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Asia-Pacific leaders meet to fast-track action on water, energy, cities and development partnerships

The window to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is narrowing and regional progress must speed up. This was the clear message set forth as government officials, development experts, …

24 Feb 2026

Bankable pathways to scale Asean power integration

Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS

Bankable pathways to scale Asean power integration

Asean’s decarbonisation challenge is both urgent and structural. Electricity demand is set to more than double by 2050, …

Demand for trade finance to rise amid supply chain realignment: report

Global demand for trade finance is expected to rise as companies diversify markets, deepen intra-regional trade, and reconfigure …

UNEP launches US$100 million programme to accelerate climate, nature action

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), together with the Development Bank of Latin …

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14 October 2025

Temasek-backed impact investment firm ABC Impact, DBS and UOB partner on sustainability-linked subscription loan facility

29 July 2025

Cooperation and coordination urgently needed to support sustainable growth and counter divisive geopolitics

ADB lowers economic growth forecast for Asia and the Pacific

12 May 2025

Digitalisation can reduce persistent inequality in Asia and the Pacific

15 March 2025

Financing for development: Reforming global systems to drive progress

5 December 2024

Fair Finance Asia reveals critical gaps in gender considerations of the Asian Development Bank’s Energy Transition Mechanism pilot in Indonesia’s Cirebon 1

Asian banks play a critical role in empowering consumers as part of their sustainability agenda, according to Fair Finance Asia

1 November 2024

Climate change could reduce GDP in developing Asia and the Pacific by 17% by 2070

21 July 2024

ADB raises developing Asia and the Pacific’s economic growth forecast for 2024

10 June 2024

UN urges regional cooperation to accelerate digitalisation of cross-border trade procedures

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

UN urges regional cooperation to accelerate digitalisation of cross-border trade procedures

11 April 2024

ADB forecasts developing Asia’s economy to grow 4.9 per cent in 2024

8 April 2024

Costs on the rise and volatile, but trade facilitation could mitigate challenges ahead

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Costs on the rise and volatile, but trade facilitation could mitigate challenges ahead

21 February 2024

Climate change impacts severely impede SDGs: ADB-UN report

5 February 2024

Asian Development Bank commits record climate finance of almost US$10 billion in 2023

8 January 2024

US$200 million ADB loan to help prepare climate-resilient Philippine infrastructure projects

18 December 2023

Developing Asia’s 2023 growth outlook upgraded to 4.9 per cent: ADB

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