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Tip Sheet: Gender-Inclusive Approaches in the Energy Sector
This resource is part of ADB’s latest publications. This tip sheet provides a framework and set guides on how to mainstream gender equality and social inclusion in the energy sector. This tip sheet aims to provide the staff, consultants, and executing and implementing agencies of ADB with a framework and set of guides for mainstreaming […]
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Promoting Green Local Currency Bonds for Infrastructure Development in ASEAN+3
This resource is part of ADB’s latest publications. ASEAN+3 policymakers are exploring options to promote green local currency-denominated bonds to meet the region’s infrastructure development needs. This publication highlights an assessment study of green bond markets in ASEAN+3, identifies the barriers to green bond market development, and proposes recommendations to scale up green bond markets […]
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Decoding Article 6 of the Paris Agreement
This resource is part of ADB’s latest publications. The new framework for cooperative approaches and mechanisms under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement charts a path for the resurgence of carbon markets. However, the modalities, rules, and guidance are yet to be fully elaborated. Article 6 is a key part of the Paris Agreement. It […]
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Balikpapan hosts ASEAN meeting on Environmentally Sustainable Cities
Urban-LEDS model city in Indonesia, Balikpapan hosted the 16th meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC) last 02-03 May 2018. During the meeting, five Indonesian cities led by Balikpapan committed to ban plastic use in their cities as a means of reducing waste generation. Other cities […]
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Local stakeholders trained by Bicol state college on climate-resilient housing technology
One of the workshop participants tests the ease of use of the multi-blocks vibrating machine developed by BISCAST to create their own hollow blocks. Naga City– A technology transfer and dissemination training-workshop on the Climate Change Resilient Pilot Housing (CCRPH), led by the Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology (BISCAST) in partnership with […]
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Coal-reliant Philippines struggles to power up clean energy
This article first appeared on Thomson Reuters Foundation. LAMAO, Philippines, May 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – For Nestor Castro and the other residents of Lamao village, which sits near two coal-fired power plants and an oil refinery, the country’s shift to renewable energy cannot come soon enough. Not only would it lessen the pollution in […]
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Asia Pacific falling behind on two thirds of SDG targets
This article first appeared on Eco-Business.com The Asia Pacific region is failing to meet almost two-thirds of the targets set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The world’s most populous region has fallen behind on 37 out of 57 sustainable development targets, with no progress seen in efforts to protect the oceans and […]
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Energy storage’s day in the Singapore sun
This article first appeared on Eco-Business.com Talk about smart grids and renewable energy, and images of gleaming solar panels, spinning wind turbines and roaring hydropower are likely to come to mind. Less so the rows of non-descript batteries within energy storage facilities, which despite the lack of hype, have been called the last piece of […]
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M.Sc. Global Change Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany
The University of Bayreuth is now accepting applicants to the elite graduate program Global Change Ecology (M.Sc.). The requirements for application are: 1. an excellent Bachelor’s degree in biology, hydrology, meteorology, environmental physics, environmental informatics, geoecology, landscape ecology, geography, science of forestry or agricultural science, Philosophy & Economics, International Economics and Development or an equivalent degree, […]
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