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Asian Development Bank (ADB)
The Asian Development Bank is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region. Its main instruments for helping its developing member countries are policy dialogue, loans, equity investments, guarantees, grants, and technical assistance.
Address the social context that gives rise to violence and challenge the acceptance and normalization of such violence.
Youth involvement can be improved in the areas of green jobs and green skills, climate advocacy, and Just Transition.
Enhancing housing affordability and sustainability requires capacity development, affordability-based demand assessment, financing, and design improvements.
Sea level rise will hike coastal flood losses at least 12-fold by 2100. The benefits of adaptation outweigh the costs, providing returns at least 10 times the investments.
Update curricula to offer more green-focused programs, leverage R&D on new technologies, and commercialize green-tech start-ups.
Optimize energy efficiency, use climate-friendly refrigerants, and leverage advanced digital technologies.
Giving learners the option to study only the content relevant to their FM work improves online learning.
Local governments need a combination of strategic policy reforms and capacity building to effectively perform disaster risk reduction and management functions.
Identify investment opportunities, expedite reforms to improve business environment, support ESG standards, and forge strategic partnerships.
This requires the adoption of conservation agriculture, agroecology, and nature-based solutions.