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GEF Familiarization
Seminar
Asian Development Bank
Cécile L.H.F. Gregory
Head
Office of Cofinancing Operations
Washington DC
17-19 January 2012
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.
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.
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
ADB Environment Operations:
Strategic Directions*
Promoting
transitions to
environmentally
sustainable
infrastructure
Improving natural
resource
management and
maintaining
ecosystem services
Enhancing
environmental
governance and
management
capacities
Climate change adaptation and mitigation
*ADB Environment Operations Strategic Directions Paper 2011 (Draft)
ADB’s Climate Change Program
Modalities
Finance
Knowledge Partnership
Priorities
Scaling-up Clean Energy
Encouraging Sustainable Transport and Urban Development
Managing Land Use and Forests for Carbon Sequestration
Promoting Climate-resilient Development
Strengthening Policies, Governance and Capacity
Biodiversity: Supporting Regional
and Programmatic Approaches
Greater Mekong Subregion
Forests and Biodiversity Program
Coral Triangle
Initiative
Heart of Borneo
Initiative
Note: Map boundaries are not authoritative.
Biodiversity: Supporting Regional
and Programmatic Approaches
Greater Mekong Subregion
Forests and Biodiversity Program
Coral Triangle
Initiative
Heart of Borneo
Initiative
Note: Map boundaries are not authoritative.
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
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)
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)
Thank You!
For more information on ADB-GEF:
Web:
www.adb.org
www.adb.org/environment
Email:
[email protected]
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