Environment: Photo Essays
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Building a Safer Future
Five years after the 2015 earthquake, Nepal is turning a corner. -
Typhoon Haiyan: A Tale of Relief and Recovery
Five years after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Central Philippines, the country is now ready to move on from a phase of emergency and recovery to building back better much-needed infrastructure and services. -
Life after Smokey Mountain: Recycling Provides Livelihood Opportunities in Manila's Dump Site
With support from ADB's Poverty and Environment Fund, a multi-purpose cooperative in the Philippines demonstrated how communities working together can improve livelihood opportunities while also looking after the environment. -
A Climate Disaster in Mongolia
Mongolia is being hit by a serious livelihood and food crisis arising from a slow-burning but deadly climate disaster unique to the country known as a "dzud." -
Painting Our Green Future: Visions of the Environment by Children
More than any words, a series of colorful and insightful paintings by students from the People's Republic of China tells us of the importance of the 3Rs - reduce, reuse, and recycle - to preserve our planet. -
Views of Micronesia on a Path to Development
A collection of colorful images shows hopes, plans, and deeds done to place the Federated States of Micronesia on a path to achieve financial sustainability, and economic and social development. -
World Environment Day 2015: Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care
The World Environment Day 2015 theme of consuming with care means living within planetary boundaries to ensure a healthy future where dreams can be realized. Rising rates of natural resource use and environmental impacts that occur are not a necessary by-product of economic growth. This photo essay shows how the ADB is supporting developing Asia to live sustainability and do more and better with less. -
Young Survivors Graduate from School after Typhoon Yolanda
Bislig Elementary School in Leyte, Philippines begins another school year today. Badly damaged by Typhoon Yolanda, the school is well on its way to full recovery, having graduated its first class after the disaster in March 2015. -
Courage and Strength: Images of the Aftermath of the Nepal 2015 Earthquake
Scenes of devastation and perseverance one month after the April 2015 earthquake that left more than 8,000 dead in Nepal -
Back to Life in Indonesia: A Decade Since the Asian Tsunami
From rebuilding infrastructure to restoring livelihoods, ADB and its partners were committed to building back better in Indonesia following the Asian Tsunami of 2004.