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Shared Oceans, Shared Prosperity: Advancing the Blue Economy in Asia and the Pacific
With increasing stress on oceans, embracing this sustainable economic model is becoming more urgent.
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3–5 December 2025 | Manila
11th ADB International Education and Skills Forum
Applying a Fresh Lens to Unlock the Power of Human Capital
This forum aims to strategize new and rejuvenated approaches, investments, and partnerships to unlock the full potential of human capital across Asia and the Pacific.
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Climate Risks and Fiscal Health: Three Takeaways for Southeast Asia
With enhanced tools, inter-agency coordination, and capacity building, finance ministries can significantly accelerate the development of climate-resilient fiscal systems.
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Leveraging NDC Climate Pledge Updates to Bridge the Finance Gap
While climate finance has grown at unprecedented rates in recent years, reaching $1.46 trillion in 2022, these flows still fall short of global needs.
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What Thailand’s Earthquake Reveals about Tech, Trust, and Readiness
The experience highlights how countries can move from fragmented emergency response to inclusive, scalable, tech-enabled disaster governance.
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Digital Tools Help Cities Find Smart Ways to Manage and Reduce Waste
In Southeast Asia, waste startups nurture a culture of waste segregation, reduction, and recycling.
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6 August 2025
What Is the Clean Oceans Initiative 2.0?
The new phase of the largest multilateral effort to reduce marine litter focuses on projects in coastal areas, particularly in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
25 June 2025
Why Smart Destinations Are More Sustainable
Digitalization can transform the whole tourism value chain and enhance tourism’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals.
6 May 2025
ASEAN Seeks Shift to Sustainable and Inclusive Tourism as Sector Continues Recovery
Member countries vow enhanced collaboration to boost sector noting its importance to the region’s economy.
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The Green Finance Hub provides crosscutting support to ADB’s developing member countries in Southeast Asia to accelerate green investments and advance innovative financing solutions in response to the region's environmental, energy, and financing needs.
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Amid increasing demand for knowledge from developing member countries (DMCs) in Southeast Asia, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) 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.
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Tourism in Southeast Asia is rebounding strongly as the region builds resilience to future shocks. ADB is committed to supporting the region with finance, capacity development, and knowledge solutions to foster inclusive and sustainable tourism.
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