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Environment in Asia
Updated: 13 May 2009

Environmental sustainability is a prerequisite for economic growth and poverty reduction in Asia and the Pacific. ADB's long-term strategic framework for 2008-2020 identifies environmentally sustainable growth as a key strategic development agenda, and environment as a core area for support. Read about ADB's Environment Policy and environmental safeguards to find out how environmental objectives are being promoted across all ADB operations.
 
   Publications  Spotlight
Under the Weather and the Rising Tide: Adapting to a Changing Climate in Asia and the PacificUnder the Weather and the Rising Tide: Adapting to a Changing Climate in Asia and the Pacific

This booklet describes adaptation strategies and actions being pursued by ADB, its country partners, and the international community and reflects several important adaptation considerations for developing member countries.
Environment Program: Progress and ProspectsEnvironment Program: Progress and Prospects
The Environment Program report gives an overview of ADB actions to promote environmental sustainability in Asia and the Pacific.
Nature + NurtureNature and Nurture: Poverty and Environment in Asia and the Pacific

This publication provides an overview of poverty- environment interactions that show how poor communities in Asia and the Pacific have sought to break out of poverty through local actions that improved their environment.

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ADB's new Sustainability Report

The second Sustainability Report highlights our continued work on promoting environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive growth, while minimizing our corporate environmental footprint.

This update of ADB's first Sustainability Report, published in 2007, provides information about and data on our operations and Strategy 2020, ADB’s new long-term strategic framework. It focuses on our work to improve environmental management, including climate change; social development; and governance — all of which are important to the sustainability of the region's development.

The appendix links the indicators of the Global Reporting Initiative with the text of the report and other pertinent sources.

Read more about ADB's new Sustainability Report




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