Environment: News Releases

The Green Financing Platform (GFP) supported by ADB was launched today by the China National Investment and Guaranty Corporation (I&G) to promote air pollution-reduction investments in the greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH).

ADB approved a $2 million grant to finance relief efforts in the country following the recent floods and landslides that claimed the lives of over 200 people and damaged the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands more.

ADB and the Government of Mongolia today kicked off a $500,000 capacity development technical assistance project to increase the resilience of Mongolian forest ecosystems to climate change with an inception workshop.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES (17 May 2017) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has raised 3 billion Indian Rupees (INR), about $47 million, from a new issue of offshore Indian Rupee-linked bonds to help finance climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in India.

Leaders of the top MDBs have agreed to deepen their collaboration to encourage private sector investment in vital infrastructure needed to support sustainable and inclusive economic growth throughout the world.

A new report launched by ESCAP, ADB, and UNDP discusses ways on how Asia and the Pacific can achieve inclusive and sustainable economic growth and development.

The Nauru Intergenerational Trust Fund will help ensure the country has a sustainable source of financing for the future, says a new ADB publication.

ADB planted 50 trees along the Dushanbe-Uzbekistan border road in the Shahrinav District of Tajikistan as part of the bank’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Strong economic growth is masking urgent infrastructure and environmental challenges that threaten the long term sustainability of Palau’s economy, says an ADB report released in Koror today.

ADB approved an unprecedented $3.7 billion in climate finance investments in 2016, according to recently released figures — marking a 42% boost from the $2.6 billion reached in 2015.