| Date |
Event and Venue |
Contact Person |
| December |
| 13 - 15 |
Better Air Quality 2006
Yogyakarta, IndonesiaBAQ 2006 will be "A Celebration of Efforts" to highlight the success stories of Asian countries, cities and communities in addressing air pollution while at the same time highlighting the efforts that are still needed to improve air quality in Asia. |
Masami Tsuji
Senior Environment Specialist
Regional and Sustainable Development Department
Asian Development Bank
Email: Mtsuji@adb.org
Phone: +632 632-5132
Cornie Huizenga
Head of the Secretariat
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities
Email: chuizenga@adb.org
Phone: +632 6325047 |
| November |
| 29 |
Clean Air Summit Philippine Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Angelo Reyes is giving the keynote address at the Clean Air Summit at ADB Headquarters, organized by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The summit is associated with the Metro Manila Airshed Governing Board, whose consulting services component is supported by a loan for the Metro Manila air quality improvement sector development program. |
Shihiru Date
Tel: +632 632-5847 |
| 24 |
Philippine Clean Air Act Implementation Review Workshop
ADB Headquarters, Manila
|
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| 9 |
ADB participates in COP12/MOP2 in Nairobi, Kenya. It hosted a side event on "Clean Energy Development in Asia and the Pacific" on Thursday, 9 November 2006. Learn more*. |
Annie Idanan
aidanan@adb.org |
| September |
| 1 |
 Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service Visits ADB
ADB President Haruhiko Kuroda met with Ek Sonn Chan (pictured right), General Director of Cambodia's Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority and 2006 Ramon Magsaysay Awardee for Government Service, who addressed ADB's water community of practice and other ADB staff. ADB partnered with the Authority in transforming the agency into an efficient, self-financed, autonomous organization, bringing clean water to more than a million people in Phnom Penh from all income levels. Read the news release.
|
Wouter Lincklaen Arriens
Lead Water Resources Specialist
water@adb.org |
August |
| 7 |
Signing of the Letter of Intent between ADB, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) on the Establishment of the Regional Knowledge Hub on Reduce, Reuse and Recycle (3Rs) and Memorandum of Understanding between AIT and UNEP on the Asia-Pacific Regional University Consortium on Environment for Sustainable Development
Bangkok, Thailand |
Takashi Ohmura
Environment Specialist
Tel: +632 632-5630
Fax: +632 636-2381
tohmura@adb.org |
| 8 |
Annual Review of the ADB-The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Collaboration and Launch of the ADB-IUCN joint publication, "Poverty, Health, and Ecosystems: Experience from Asia"
Bangkok, Thailand |
David McCauley
Senior Environment Economist
Tel: +632 632-5423
Fax: +632 636-2381
dmccauley@adb.org |
| 8-9 |
Planning Session of the Greater Mekong Subregion Core Environment Program Component 1: Strategic Environmental Assessment of Economic Corridors and Sector Strategies in the GMS
Bangkok, Thailand |
Javed Hussain Mir
Senior Natural Resource Specialist
Tel: +63 2 632 6909
Fax: +63 2 636 2231
jhmir@adb.org |
| June |
| 5 - 9 |
Global Environment Facility Council Meeting
Washington, D.C. |
Nessim Ahmad
Director, RSES
Tel: +632 632-6883
Fax: +632 636-2381
nahmad@adb.org |
| 13 - 14 |
Global Environment Facility Sub-regional Consultations
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Nessim Ahmad
Director, RSES
Tel: +632 632-6883
Fax: +632 636-2381
nahmad@adb.org |
| 20 - 23 |
Clean Energy Week
ADB Headquarters, Manila |
Samuel Tumiwa
Senior Energy Sector Specialist
Tel: +632 632- 6624
Fax: +632 636-2981
stumiwa@adb.org |
| May |
| 9 |
Sewage Should Be Treated at Source, ADB Expert Tells Environmental Summit
Melbourne, Australia
|
Graham Dwyer
Tel:+632 632 5253
Fax: +632 636-2444
gdwyer@adb.org
|
| 22 - 23 |
Workshop: Developing Fuel Quality Roadmaps in Asia*
ADB Headquarters, Manila
News Release
Statement
Roadmap*
|
Masami Tsuji
Senior Environment Specialist
Tel: +632 632-6943
Fax: +632 636-2381
mtsuji@adb.org
|
| 24 - 25 |
Workshop: Climate Change Mitigation in the Transport Sector*
ADB Headquarters, Manila
|
Charles Melhuish
Lead Transport Sector Specialist
Tel: +632 632-6463
Fax: +632 636-2444
cmelhuish@adb.org
|
| April |
| 24 |
Strategic Environment Framework Phase II (SEF II) Final Workshop
Holiday Inn, Bangkok, Thailand
|
Javed Hussain Mir
Senior Natural Resource Specialist
Tel: +63 2 632 6909
Fax: +63 2 636 2231
jhmir@adb.org
|
| 25 |
12th Meeting of the Working Group on Environment (WGE-12) Technical Session
Holiday Inn, Bangkok, Thailand
|
Javed Hussain Mir
Senior Natural Resource Specialist
Tel: +63 2 632 6909
Fax: +63 2 636 2231
jhmir@adb.org
|
| 26 |
12th Meeting of the Working Group on Environment (WGE-12)
Holiday Inn, Bangkok, Thailand
Launching of the Core Environment Program and the Environment Operations Center
|
Javed Hussain Mir
Senior Natural Resource Specialist
Tel: +63 2 632 6909
Fax: +63 2 636 2231
jhmir@adb.org
|
| 27-28 |
Biodiversity Conservation Corridors Initiative (BCI) International Symposium
Holiday Inn, Bangkok, Thailand
|
Javed Hussain Mir
Senior Natural Resource Specialist
Tel: +63 2 632 6909
Fax: +63 2 636 2231
jhmir@adb.org
|
| March |
| 14 |
RSDD Eminent Speaker's Forum: Climate Change - Its Likely Impacts in Asia and Opportunities for Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
ADB Headquarters, Manila
|
Helen Cruda
Environment Specialist
Tel: +632 632-5995
Fax: +632 636-2381
hcruda@adb.org
|
| February |
| 15 - 16 |
International Symposium on the PRC's Nature Reserve Law
Environment Protection and Resources Conservation Committee (EPRCC), Beijing, PRC |
Ross Clendon
Principal Counsel
Tel: +632 632-4729
Fax: +632 636-2501
rclendon@adb.org
|
January |
| 26 |
RSDD Eminent Speaker Forum: Energy and the Environmental Challenge in Northeast Asia
ADB Headquarters, Manila
|
Helen Cruda
Environment Specialist
Tel: +632 632-5995
Fax: +632 636-2381
hcruda@adb.org
|
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