The selected entrepreneurs will attend an online bootcamp to build their knowledge and skills in sustainability, communications, carbon footprinting and business planning. The bootcamp will also build a support network between likeminded entrepreneurs.
The global health crisis of COVID-19 has brought the world to a halt. These unprecedented times have devastated economies and caused socio-economic damages on top of an ongoing environmental and climate crisis.
The webinar will follow the modality of dialogue and discussion among experts and practitioners on Nature based Solutions NbS in both Bangladesh and global context The aim is to explore global and national perspectives on the effectiveness of NbS challenges and needs along with identifying opportunities to integrate NbS in various sectors to achieve sustainable development harmonizing nature and human well being.
Recording: http://www.icccad.net/webinar-recordings-slides/nbs-and-our-changing-world/
What is the price benefit of green bonds?
Recording link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq3GTk5KF0U
How much do regulators need to regulate the green finance markets?
Recording link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9xyXzcY9Kk
At the start of 2020, COVID-19 has spread across the world at an unyielding pace. What began as global jitters has evolved into unprecedented disturbances in the economy, health systems and daily life. In Asia and the Pacific, the impacts of the pandemic have reverberated soundly among its population of more than 4 billion and in its network of vital supply chains. In the face of such challenges, the region must respond quickly and collectively to save lives and build resilience against future pandemics.
This publication explains how bioengineering can be successfully applied to improve different forms of infrastructure while providing various socioeconomic and ecosystem benefits.
It introduces the concept of bioengineering, discusses its engineering functions and other benefits, and gives examples of bioengineering techniques that are appropriate in the Southeast Asia context. The publication also provides practical guidance for planning, designing, and implementing bioengineering initiatives.
This training, offered in partnership with the UN Development Programme (UNDP), teaches participants about global biodiversity-based uses of remote sensing. The UN Biodiversity Lab is an online platform that allows policymakers and other stakeholders to access global data layers, upload national datasets, and analyze these datasets in combination to provide key information on the CBD’s Aichi Biodiversity Targets and on the nature-based Sustainable Development Goals.
Myanmar is widely considered one of the most vulnerable countries in the world in terms of the impacts of climate change. More intense and frequent floods, cyclones and droughts have caused immense loss of life and damage to infrastructure and the economy and put its renowned biodiversity and natural resources under increasing pressure.
Compared to many other countries in the region, Myanmar is currently much less prepared to respond to the challenges of global heating.
As countries continue to meet the immediate needs of the COVID-19 pandemic, the crisis is forcing policymakers to consider the unavoidable trade-offs between saving lives and preserving jobs and livelihoods. Throughout Asia-Pacific, governments are considering options for restarting their economic engines and putting people back to work, including in key sectors that have been most impacted by the pandemic.