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 (or Strategy 2020) identifies environmentally sustainable growth as a key strategic development agenda, and environment as a core area for support. ADB promotes and invests in sound environmental and natural resource management, while promoting green growth, low carbon development, and adaptation to climate change. ADB's environmental and social safeguards are a cornerstone of its support to inclusive economic growth and environmental sustainable growth.