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GSS+ Bonds Initiative: Scaling Sustainable Finance in Southeast Asia
This flyer highlights the impact of ADB’s Green, Social, Sustainable, and Other Labeled (GSS+) Bonds Initiative since its launch in 2020, which has catalyzed over $5 billion in GSS+ transactions to…
Climate Risk and Adaptation Assessment for the Laguna Lake Area: An Integrated Approach to Climate-Resilient Infrastructure Planning
This report summarizes the results of a climate risk and adaptation assessment of the Laguna Lake area in the Philippines to help inform climate-resilient planning and investment.
Air Quality in Southeast Asia: Status, Trends, and Priority Interventions Across Eight ASEAN Cities
This publication provides an overview of air quality in Southeast Asia and highlights priority actions to strengthen monitoring, coordination, and financing for clean air.
ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility 2025: Turning Regional Ambition into Green Investments
This report summarizes progress made and achievements from January to December 2025 of the ASEAN Catalytic Green Finance Facility (ACGF).
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Smart, Clean, and Connected Ports: Advancing Port Decarbonization in Southeast Asia
ACGF convened the second session of the Green and Resilient Ports Webinar Series to examine how ports across Southeast Asia can advance decarbonization while maintaining efficiency and competitiveness along the maritime value chain. The webinar brought together regional and global experts to discuss the role of innovation, smart technologies, and collaboration in reducing emissions, improving air quality, and supporting sustainable port operations. The discussion highlighted how integrated planning, digital solutions, and green finance can help ports transition toward cleaner, more connected, and climate-resilient systems.
Mobilizing Private Capital for Sustainable Infrastructure in Southeast Asia
ACGF convened a regional webinar with ADB’s Private Sector Development department to examine how private capital can be mobilized at scale to support Southeast Asia’s development and climate goals amid growing infrastructure financing needs. The discussion highlighted how ADB and its partners are translating ambition into action through innovative financing instruments, guarantees, transaction advisory services, and policy support across clean energy, transport, and urban infrastructure.
Building Capacity to Support the Green Transition for Energy Companies in Indonesia
At the request of Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK), ADB and OJK co-hosted a capacity building workshop on green bonds to accelerate Indonesia’s energy transition. Discussions focused on the need for ambitious, credible, and verifiable KPIs for sustainability-linked bonds, particularly those targeting GHG emissions reduction. The workshop also featured real-world transactions supported under ADB’s GSS+ Bonds Initiative, showcasing how innovative bond structures can mobilize private capital for climate action.
Paris: Mobilizing Finance for Nature-Based Solutions
The inaugural Paris Dialogue on Innovative Finance for Nature convened government, development, and private sector leaders to scale up investment in nature-based solutions (NbS) across Asia and the Pacific. Co-hosted by ADB, NatureFinance, and Agence Française de Développement under the Nature Solutions Finance Hub, the event highlighted the need for context-specific finance tools, stronger alignment between public priorities and capital markets, and the value of real-world models like the Bièvre watershed. Delegations from Cambodia, Thailand, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, and Uzbekistan shared strong NbS pipelines, reflecting growing regional demand for innovative financing and partnerships.
From Davao to Bangkok: ACGF Advances E-mobility and Clean Urban Transport
Over 100 participants from 19 institutions and 11 Thai agencies joined the Clean Air and Smarter Mobility Forum in Bangkok to explore solutions for air pollution and traffic congestion. The event featured regulatory measures, Thailand’s EV roadmap, smart infrastructure, and the ACGF-supported E-Mobility Policy Action Plan, followed by a knowledge exchange with Korea Transport Institute under Phase 2 of the ACGF Twinning Program.