The ASEAN Green Recovery Platform will use revolving funds to catalyze financing for a pipeline of green infrastructure projects.
Asia and the Pacific can only realize its climate goals if it pursues a transition away from coal-based energy. ADB is working with regional and international partners to support, study, and pilot a scalable Energy Transition Mechanism.
Aman Trana, Director of ADB's Public Financial Management Division discusses how under the Fiduciary Alignment Initiative, donors can align fiduciary assessments to make aid management more transparent and effective.
ADB is supporting the Brunei Darussalam-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area's COVID-19 response and recovery through vaccine financing, budget support, infrastructure investments, and knowledge support
The COP26 climate conference in Glasgow in November 2021 comes after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that the world is off target to curb climate change and could face catastrophic climate consequences in future.
Priyantha Wijayatunga, ADB's Energy Sector Group Chief, explains the rationale and objectives of ADB's new energy policy.
ADB has committed to ensure 75% of its operations promote gender equality and support climate change mitigation and adaptation by 2030 to build a more resilient and inclusive future for Asia and the Pacific.
Australia is a founding member of ADB, which was established in 1966. For more than five decades, ADB and Australia have been partners in providing assistance to the bank’s members through cofinanced programs and projects.
ADB’s committed assistance to help its developing member countries address the COVID-19 pandemic including vaccination support has surpassed $20 billion
ADB is supporting the International Monetary Fund’s Caucasus, Central Asia, and Mongolia (CCAM) Regional Capacity Development Center to strengthen the region’s macroeconomic capacities for enhanced debt and fiscal management.