Early Warning System

Countries

Bangladesh
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Vietnam

Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.

Financial Institutions

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.

Project Status

Approved

Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.

Bank Risk Rating

Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."

Voting Date

Jul 31, 2025

Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.

Sectors

Agriculture and Forestry
Law and Government
Technical Cooperation

The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.

Investment Type(s)

Grant

The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.

Investment Amount (USD)

$ 1.80 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Project Cost (USD)

$ 1.80 million

Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.

Bank Documents

Scaling Natural Capital Investment in Asia and the Pacific: Technical Assistance Report

Primary Source

Original disclosure @ ADB website

Updated in EWS Nov 10, 2025

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Project Description

If provided by the financial institution, the Early Warning System Team writes a short summary describing the purported development objective of the project and project components. Review the complete project documentation for a detailed description.

According to the Bank’s website, the TA will assist ADB DMCs in building capacity, developing policies, and mobilizing investments to enhance natural capital (stocks) and ecosystem services (flow), which underpin economic and environmental resilience and overall social well-being. The TA will do so by: supporting assessments to make the case for investments in natural capital; facilitating innovative financing arrangements; creating the enabling policy and institutional arrangements; and building capacity and partnerships and disseminating knowledge on natural capital investment opportunities and lessons. In line with ADB's EAP 2024-2030, the TA will support nature-positive investments and mainstream environmental sustainability focusing primarily on the Agriculture, Food, Nature and Rural Development (AFNR) Sector Group's pipeline and portfolio of projects and programs.

The TA is aligned with ADB's Strategy 2030 and with the MDBs Joint Nature Statement and will have the following outcome: nature positive and environmentally resilient investments supported in Asia and the Pacific. The TA outputs comprise: (i) natural capital investment opportunities mapped, and strategic investment roadmaps developed, (ii) enabling policy and institutional capacity mobilizing investments in natural capital supported, (iii) natural capital investment products enhanced and promoted, and (iv) knowledge and capacity to develop and deliver natural capital investments strengthened. The TA will be financed by leveraging funds from within ADB and from partners.

Early Warning System Project Analysis

For a project with severe or irreversible impacts to local community and natural resources, the Early Warning System Team may conduct a thorough analysis regarding its potential impacts to human and environmental rights.

According to the Technical Assistance Report, the Risk Categories are:

Environment: Not Applicable
Involuntary Resettlement: Not Applicable
Indigenous Peoples: Not Applicable

Investment Description

Here you can find a list of individual development financial institutions that finance the project.

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

The TA financing amount is $1.80 million, of which (i) £1 million (about $1.3 million equivalent) will be financed on a grant basis by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of the United Kingdom; and (ii) $0.5 million will be financed on a grant basis by the Ocean Resilience and Coastal Adaptation Trust Fund under the Ocean Resilience and Coastal Adaptation Financing Partnership Facility, both to be administered by ADB.

Contact Information

This section aims to support the local communities and local CSO to get to know which stakeholders are involved in a project with their roles and responsibilities. If available, there may be a complaint office for the respective bank which operates independently to receive and determine violations in policy and practice. Independent Accountability Mechanisms receive and respond to complaints. Most Independent Accountability Mechanisms offer two functions for addressing complaints: dispute resolution and compliance review.

Project Officer: Zhe Yuan
Designation: Natural Resources Economist - Asian Development Bank
Email: zyuan@adb.org