Climate change impacts are affecting the developing member countries of the Asian Development Bank. For COP16, ADB is featuring the work being done to respond to their challenges. 

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The Environments of the Poor in the Context of Climate Change and the Green Economy: Making Sustainable Development Inclusive
New Delhi, India
24-26 November 2010

The conference addresses the challenge of achieving poverty reduction in the face of growing climate variability and change, which directly affect livelihoods and health among people already living in extreme poverty and vulnerable to it. It will take stock of the conceptual understandings and empirical evidence developed in recent years on the environment and poverty nexus, and see how this has influenced the policy formulation and implementation in Asia and the Pacific. The event will take note of studies that rightly point out the ways and degrees to which the very poor are disproportionately affected by climate change, poor transportation patterns, energy poverty, etc.

ADB and others can be leading partners in charting poverty and climate response strategies and programs; the Conference will serve to further inform this agenda and explore room for partnerships involving, in addition to ADB, interested public, donors, private sector, and civil society actors.

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The Fourteenth Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP 14) Meeting was held on 31 March – 2 April, 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland. It was hosted by United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Europe.

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Agenda (PDF)
Final Report (PDF)
List of Participants (PDF)
31 March presentations
1 April presentations

For more information about the meeting, contact the PEP webmaster or email naomi.kabocha@unep.ch or nara.luvsan@unep.ch.

On 25 April 2006, Tricycle for Livelihood and Ecology or TRIKE Fund launches with a letter of agreement signing involving the Asian Development Bank, the city government of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines and the Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation. This project under the ADB's Poverty and Environment Program addresses pollution reduction to improve health and environment and provides livelihood options to tricycle drivers.

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The “Environment for the Millennium Development Goals” (MDGs) High-level Policy Dialogue took place in New York on Wednesday afternoon, 14 September 2005. The event took as its theme, “Investing in the Environment to Fight Poverty: The Economic Case and Priorities for Action and Implications for the 2005 World Summit and Beyond.” Several hundred participants attended the meeting in New York, including a number of senior politicians, government officials, and representatives of civil society and intergovernmental organizations.

The Asian Development Bank hosted the 13th PEP Meeting on 9-11 June 2008 in Manila, Philippines.

Sessions for the first day focused on the theme of "Poverty and Environment Linkages: Sharing Experience from the Field," the second day on "Poverty, Climate Change, Environmental Finance, Emerging Issues," and the third day for general PEP business and other meetings.

The 14th PEP Meeting, to be hosted by UNEP and SDC, has been tentatively set for Spring 2009. Please continue to check this site for updates.

Minutes of the Meeting (26 June, PDF)
Agenda (PDF)
Photos
List of Participants (PDF)
Meeting Advisory (15 May 2008, PDF)
Agenda, 1 page schematic (09 June 2008, PDF)

June 9 presentations
June 10 presentations
June 11 presentations

Related documents:

• Adapting to Climate Variability and Change: A Guidance Manual for Development Planning
• New Finance for Climate Change and the Environment
• The Environments of Poverty: A Geographical Approach to Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific (Draft for discussion)
• Food Prices and Inflation in Developing Asia: Is Poverty Reduction Coming to an End? (ADB)
• Making REDD work for the poor
• Environmental Mainstreaming
• Local organisations – central but neglected roles in poverty reduction and environmental management
• Poverty, Health and Environment: Placing Environmental Health on Countries’ Development Agendas

Barcelona, 5-14 October 2008

More than 8,000 of the world’s leading decision makers in sustainable development: from governments, NGOs, business, the UN and academia. Together in one place for 10 days: to debate, share, network, learn, commit, vote and decide. The objective: ideas, action and solutions for a diverse and sustainable world.

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The Poverty Environment Partnership's 12th meeting was held in Washington DC on 19-21 November 2007.

Overall theme for the proceedings: "INFRASTRUCTURE, GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION: THE ROLE OF ECOSYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES"

Meeting Minutes (DOC)

Registration Form (DOC)
Agenda (as of 16 November, PDF)
Participants List (XLS)

Presentations by Day:
19 November
20 November
21 November

Send your inquiries or requests to the PEP Web Administrator.

Related reading:
REDD and Poverty: The social implications of reducing emissions from deforestation in developing countries (summary)

The Poverty Environment Partnership's 11th meeting was held in Copenhagen, Denmark on 18 to 20 June 2007.

Capturing ideas and suggestions from the 10th meeting in Nairobi, the overall theme for this meeting was "Environmental Improvements for Poverty Reduction and Sustainable Growth: the Challenges of Implementation."

Final Agenda (PDF)
Registration Form (DOC)
List of Participants (PDF)
Meeting Minutes and Summary (DOC)
PEP on climate adaptation, proofing and mitigation (PDF)
PEP on deforestation and poverty (PDF)

Presentations by Day:

• 18 June
• 19 June
• 20 June
  

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Related reading:
Actions on the organizational aspects of the 11th PEP Meeting (DOC)
Practical Information for your Trip to Copenhagen (DOC)
Development Effectiveness in Practice: Key Messages and Summary Record (PDF)
Budget Support, Aid Instruments and the Environment: the Country Context (DOC)
Environmental Due Diligence in Budget Support (DOC)
Mobilising Capacity for Sustainable Development (PPT)
Follow up to the Dublin Workshop on Development Effectiveness in Practice (DOC)
Pro-Poor Investment in Biodiversity Conservation (PDF)

The Poverty Environment Partnership's 10th meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 30 January to 01 February 2007. The overall theme for the proceedings was "Country experiences in mainstreaming environment into national development processes."

Meeting Documents:

• Minutes of the Meeting (DOC)
• Agenda (final)
  
• Meeting Summary (IISD website)
• 30 January Presentations and Papers
• 31 January Presentations and Papers
• 01 February Presentations and Papers
• List of Participants (DOC)

Related reading:

• Addressing Environmental Objectives in the Context of Budget Support
• International Stakeholders Panel on Mainstreaming Environment in Development: Producing a ‘User Guide’ to effective tools and methods for integrating environment and development (updated 29 Jan)
• UNEP Poverty and Environment website
• IISD 10th PEP meeting website
• Poverty Environment Net website update (Jan 2007) (PDF)
• Poverty, Wealth and Water - concept note
• Managing Environmental Wealth for Poverty Reduction (DOC)
• Environmental economics for Poverty Reduction - Draft Agenda (DOC)
• Environment for Development - making a difference with research (PDF)
• Learning from Local Organisations about Poverty Reduction and Environmental Management: A participatory review
• Environmental Poverty: New Perspectives and Implications for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific

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