Environment

What's New

• News Releases
• ADB Provides $2M Grant to Combat Land Degradation, Climate Change Woes
• ADB Exploring Future Carbon Fund, Committed to Addressing Climate Change
• ADB Provides $20M to Assist Cambodia's Tonle Sap Region
• ADB President Calls for Fundamental Change in Water Management in Asia and Pacific
• ADB Technical Assistance to Promote Sound Environmental Management Practices

• Speeches
• Thirteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  Ursula Schäfer-Preuss
  Vice President
  Asian Development Bank
• Financing Partnerships to Advance Climate Change Action
  Haruhiko Kuroda
  President
  Asian Development Bank

• News Releases
• ADB Continues Series of Meetings on Safeguard Policy Update
• Japan, United Kingdom and ADB Assist Asia and the Pacific Adapt to Climate Change
• Climate Change Presents Opportunities to Renew Development Strategies - ADB President
• ADB Hosts First in Series of Meetings on Safeguards Policy Update
• ADB Continues Efforts to Address Climate Change, Engages Private-Sector Support
• ADB Approves $36M Loan to Improve Water Supply, Sanitation in Armenia

• Speeches
• Opening Remarks: Carbon Forum Asia
  Ursula Schäfer-Preuss
  Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
  Asian Development Bank
• "Opening Remarks: ADB Carbon Market Initiative Forum"
  Toru Shibuichi
  PRC Country Director
  Asian Development Bank
• "Welcome Remarks: Conference on Clean Energy to Address Climate Change"
  C. Lawrence Greenwood
  Vice President, Operations 2
  Asian Development Bank
• "The Energy and Environmental Benefits of Methane Utilization Projects"
  Dr. Bindu N. Lohani
  Vice President, Finance and Administration
  Asian Development Bank

• News Releases
• ADB Assisting in PRC's Water Pollution Management Project
• France, ADB Boosting Viet Nam Power Sector's Environmental Management Capacity
• ADB Holding Workshops to Further Develop Draft Safeguard Policies
• ADB Funding Flood Risk Management System for Tajikistan's Khatlon Province
• ADB Aids Environmental Monitoring in Aceh
• ADB to Help Clean up the PRC's Songhua River Basin
• $510 Million to Promote Renewable Energy in Pakistan

• Speech
  • "Asian Development Bank and the Asia Pacific Partnership: Forging Ties for Clean Development"
    Haruhiko Kuroda
    President
    Asian Development Bank

• Speech
  • The Challenges of Energy and Environment in Asia
    Ursula Schäfer-Preuss
    Vice President, Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development

• News Releases
• ADB Ups Energy Investment in Viet Nam
• ADB Targets Aceh's Youth in Conserving Mangroves

• Publication
• ERD Working Paper - Time Preference and Natural Resource Use by Local Communities: The Case of Sinharaja Forest in Sri Lanka [PDF]

• Special Evaluation Studies
• Learning Curves: Energy Efficiency, Security, and Conservation in India [PDF]
• Asian Development Bank–Global Environment Facility Cofinanced Projects: Performance and Process Evaluations [PDF]
• Learning Curves: Performance and Process Evaluations of ADB-GEF Projects [PDF]

• Events
• World Water Week 2007
• Agricultural and Rural Development for Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia: In Pursuit of Inclusive and Sustainable Growth

• News Releases
• Asia Pacific Carbon Fund Raises More than $150 Million
• Asia Faces Huge Environmental Clean-Up Due to Inadequate Sanitation
• Improving Access to Clean Water, Sanitation Crucial to Growth in Asia

• Speeches
  • Calling for Leadership and Commitment to Move up Water in the National Agenda
    Liqun Jin
    Vice President (Operations 1)

• Summary Environmental Impact Assessments
  • Lanzhou-Chongqing Railway Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • NTPC Capacity Expansion Finance II (Tapovan-Vishnugad Hydroelectric Project and Loharinag-Pala Hydroelectric Project) (India) [PDF]
  • Barani Integrated Water Resources Sector Project (Pakistan) [PDF]

• Summary Initial Environmental Examination
  • Tsunami Emergency Assistance (Sector) Project (India) [PDF]

• News Releases
  • ADB Hands Over First $200 Million for Rebuilding Quake Survivors' Homes
  • ADB and World Bank Undertake Joint Assessment of Cyclone and Flood Devastation in Southern Pakistan
  • Challenges Remain for Achieving MDGs in Central Asia

• Summary Initial Environmental Examination
  • Health Sector Development III (Mongolia) [PDF]

• News Releases
  • Experts Seek to Accelerate Clean Energy Deployment
  • Mekong Countries Agree on Bridge Linking PRC to Bangkok
  • ADB Supporting PRC's Efforts to Promote Development and Reduce Poverty
  • ADB Assisting Palau in Development of Master Plan
  • ADB to Help Prepare Transport Project Master Plan for PRC's Xinjiang Region
  • ADB Supports Establishment of Clean Air Center
  • Environmental and Social Benefits to Steer Bioenergy Development in Greater Mekong Subregion
  • Nam Theun 2 Maintains Momentum
  • ADB Works to Increase Profits for Farmers in Kyrgyz Republic
  • Greater Regional Cooperation Tops South Asia Meeting Agenda

• Speeches
  • "Sustainable Development: The Challenges of Energy Security and Health"
    Haruhiko Kuroda
    President
    
  • “Finding a Sustainable Path for Asia’s Development”
    Ursula Schaefer-Preuss
    Vice President
    Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development
    
  • Planning Workshop on Strategies and Options for Integrating Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy for Poverty Reduction
    Urooj S. Malik
    Director
    Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources
    Southeast Asia Department
    

• Environmental Monitoring Reports
  • Greater Mekong Subregion: Cambodia Road Improvement Project (Cambodia) [PDF]
  • Fauji Kabirwala Power Project (Pakistan) [PDF]

• Initial Environmental Examinations
  • Urban Environment Improvement Project (Nepal) [PDF]
  • Siem Reap Wastewater Management Project (Cambodia) [PDF]

• Resettlement Planning Documents
  • Integrated Ecosystem and Water Resources Management in the Baiyangdian Basin Project (China, People's Republic of)

• Summary Environmental Impact Assessments
  • Gansu Baiyin Urban Development Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • Kunming Qingshuihai Water Supply Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • Integrated Ecosystem and Water Resources Management in the Baiyangdian Basin Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]

• News Releases
  • Smokey Mountain Now Home to 'Green' Waste Collection Center
  • ADB Wraps Up 40th Annual Meeting in Kyoto
  • ADB President Kuroda Opens 40th Annual Meeting with Vision of Prosperity Shared by All
  • Japan Announces New Cooperation on Climate Change and Investment Promotion
  • ADB Working on Consultation Draft of Safeguards Update, Panel Hears
  • Clean Energy Agenda Must Look Beyond 2012, Seminar Told
  • The People Must Play Role in Development, ADB President Tells Civil Society Representatives
  • ADB Issues Its First Sustainability Report

• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
  • Greater Mekong Subregion: Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [PDF]
  • North Luzon Expressway Project (Philippines) [PDF]
  • Shanxi Road Development II (China, People's Republic of)
  • Harbin Water Supply (China, People's Republic of)

• Summary Environmental Impact Assessments
  • Jilin Urban Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • Lafarge Surma Cement Project (Bangladesh) [PDF]
  • Central Yunnan Roads Development Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • Gansu Heihe Rural Hydropower Development Investment Program: Dagushan Hydropower Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]

• Summary Initial Environmental Examinations
  • Secondary Towns Water Supply and Sanitation Project (Bangladesh) [PDF]
  • Madhya Pradesh State Roads Sector Project II (India) [PDF]

• News Releases
  • ADB Supporting Environmental Improvement in PRC's Hefei Municipality
  • ADB Supporting New Funding Mechanism to Support Clean Energy Projects
  • ADB Supporting Power Sector for Madhya Pradesh State in India with $620 Million Loan
  • Plan Unveiled to Secure Future of Thailand's Tsunami-Hit Andaman Region
  • Good News for Mekong Farmers
  • Agriculture Ministers of Six Nations Meet to Launch Regional Program
  • Eminent Persons See New Paradigm for ADB in Transformed Asia

• Environmental Assessment Report
  • Southern Transport Development Project (Supplementary Financing) (Sri Lanka) [PDF]

• Project Completion Reports
  • Loan and Political Risk Guarantee to the Phu My 3 Power Project (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [PDF]

• Environmental Impact Assessment
  • Song Bung 4 Hydropower Project Phase II (Viet Nam, Socialist Republic of) [PDF]

• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
  • Himal Power Limited Project (Nepal) [PDF]
  • Yellow River Flood Management Sector Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • BLCP Power Project (Thailand)

• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment Reports
  • National Highway Development Sector Investment Program (Pakistan) [PDF]
  • National Trade Corridor Highway Investment Program (Pakistan) [PDF]
  • Western Guangxi Roads Development Project (People's Republic of China) [PDF]

• Summary Initial Environmental Examination
  • Liaoning Environmental Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]

• News Releases
  • Preparations Underway for Major Water Summit
  • Winners of Asia and Pacific Student Essay Competition Gather in Kyoto
  • ADB and Cambodian Government Renew Commitment to Saving Southeast Asia's Largest Freshwater Lake
  • Development Banks Urge Partnership with Private Sector on Climate Change and Set up Working Group on Fragile States
  • ADB and Singapore Working Together to Address Asia's Urban Crisis
  • Mongolia's Urban Poor to Take Charge of Own Development

• Speeches
  • "Environmental Protection in China: Challenges and Solutions"
    C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
    Vice President, Operations 2
    
  • "Asia's Energy Needs and Climate Change: What Can Be Done?"
    Haruhiko Kuroda
    President
    
  • National Forum on the Tonle Sap Initiative
    C. Lawrence Greenwood, Jr.
    Vice President

• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
  • Tangguh LNG Project (Indonesia)
  • Zhengzhou-Xi'an Railway Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • Dali-Lijiang Railway Project Environment Monitoring Report (December 2006) (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]

• Summary Environmental Impact Assessment Reports
  • Xinjiang Regional Road Improvement Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]

• Environmental Assessment Reports
  • Tata Power Wind Energy Financing Facility - Bramanvel Wind Power Project (India) [PDF]
  • Tata Power Wind Energy Financing Facility - Khandke Wind Power Project (India) [PDF]

• Featured Evaluation Report
  • Special Evaluation Study on the Fisheries Policy of the Asian Development Bank

• News Releases
  • ADB Promoting Cooperation on Hazardous Waste Management in South Asia
  • Waste Management Offers Asia Massive Business Opportunities, Conference Hears
  • ADB Funds Water Quality Study in West Tarum Canal
  • Growing Consumer Society Laying Waste to Asia's Resources
  • Meeting to Focus on Waste and Resource Management in East and Southeast Asia
  • ADB and Germany Launch Initiative to Address Asia's Urban Challenges
  • Asian Urbanization Global Priority, ADB Vice President Tells Manila Conference
  • Project Planned to Expand Hydropower in Bhutan
  • Conference to Explore Cooperation on Asia's Urban Challenges

• Publications
  • SEA E-Forum: Building an SEA Network in the GMS [ PDF: 540kb | 2 pages ]
  • Brief - Environmental Poverty: New Perspectives and Implications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific [ PDF: 38kb | 2 pages ]


• Social and Environmental Monitoring Reports
  • Dahej Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal Expansion Project (India)
  • Yellow River Flood Management Sector Project (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]
  • Chengdu No. 6 Water Plant B BOT Project (Second Half Year of 2006) (China, People's Republic of) [PDF]


• Summary Initial Environmental Examination
  • Power Transmission Enhancement Investment (Pakistan) [PDF]