photo voltaic power generation system, the results of which will be watched keenly by ADB and many others.
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Fixing pollution in Ulaanbataar, starting with information
By Maria Pia Ancora on Wednesday, 31 October 2018
In the Mongolian capital, citizens need to know how to protect themselves from dangerous dirty air.
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Why wastewater matters, and innovation is indispensable
By Christian Walder on Friday, 28 September 2018
Innovative solutions can help Asian cities and communities leapfrog wastewater management challenges.
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How New Zealand contributes to ADB's approach to the Pacific
By Stephen P. Groff on Thursday, 23 August 2018
New Zealand and ADB are collaborating with Pacific nations to help them achieve their development goals.
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3 ways to better implement the environmental dimensions of the SDGs
By Emma Marsden, Simon Olsen, Eric Zusman on Wednesday, 11 July 2018
There is room for improvement on integrating the environmental aspects of the SDGs with national development processes.
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Putting waste to work for green and resilient cities
By Sonia Chand Sandhu on Thursday, 05 July 2018
Urban waste can be an asset. Not making the most of it is a missed opportunity for Asian cities.
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8 ways to promote natural capital investments in the GMS
By Pavit Ramachandran on Tuesday, 05 June 2018
Boosting investments in natural capital requires an accurate accounting of its economic value to guide policy-making.
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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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Supporting PRC's "mother river" will help achieve ecological civilization
By Stephen P. Groff on Friday, 09 February 2018
Vice-President Stephen Groff gives an update from his visit to the Upper Yangtze River region in the People’s Republic of China.
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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 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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Time to think green in financing, too
By Anouj Mehta on Wednesday, 29 November 2017
Only when green finance is mainstreamed into financing will infrastructure projects be good value for money, as well as good for the environment.
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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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Ditch NIMBY to fix Philippines’ municipal solid waste problem
By Aldrin B. Plaza on Friday, 13 October 2017
The biggest constraint to establishing proper urban waste disposal facilities in the country is refusing to accept them in your own city.
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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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