Green Cities
ADB supports livable, green cities through financing water supply, waste management, clean transport, urban planning and clean energy projects.
Transport is the fastest growing source of new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Unchecked practices in transportation and urban growth lead to pollution, decreased quality of life and increased demand for energy. Shifting transport and urban development to a more sustainable path will lower environmental costs and reduce reliance on fossil fuels.
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Risk Financing for Rural Climate Resilience in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Rural communities in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) are vulnerable to climate-related disasters. -
Partnering with Business Key to Mainstreaming Technology
Yongping Zhai called for a closer partnership between innovators and the private sector in order to mainstream technology and make it work for development, following a seminar on the issue at ADB's 50th Annual Meeting in Yokohama. -
Economics of Climate Change Mitigation in Central and West Asia
This report provides an assessment of the costs, benefits, and investment opportunities for GHG abatement in the energy and transport sectors of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. -
Nature-Based Solutions for Building Resilience in Towns and Cities: Case Studies from the Greater Mekong Subregion
Green infrastructure can play a significant role in offsetting losses from climate-related disasters and contribute to building resilience through rehabilitation and expansion of natural ecosystems within built areas. -
Enhancing Urban Climate Change Resilience: Seven Entry Points for Action
Growing interest in the concept of urban climate change resilience (UCCR) recognizes the complexity of rapid urbanization and uncertainties associated with climate change. -
The Asian Development Bank and the Climate Investment Funds: Country Fact Sheets
ADB is administering over $1.5 billion in funding for projects and programs operating across Asia and the Pacific under the various Climate Investment Funds windows. -
Economics of Climate Change in Central and West Asia - Adaptation Component: Mid-Term Report
Consultants' reports describe activities by a consultant or group of consultants related to preparing a technical assistance project. This document dated May 2016 is provided for the ADB project 44068-012. -
GrEEEn Solutions for Livable Cities
Practical ways on how urban managers, development practitioners, businesses, and citizens can engage to make cities more livable by building on the city’s unique physical, social, cultural, economic and human resource assets. -
Addressing Climate Change Risks, Disasters, and Adaptation in the People’s Republic of China
Climate change poses a significant challenge to human security, socioeconomic development, and the environment due to an increase in climate-related risks with more frequent and intense extreme weather events. -
Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism Brochure
The Japan Fund for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JFJCM) provides financial incentives for the adoption of advanced low-carbon technologies in projects financed by the ADB.