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- In 2024, The Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2024) will delve into critical issues pertaining to water, energy, food security, and environmental sustainability within the context of a climate-affected Central Asia. The CACCC-2024 is poised to be a significant milestone in the ongoing regional climate discourse and bring together stakeholders and practitioners from various sectors. The CACCC-2024 will focus on reviewing and enhancing practical climate initiatives being implemented across Central Asia, aiming to bolster support for governmental and development partners, academic society and private sector efforts, and the broader populace in making climate ambitions a reality.
- The technical assistance (TA) aimed to facilitate and integrate the development of strategic knowledge on infrastructure in Asia and the Pacific, both inside and outside the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The envisaged outcome of the TA was an enhanced knowledge base and policy dialogue on infrastructure policies in Asia and the Pacific.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is successful.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to support the corporate transformation of Uzbekneftegaz to improve its long-term sustainability. Uzbekneftegaz was responsible for oil and gas production, transportation, and distribution in Uzbekistan. The TA provided assistance in the development of Uzbekneftegaz’s corporate transformation plan and preparation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)-compliant accounting procedures.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is successful.
- ADB is working to increase access to reliable, affordable, low-carbon energy across Asia and the Pacific to reduce poverty and promote development.
- Strong and effective policy interventions are essential for the deployment of thermal energy storage and demand response technologies.
Solar Roofing: India’s 500-Gigawatt Renewable Energy Push through RESCO-Based Distributed Generation
Achieving economies of scale in the distributed renewable energy sector is a major challenge, partly due to the lower capacity potential of installations and remote locations.- The People’s Republic of China (PRC), home to 80 percent of the world’s biggest ports, should ramp up the introduction of new energy technologies for its ports and inland waterway shipping as it targets carbon neutrality by 2060, this brief shows.
- Fossil fuels have been the bedrock of modern civilization, powering vehicles, generating electricity, and heating homes.
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) project was to design, pilot, set up, and operationalize the ADB Ventures Facility—a multi-donor trust fund that would deploy and scale technologies and business models throughout the developing Asia and the Pacific in order to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is highly successful.
- The webinar will discuss carbon pricing, carbon markets, and country strategies and global trends on carbon-related policies.
- ADB and SAEL Industries Limited, through its subsidiary SAEL Solar P4 Private Limited, have signed a loan of up to 12.23 billion Indian rupees (about $147 million equivalent) for the development of a 400-megawatt (MW) greenfield solar power plant in Gujarat, India, to support the country’s ongoing transition toward clean energy and low-carbon growth.
- ADB and BANPU Public Company Limited signed a 2.4 billion baht loan to support the financing of 1,500 six-seater electric tuktuks and related charging stations for micro-scale transit services in Bangkok, Thailand. The funding will also support a 1.3-gigawatt-hour expansion of a lithium-ion electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility owned by the company in Jiangsu province in the People’s Republic of China.
- ADB and British International Investment, the United Kingdom government’s development finance institution and impact investor, have launched a new trade finance partnership to promote green trade in Asia and the Pacific. Managed by ADB’s Trade and Supply Chain Finance Program, the initiative will prioritize renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate-smart agriculture to help reduce dependency on fossil fuels.
- This brief demonstrates the importance of measuring the benefits of Viet Nam’s 144-megawatt Lotus Wind Power Project and defining its economic and social impacts as the country ramps up its renewable energy generation.
- The expected impact of the small-scale project preparatory technical assistance (PPTA), and the outcome of the ensuing loan program was enhanced natural gas pipeline capacity in India. The intended outcome of the PPTA was a well-prepared initial investment project supporting the Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline Investment Program.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is less than successful.
- Under the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty addressing climate change that was adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015, countries agreed to pursue efforts “to limit the increase in the global average temperature to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”
- The objective of the technical assistance (TA) was to (i) assess floating solar photovoltaic (FSPV) power potential, develop an investment plan covering solar photovoltaic (PV), wind, biomass, and other renewable energy resources that complement both the government’s climate change commitments and energy sector interventions by ADB; and (ii) strengthen the capacity of government agencies and other stakeholders for large-scale renewable energy investment planning and implementation.This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.
- Under the Paris Climate Agreement, an international treaty addressing climate change that was adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21) in 2015, countries agreed to pursue efforts “to limit the increase in th
- The technical assistance (TA) project aimed to develop a comprehensive evaluation framework and guidelines for green growth to facilitate prefecture-level decision-making, and fiscal transfer and eco-compensation for green growth. It also enabled a financing mechanism by linking industry green growth indicators with project pipeline for application in Guangdong in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).This report validates the completion report's assessment of the TA.IED's overall assessment is successful.
- ADB and the Government of Maldives have signed loan and grant agreements of up to $50.5 million to expand renewable energy generation and distribution in Maldives.