Indonesia urged to invest in building human capital, establish coordination between government and non-government actors; and build a blueprint for climate waqf.
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ADB Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2023: Imagining a
Net Zero ASEAN
This annual flagship event from the Asian Development Bank will examine how countries in the region can harness new green, innovative, and cost-effective approaches to support decarbonization in a wide range of sectors while revitalizing economies.
3 Steps to Mobilize Waqf to Fund Indonesia's Net-Zero Ambitions
Indonesia urged to invest in building human capital, establish coordination between government and non-government actors; and build a blueprint for climate waqf.
Climate Adaptation and Tourism: A Closer Link Than We Might Think?
Tourism is well-positioned to support climate adaptation as it is an industry with many sectors and opportunities to engage and involve stakeholders.
Can Green Hydrogen Help Indonesia Meet Its Net Zero Goals?
Hydrogen technology could play an important role as an alternative to fossil fuels and can be employed across industries, power generation, and transport.
How to Cool Southeast Asia’s Cities
Adopting heat action plans, using heat-responsive building design, and deploying large scale "cool roof" programs among measures to limit exposure of the urban poor to heat stress
Metaverse in the Classroom: Reimagining Learning in Southeast Asia
The potential of the metaverse to help both students and educators has yet to be explored, but ensuring teachers have the skills and the means to use this frontier technology in the classroom is one way to start.
How Do We Get Emerging Economies to Invest More in Large-Scale, Nature-Based Solutions?
Nature-based solutions, which aim 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 in the fight against climate change.
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Zero tariff on electric vehicles and other incentives are expected to encourage more Filipinos to opt for cleaner, greener vehicles.
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Tourism is well-positioned to support climate adaptation as it is an industry with many sectors and opportunities to engage and involve stakeholders.
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The potential of the metaverse to help both students and educators has yet to be explored, but ensuring teachers have the skills and the means to use this frontier technology in the classroom is a good start.
Solutions
Hydrogen technology could play an important role as an alternative to fossil fuels and can be employed across industries, power generation, and transport.
Solutions
Adopting heat action plans, using heat-responsive building design, and deploying large scale "cool roof" programs among measures to limit exposure of the urban poor to heat stress
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The financing package is the largest syndicated renewable project financing transaction among ASEAN countries to date.
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An ADB–IsDB report provides recommendations on how to speed up the development of Islamic climate finance.
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With the rapid growth of gig platforms, governments should design policies that give credence to workers’ desire for flexibility and control.
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While trade and investment have fueled remarkable economic growth in Asia in recent decades, it has also led to large increases in carbon dioxide emissions in the region—which is more vulnerable to the effects of climate change than any other.
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This report shows how smart trade and investment policies, and regulatory cooperation can help Asia-Pacific economies tackle climate change, recover from the pandemic, and support resilient and sustainable development.
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Google-led study says e-commerce continues to accelerate, but travel and transport will take time to fully recover.
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The loan will support the Philippines’ efforts to attain food security by building a competitive and inclusive agriculture sector.
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ADB and Thailand organize training to help tourism MSMEs adopt digital technologies to analyze consumer data, market services, and boost profitability.
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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.
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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.
Report
This publication features extensive evidence-based examples for 13 SDGs relevant to the wide benefits of inclusive digital financial services.
Report
This brief from ERIA assesses energy transition challenges for ASEAN and the Gulf Cooperation Council, and proposes new policy pathways toward an inclusive net-zero economy.
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.
Solutions
While Southeast Asia should leverage on data and artificial intelligence, governments should set up safeguards to ensure these technologies promote human dignity.
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This report from ADB presents progress and achievements made by the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility in 2022.
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With investments in ASEAN startups showing signs of weakness, policies are needed to support innovation ecosystems, both in individual member states and on a regional level.
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Thanks to an EU-backed project that promotes clean fuel from agricultural wastes, small business owners see improvement in their earnings and end product, while contributing to fighting pollution.
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Priority projects include renewable energy, green enterprises, sustainable tourism, low-carbon transport, and high-quality agro-fisheries production.
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This report examines the participation of women in tourism and assesses the sector's contribution to advancing gender equality and empowering women and girls.
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Growing investor interest in these key industries helps boost foreign direct investments to near pre-pandemic levels in 2021.
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ADB is assisting the government in creating a more liberalized business and investment environment to encourage the private sector to grow and create more jobs.
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This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards.
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ADB study favors limiting the use of gasoline motorcycles for specific zones over subsidizing electric-powered units.
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This publication recaps proceedings during ADB's Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2022. It highlights the solutions that address challenges from the pandemic.
Join SEADS 2023
The Asian Development Bank's Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS) 2023, "Imagining a Net Zero ASEAN," will bring together thought leaders, decision makers, and climate action advocates from government, industry, academia, and the development sector to discuss innovative solutions that can help countries focus on becoming net zero economies and rebound from the COVID-19 crisis.
SEADS 2023 will examine how the region can harness new green, innovative, and cost-effective approaches; adopt new technological solutions; accelerate the availability of finance; and deploy other effective measures to support decarbonization in a wide range of sectors while revitalizing economies.
Solutions
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.
MSMEs are the first and last mile of the economy. As such, more concerted support for MSMEs to chart a greener way forward is needed, from governments, platform companies, and new digital solutions providers.
Education systems need retooling to meet the growing demand for higher digital skills.
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ASEAN Policy Network
Amid increasing demand for knowledge from developing member countries (DMCs) in Southeast Asia, ADB's ASEAN Policy Network facilitates knowledge sharing and collaboration within and between its operational and central knowledge departments and seeks to build relationships with academes, think tanks, research institutions, and other partners.
Southeast Asia Sustainable Tourism Hub
With Southeast Asia’s tourism industry still reeling from the impact of COVID-19, ADB is increasing its support for investments, capacity development, and knowledge to accelerate an inclusive and sustainable recovery.
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This study analyzes the exposure of energy and transport assets in Asia and the Pacific to climate change and earthquake hazards.
This publication recaps proceedings during ADB's Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2022. It highlights the solutions that address challenges from the pandemic.
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.
Webinar Recordings
This webinar examined the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the emerging trends in Southeast Asia's labor markets, particularly for women and the youth, and what needs to be done to ensure a resilient and inclusive workforce in a post-COVID-19 world.
This webinar discussed the implications of competing short-, medium-, and long-term challenges on the region’s prospect for building a resilient and sustainable recovery. It also explored policy instruments that could be used to address such challenges.
This webinar focused on enhancing collective understanding about the cloud, its benefits, and the policy best practices for building a cloud-first environment.
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ADB Southeast Asia Development Symposium 2023: Imagining a Net Zero ASEAN
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Asian Development Bank
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Asia Clean Energy Forum 2023: Navigating toward a Carbon-Neutral Future through Clean Energy Solutions
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PATA Destination Experience Forum and Mart 2023
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Pacific Asia Travel Association
What is SEADS?
The Southeast Asia Development Solutions—SEADS—is a knowledge and innovation platform under the Asian Development Bank. In tandem with its partner program, the Southeast Asia Development Symposium, SEADS aims to help crystallize thinking on relevant and critical issues in the region, and support countries in becoming prosperous, knowledge-based, and sustainable.
Sowing SEADS of Growth
INNOVATIONS
Discover the latest cutting-edge breakthroughs that can help countries tackle pressing challenges.
SOLUTIONS
Hear from leading minds and trailblazers from industry, technology, the public sector, and academia.
CONNECTIONS
Interact with problem-solvers and next-generation thinkers from Southeast Asia and beyond.
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