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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.
- Episode 4 of the Webinar Series on the Economics of Climate Change will highlight the value of nature, which is too often unpriced or undervalued. It will also focus on actions policy makers can take to reverse this trend, restore natural capital, and support ‘nature-positive’ investments. Through examples from across the region and beyond, experts will explore various economic tools, market-based instruments, and other solutions available to stop natural capital degradation.
- A community-led approach engages the urban poor and other stakeholders in identifying, implementing, and sustaining a project.
- This virtual conference will explore food and nutritional security development, gaps, and opportunities for policy collaboration in Asia and Pacific
- Effective waste management poses a critical challenge for developing nations, particularly in urban areas, where the burden of managing exponentially increasing waste generation is felt.
- Indonesia is among the top Southeast Asian countries with a thriving “sachet economy,” where personal care products, cleaning agents, and food condiments are packed and sold in small plastic packets called sachets.
- This brochure explains how the Model Forest Act Initiative (MoFAI) aims to create a legal tool kit to support the conservation and sustainable management of vital ecosystems and help tackle urgent challenges such as climate change.
- This international conference aims to draw lessons about effective policy responses to maintain economic stability and growth in Asian developing and emerging economies, with a special emphasis on economic, business, and wellbeing issues in the course of recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as in response to geopolitical turbulence and shocks around the world.
- ADBI is organizing a workshop with LPEM UI and GraSPP. The workshop consists of three sessions, discussing aspects of green and blue development.
- Almost half of migratory species are in decline and more than 20% are threatened, according to the State of the World’s Migratory Species report.
- Strong and effective policy interventions are essential for the deployment of thermal energy storage and demand response technologies.
- A 3-day workshop co-hosted by ADBI, OPRI, and SIIF will focus on implementing blue finance policies to support a healthy ocean economy through collaboration among experts from the private sector, government, and other organizations.
- For centuries, humanity has exploited Earth’s natural resources, and, for the most part, has been aware of the ensuing global impacts such as climate change, biodiversity loss, disrupted ecosystems, land degradation, and public health emergencies, including novel pandemics.
- Recognizing the value of nature is crucial in fostering healthy and resilient ecosystems—essential for ensuring the long-term well-being of the ever-growing global population.
- Although GDP is an important indicator that reveals the economic performance and income growth of a nation, it fails to indicate how natural resources have been utilized to achieve such growth.
- Explore resilient post-disaster recovery in Asia-Pacific with actionable insights for global policymakers, practitioners, and academics. The book launch event will elaborate further on the people-centric approaches, community participation, financial support, and technology's vital role in post disaster recovery.
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.- India’s 2023 Group of Twenty (G20) presidency endorsed the membership of the African Union in the forum, paving the way for South Africa’s G20 2025 chairing following the G20 Global South troika. Think7 Japan, the think tank engagement group under Japan’s 2023 Group of Seven (G7) presidency, and T20 India came together to support greater global think tank collaboration to address shared agendas in times of crisis. They identified supporting Africa’s sustainable development for advancing system transformation as one of their key objectives. With its growing population and strategic position at the crossroads of geopolitical spheres, Africa is set to become the next reservoir of global growth. This will require system development and innovation, underscoring think tank’s role in guiding the continent’s growth by providing skills development and knowledge creation. Elizabeth Sidiropoulos, a leading expert from South Africa, will highlight the importance of boosting knowledge production from the Global South in supporting the G20 processes.
- Tourism activities are important for sustainable livelihoods, increasing adaptive capacity, and reducing vulnerability in coastal areas.
- Lockdown policies in Viet Nam inhibited both industrial production and the mobility of people, which led to a greater reduction in fine particulate matter.