Environment


Digital Twin Adoption: Creating Opportunities for Positive Change
With their proven utility in existing industries, digital twins offer the potential to help organizations and society at large navigate upcoming changes to how we work and live.

Tags: Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals, Environment, Health

How Cities Can Embrace Nature and Meet Their Net-Zero Goals
Allowing plants to grow on a building's exterior is a low-cost way of providing shade and lowering the need for cooling.

Tags: Urban development, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals

ADB Southeast Asia Green Finance Hub: Catalyzing Green and Innovative Finance
This brochure summarizes how ADB’s Green Finance Hub is helping countries in Southeast Asia leverage private sector investments to bridge the urgent financing gap for sustainable infrastructure in the region.

Tags: ASEAN, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, GFH Publications

Fulfilling Asia’s Offshore Wind Potential
The International Renewable Energy Agency estimates that Asia will be a global leader in wind power and will account for over 60% of all offshore wind capacity installed globally by 2050.

Tags: Energy, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals

ADB Invests in Ocean-Based Aquaculture in Viet Nam
The investment will support the government’s efforts to develop sustainable aquaculture, particularly large-scale farming of barramundi and seaweed.

Tags: Agriculture and food security, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management, Viet Nam, Environment

Post-COP27: Building a More Climate-Resilient Asia
This paper examines scientific findings on climate change and formulates appropriate policies and strategies to adapt to and mitigate the worsening impacts of extreme weather events.

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

ASEAN Needs to Green Global Value Chains amid Climate Risks
This would entail significant policy change, grant of incentives, and reskilling or upskilling of the region's workforce.

Tags: SEADS 2023, ASEAN, Trade and industry, Regional cooperation and integration, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Energy

Indonesia and Malaysia Share Top Spot in Global Muslim Travel Index 2023
Muslim international arrivals hit 110 million in 2022 and are forecast to reach 140 million this year.

Tags: Tourism, Sustainable Development Goals, Environment

Alam Sehat Lestari: Linking Conservation and Human Health to Preserve Borneo’s Rainforests
An Indonesian nonprofit provides affordable healthcare and alternative livelihoods in West Kalimantan to encourage local communities to protect and preserve climate-critical forests.

Tags: Indonesia, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Health, Information and communications technology, Finance, Agriculture and food security

Singapore’s Ecosystem for Technology Startups and Lessons for Its Neighbors
The report analyzes the startup ecosystem in Singapore and provides recommendations for other countries.

Tags: Singapore, Private sector development, Information and communications technology, Agriculture and food security, Environment, Education, Health

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