ADB Workshop on Policy Architecture for High Integrity Carbon Markets under the Paris Agreement
Carbon markets are increasingly being recognized as a pivotal mechanism to channel financial resources into initiatives combating climate change. As integral components of the climate policy architecture, these markets play a crucial role in reducing GHG emissions cost-effectively, mobilizing all important carbon finance in the case of international carbon markets and generating revenue in the case of domestic markets, and promoting the adoption of low-carbon technologies and solutions.
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Asian Development Bank Trains Justice Officers in Timor-Leste to Effectively Investigate Cases Involving Violence Against Women and Girls
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Psychological Perspective on Offenses Against Women and Children
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The Model Forest Act Initiative Gains Momentum at United Nations Forum on Forests
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Regional Symposium on Forest and Protected Areas Legislation and Jurisprudence: Bridging Law and Science Post-Symposium Booklet
Asian Development Bank Supports Legislative Reform on Digitalization of Trade Documents in Georgia
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ADB Explores Emerging Climate Change Risks with Global Experts
Symposium on Judges and the Environment: The Impact of the Stockholm Declaration in Shaping Global Environmental Law and Jurisprudence
The Asian Development Bank Hosts Asia and the Pacific Judicial Colloquium on Climate Change: Using Constitutions to Advance Environmental Rights and Achieve Climate Justice
Senior judges from across Asia and the Pacific and other legal stakeholders (i.e., government, prosecutors, civil society and academicians) in this judicial colloquium discussed the role of the judiciary in advancing environmental rights and climate justice. The objective of the colloquium is to assist and build capacity of judges in Asia Pacific in applying environmental constitutionalism to achieve climate justice and advance human dignity.
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The Asian Development Bank Hosts Asia and the Pacific Judicial Conference on Climate Change Adjudication: Trends and Impacts
The Supreme Court of Fiji, in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the United Nations Environment Programme, co-hosted the Asia and the Pacific Judicial Conference on Environmental and Climate Change Adjudication (Conference) on 7-8 October 2019, in Nadi, Fiji under the banner of the Asian Judges Network on Environment (AJNE), the unique judicial association working towards strengthening environmental and climate change adjudication.