Finance


Global Crises Further Threaten Progress on SDGs: ADB–UN Report
Weathering the crises will require coordinated efforts from governments and nonstate actors to bring about inclusive transformation of energy, food, and finance systems. 

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Agriculture and food security, Energy, Finance

Delivering on the Sustainable Development Goals through Solutions at the Energy, Food and Finance Nexus
This report shows how cascading crises are pushing the SDGs out of reach of Asia and the Pacific economies.

Tags: Sustainable Development Goals, COVID-19, Energy, Agriculture and food security, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management

ADB Signs Loan for First Cross-Border Wind Power Project in Asia, First Plant in Lao PDR and Largest in Southeast Asia
The financing package is the largest syndicated renewable project financing transaction among ASEAN countries to date.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Finance, Environment, Energy, Lao PDR

Unlocking Islamic Climate Finance
This report analyzes how Islamic finance can be scaled up to help build urgently needed climate-resilient infrastructure in the Asia and the Pacific, and ensure its post-COVID-19 recovery is green, sustainable, and inclusive.

Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Finance

Greening Islamic Finance to Scale Up Investments in Climate Action
The fast-growing Islamic finance industry, which manages almost $4 trillion in total assets worldwide, has the potential to support the climate agenda, but demand- and supply-side challenges need to be addressed to unlock Shari’ah-compliant capital for climate finance. 

Tags: SEADS 2023, Indonesia, Malaysia, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Lao PDR

$500 Million ADB Loan to Support Philippine Agriculture Sector Reforms
The loan will support the Philippines’ efforts to attain food security by building a competitive and inclusive agriculture sector.

Tags: Agriculture and food security, Philippines, Finance

Asia's Green Transition Will Require More Climate Finance
While sustainable finance is key in facilitating the implementation of innovative solutions to tackle climate change, philanthropic organizations are taking an increasingly structured approach to help.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Finance, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals

What Is Waqf and How Can It Help Finance Indonesia’s Clean Energy Transition?
With annual cash waqf donations estimated at around $12 billion and total land waqf assets at $134 billion, authorities are now considering using these Islamic endowments to fight climate change.

Tags: SEADS 2023, Indonesia, Climate change and disaster risk management, Finance, Environment, Energy

How Do We Get Emerging Economies to Invest More in Large-Scale Nature-Based Solutions?
Nature-based solutions, aiming to protect ecosystems such as forests, agricultural land, peatlands, mangroves and oceans while addressing societal and economic challenges, are widely accepted as the way forward.  

Tags: SEADS 2023, Climate change and disaster risk management, Urban development, Environment, Finance

ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility 2022: Building Southeast Asia’s Green Project Pipelines
This report from ADB presents progress and achievements made by the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility in 2022.

Tags: SEADS 2023, ASEAN, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Energy, GFH Publications

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