News and Articles
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ADB Calls for Innovative Financing for Ocean Health Improvement
The Asian Development Bank has launched a publication calling for scaling up of finance flows into ocean health improvement and related projects in Asia and the Pacific to combat growing threats from unchecked pollution into rivers, lakes...
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Q&A: Anouj Mehta on the ASEAN Green Recovery Platform
The ASEAN Green Recovery Platform will use revolving funds to catalyze financing for a pipeline of green infrastructure projects.
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Partners Pledge $665 Million to Support Green Recovery in ASEAN
Four partners have collectively pledged $665 million toward a platform managed by the Asian Development Bank that aims to mobilize an additional $7 billion for low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia...
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Q&A: Funding green recovery in Southeast Asia
ADB supports a green, resilient, and inclusive recovery in the region, incorporating climate and environmental sustainability, with support from the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility.
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Republic of Korea Earmarks $700 Million for Climate and ICT Projects through Cofinancing with ADB
The Asian Development Bank and the Republic of Korea today signed a memorandum of understanding earmarking $700 million in cofinancing from the Republic of Korea for ADB sovereign development projects over the next 3 years.
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$300 Million from Green Climate Fund to Support ADB’s First Green Recovery Program in Southeast Asia
The Green Climate Fund has allocated $300 million to support the Asian Development Bank's efforts to help Southeast Asia shape a climate-resilient, environmentally sustainable economic recovery from the (COVID-19) pandemic.
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The ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF): 12 Things to Know
The ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility provides funds to boost sustainable economic recovery in Southeast Asia.
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$123 Million ADB Loan to Help Build Elevated Walkways in Manila
ADB has approved a $123 million loan to help the Philippines build safe, wide, well-lit, and disaster-resilient elevated walkways for pedestrians along Manila’s most congested thoroughfare, EDSA.
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$70 Million ADB Loan to Strengthen Agricultural Value Chain, Food Safety in Cambodia
The Asian Development Bank has approved a $70 million loan to improve the capacity of agribusinesses in six provinces across Cambodia to process key agricultural products such as cassava, cashews, mangoes, vegetables...
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Green Finance Recovery Mechanisms Needed to Meet Infrastructure Financing Gap in Southeast Asia — ADB
A new book by ADB urges policy makers in Southeast Asia to use green and innovative financing approaches to help catalyze the estimated $3.1 trillion investments required for climate-adjusted infrastructure in the region by 2030...
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ADB Supports Thailand’s Green, Social, and Sustainability Bonds for COVID-19 Recovery
ADB is assisting the Government of Thailand in designing, issuing, and monitoring innovative capital market initiatives as part of the country’s recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in a manner aligned...
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ADB, European Union, and ASEAN Countries Partner to Boost Green Infrastructure
EU announced today it is preparing to support ASEAN's Catalytic Green Finance Facility with €50 million ($54.9 million) to help governments prepare and catalyze public and private financing for climate-friendly...