Energy Bangla

DHAKA, July 19, 2014 – Systematic retrofitting construction work by PWD started at Tejgaon Fire Station building for the first time in the country. Local engineers, with the support of Japanese experts have started working to retrofit the fire station to turn the important public building into an earthquake resistant structure within few months. The initiative was taken under “The project for Capacity Development on Natural Disaster Resistant Techniques of... »

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced today the establishment of a new trust fund to support the adoption of advanced low-carbon technologies in its developing member countries (DMCs), with a grant of ¥1.8 billion (about $17.65 million) from the Government of Japan. The Minister of the Environment of Japan Nobuteru Ishihara and ADB President Takehiko Nakao today signed a Letter of Intent for Cooperation on Environmental Issues, which will include... »

Bangkok, 20 June 2014 – Increasing resource prices and greater price volatility in recent years have highlighted the need for countries and businesses to invest in resource efficiency, to remain competitive and to secure their future prosperity. According to a new UNEP report released today, imports required to supply Asia and the Pacific with raw materials have more than doubled since 1992, and will continue to dominate world material flows.... »

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $2 million grant from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR), financed by the Government of Japan, to strengthen policies and institutions to enable the Cambodian government to address disaster risks more effectively. “The grant will help the Government of Cambodia develop sound strategies, guidelines, standard operating procedures, and training for disaster risk management at the national and subnational level,” said ADB... »

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has ranked 33 cities of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) according to their environmental “livability,” through a series of indexes pioneered under a technical assistance study. The chosen cities were ranked by the state of their water resources, atmospheric pollution, solid waste, noise, ecology, domestic livability (factors such as water and gas availability, and green space), and environmental management, as well as according to... »

By Nicholas Cunningham: The Environmental Protection Agency’s new regulations aimed at reducing carbon emissions by 30 percent will no doubt lead to a cleaner economy. But the road there will be paved with methane. By requiring reductions in the energy intensity per megawatt-hour of electricity generation, utilities will have the ability to choose from an array of options for how to meet the targets. Energy efficiency will likely be the... »

MANILA, PHILIPPINES — Local and offshore demand for emerging East Asia’s local currency bonds is rising again and should continue given strong economic growth prospects in the region, said the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) latest Asia Bond Monitor. “Most emerging East Asia bond markets have regained their bounce,” said Iwan J. Azis, Head of ADB’s Office of Regional Economic Integration. “Thailand’s bonds though could buck the trend given recent political... »

Bonn, Germany – TODAY – UN Climate Talks resumed with a focus on plans for the immediate future clouding optimism on a longer term agreement. “It’s the pre-2020 action that has to be scaled up to protect food security and stop the worst climate impacts causing wide-spread hunger. It’s the pre-2020 action that was promised to even get this round of talks on a longer-term agreement started.” Meena Raman a... »

London, 23 May 2014 – In a world where over 840 million go hungry every day, achieving food security goes beyond increasing global food production. Better food systems and sustainable consumption and production approaches are needed to achieve food security for all. A new tool, the Think.Eat.Save Guidance Version 1.0 – released today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation (FAO),... »

Nairobi, 29 May 2014 – The First UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) will convene in Nairobi, Kenya, from 23 to 27 June 2014. This marks a historic milestone in UNEP’s 43-year history and is expected to be attended by high-level delegations from over 160 UN Member and Observer States. UN Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-moon, the President of the UN General Assembly, Ministers of Environment and Foreign Affairs and Chief Executives of... »