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ADB-GEF: Environment & Climate Change Initiatives Seminar 2012

Learn about Asian Development Bank's operations, priorities, and achievements in environment and climate change. Explore new GEF-5 programs and projects addressing biodiversity and sustainable development.

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ADB-GEF: Environment & Climate Change Initiatives Seminar 2012

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  1. GEF Familiarization Seminar Asian Development Bank Cécile L.H.F. Gregory Head Office of Cofinancing Operations Washington DC 17-19 January 2012

  2. ADB aims for an Asia and Pacific free from poverty Approximately 1.8 billion people in the region are poor and unable to access essential goods, services, assets and opportunities to which every human is entitled.

  3. ADB – Overview • Established in 1966, ADB is focused on delivering projects that create economic and development impact. • Approved financing – $17.5 billion in 2010 • Operations in 40 Developing Member Countries in Asia and the Pacific. • Main devices for assistance are loans, grants, policy dialogue, technical assistance and equity investments.

  4. Strategy 2020: ADB’s Long-term Strategic Framework (2008-2020) • 3 Strategic Agendas: • - inclusive growth, environmentally sustainable growth, and regional integration • 5 Core Areas of Operations: • - Infrastructure, Environment, Regional Cooperation and Integration, Finance Sector Development, and Education

  5. ADB Environment Operations: Strategic Directions* Climate change adaptation and mitigation *ADB Environment Operations Strategic Directions Paper 2011 (Draft)

  6. ADB’s Climate Change Program Modalities Finance Knowledge Partnership Scaling-up Clean Energy Encouraging Sustainable Transport and Urban Development Managing Land Use and Forests for Carbon Sequestration Priorities Promoting Climate-resilient Development Strengthening Policies, Governance and Capacity

  7. Biodiversity: Supporting Regional and Programmatic Approaches Greater Mekong SubregionForests and Biodiversity Program Coral Triangle Initiative Heart of Borneo Initiative Note: Map boundaries are not authoritative.

  8. Biodiversity: Supporting Regional and Programmatic Approaches Greater Mekong SubregionForests and Biodiversity Program Coral Triangle Initiative Heart of Borneo Initiative Note: Map boundaries are not authoritative.

  9. Key Environment and Climate Change Achievements in 2011 • 63 projects with environmental sustainability as a theme funded with about $7.2 billion • Clean energy investments of about $ 1.9 billion. • 15 new sustainable transport projects contained climate change components

  10. Examples of New and Innovative GEF-5 Program and Project Developments • Greater Mekong Subregion Forests and Biodiversity Program (GMS-FBP) [with WB] • Asia Pacific Sustainable Transport and Urban Development Program (ASTUD) • Asia-Pacific Pilot Climate Technology Transfer Network and Finance Center [with UNEP] • Regional: LDCF - Climate Proofing Development in the Pacific (under development)

  11. Examples of New and Innovative GEF-5 Program and Project Developments • Greater Mekong Subregion Forests and Biodiversity Program (GMS-FBP) [with WB] • Asia Pacific Sustainable Transport and Urban Development Program (ASTUD) • Asia-Pacific Pilot Climate Technology Transfer Network and Finance Center [with UNEP] • Regional: LDCF - Climate Proofing Development in the Pacific (under development)

  12. Thank You! For more information on ADB-GEF: Web: www.adb.org www.adb.org/environment Email: adbgef@adb.org njahmad@adb.org bdunn@adb.org

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