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- This video was launched during COP28 in December 2023. ADB is contributing towards building climate resilience and addressing the shortage of affordable housing in India by facilitating loans for economically disadvantaged women.
- The People’s Republic of China faces diverse, worsening natural hazards due to climate change and urbanization. These threats affect employment, health, and migration, perpetuating poverty. Tailored disaster risk management and collaboration are vital to resilience. Adaptation is urgent as hazards persist.
- Tajikistan is among the countries with a very high exposure to climate and disaster risks. Around 400 climate-induced incidents (such as avalanches, mudflows, landslides, and flash floods) happen yearly in the country, severely affecting people and the economy. Students of an art school in Tajikistan painted images of the impacts of climate change they’d witnessed in August 2023.
- The multiple hazards that threaten the people and the environment in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region are getting worse due to climate change. It's crucial to create infrastructure in this area that can withstand and adapt to these risks.
- During the period 2017–2020, extended to 2023, ADB operations in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) focused on (i) improving physical connectivity to catalyze private sector investment in the economy to generate employment and income, (ii) developing skills that support growth in the non-resource sectors and improving access to health services to enhance labor productivity, and (iii) ensuring sustainable natural resource management and climate resilience. Gender equity and governance were crosscutting themes.
- ໃນໄລຍະປີ 2017-2020 ມາຮອດປີ 2023, ການດຳເນີນງານຂອງທະນາຄານພັດທະນາອາຊີ ຫຼື ADB ຢູ່ ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ (ສປປ ລາວ) ໄດ້ສຸມໃສ່ (i) ປັບປຸງການເຊື່ອມຕໍ່ທາງກາຍະພາບ ເພື່ອກະຕຸ້ນການລົງທຶນຂອງພາກເອກະຊົນໃນເສດຖະກິດເພື່ອການສ້າງວຽກເຮັດງານທຳ ແລະ ການສ້າງລາຍຮັບ, (ii) ພັດທະນາສີມືແຮງງານທີ່ສະໜັບສະໜູນໃຫ້ແກ່ການຂະຫຍາຍຕົວ ໃນຂະແໝງການທີ່ບໍ່ແມ່ນຊັບພະຍາກອນ ແລະ ການປັບປຸງການເຂົ້າເຖິງການບໍລິການດ້ານສຸຂະພາບ ເພື່ອຍົກສູງສະມັດຕະພາບແຮງງານ, ແລະ (iii) ຮັບປະກັນການຄຸ້ມຄອງຊັບພະຍາກອນທໍາມະຊາດໃຫ້ຍືນຍົງ ແລະ ທົນທານຕໍ່ສະພາບອາກາດ. ຄວາມສະເໝີພາບບົດບາດລະຫວ່າງຍິງ-ຊາຍ ແລະ ການບໍລິຫານປົກຄອງ ແມ່ນຫົວຂໍ້ທີ່ຕິດພັນກັບທຸກຂະແໜງການ.
- Timor-Leste is highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. Together with the Government of Timor-Leste and the National University of Timor-Leste, ADB is conducting a study to examine climate adaptation measures in the road sector.
- ADB's $50.65 million project will help the Kyrgyz Republic procure 120 modern, battery-electric buses that will enhance Bishkek’s transport infrastructure, improve the air quality, cut carbon emissions, and reduce traffic congestion.
- ADB supports the SASEC Power Transmission and Distribution System Strengthening Project for Nepal with $200M for power infrastructure expansion and upgradation and 50+ nationwide EV charging stations. E-mobility fights climate change, reduces noise, and aligns with cleaner urban goals.
- ADB, together with development finance partners and private sector cofinanciers, is spurring the growth of the electric transport industry in Viet Nam through the VinFast Electric Mobility Green Loan Project.
- ADB supports building 3 outer island harbors (Nukulaelae, Niutao, Nui), replacing a ship, and training for better asset upkeep by communities and the Government.
- The success of the global transition to net zero emissions depends on Asia. How can policymakers help guide the region toward the path of an efficient and fair transition?
- Two billion people in Asia and the Pacific lack access to clean water and sanitation. Neeta Pokhrel, Director of ADB's Water and Urban Development Sector Office, shares how the bank plans to scale up financing at COP27 to build resilience across the region.
- An ADB-funded project in India’s Chennai city is helping build the city’s resilience to routine flooding through a holistic approach including structural measures to control water flow and improving communities’ preparedness planning and promoting behavioral change.
- Under the ADB-financed Green Cities Development Project small-scale local initiatives were launched in seven wards of Hue to support communities that are vulnerable to climate risk. Watch the teaser or the full video on YouTube.
- To achieve greenhouse gas emission by 20-25% by 2030, Thailand’s mass adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is needed with streamlined policies, product manufacturing, and infrastructure. ADB’s finance and knowledge supports create better understanding and opportunities of electric mobility.
- Tourism is a very important aspect in Krabi, Thailand, where in the recent years has developed rapidly: their first step towards sustainability is by the use of e-boats in tours.
- Thailand is setting up a sustainable finance ecosystem with regulatory frameworks, sustainable financial products, investor awareness, and international partnerships. This is essential for ASEAN to mobilize capitals at scale for green projects.
- ADB-NDF Project Readiness Improvement Trust Fund helps prepare climate resilient infrastructure projects in Southeast Asia to be shovel ready, innovative, and catalytic. Watch the PRI Fund video showing such support in Cambodia, featuring the Second Greater Mekong Subregion Tourism Infrastructure for Inclusive Growth Project (TIIGP2).
- ADBI Dean and Think7 Japan Lead Chair Tetsushi Sonobe discussed intersecting global crises and how think tanks can help the Group of Seven (G7) and partners address them.