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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Catalyzing Climate Finance: Lessons Learned from the Shandong Green Development Fund
This paper examines the establishment of the Shandong Green Development Fund; reviews its design, implementation, and impact; and assesses if this can be further developed and extended to other countries in the Asia and Pacific. -
Climate Risk Country Profile: Maldives
This publication comprehensively synthesizes climate characteristics and projections, vulnerability to natural hazards, sectoral climate change impacts, and adaptation priorities in Maldives. -
Climate Risk Country Profile: Nepal
This publication comprehensively synthesizes climate characteristics and projections, vulnerability to natural hazards, sectoral climate change impacts, and adaptation priorities in Nepal. -
ADB Insight: Green and Resilient Recovery (full program)
A panel of experts debates whether the COVID-19 pandemic could be leveraged to act as a springboard towards green and more resilient economies in Asia and the Pacific. -
ADB Insight: Green and Resilient Recovery (trailer)
A panel of experts debates whether the COVID-19 pandemic could be leveraged to act as a springboard towards green and more resilient economies in Asia and the Pacific. -
A System-Wide Approach for Infrastructure Resilience: Technical Note
This technical note is a call for action to improve how climate-related financial risks are considered in infrastructure planning and investments. -
Building the Climate Change Resilience of Mongolia’s Blue Pearl: The Case Study of Khuvsgul Lake National Park
This publication presents the first quantitative assessment of the impact of climate change on a protected area in Mongolia and helps identify adaptation measures to build climate resilience for biodiversity conservation, livelihoods, and tourism. -
Decoding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement Version II
This publication presents the latest developments and unresolved issues for negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement leading up to the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow. -
Growing Green Business Investments in Asia and the Pacific: Trends and Opportunities
This paper discusses the opportunities and challenges for green businesses in Asia and the Pacific. It also identifies the market motivations, regulatory and nonregulatory mechanisms, and implications for companies. -
Climate Risk Country Profile: Afghanistan
This publication comprehensively synthesizes climate characteristics and projections, vulnerability to natural hazards, sectoral climate change impacts, and adaptation priorities in Afghanistan.