Learning Repository

AQUASTAT

Tool

AQUASTAT is the FAO global information system on water resources and agricultural water management. It collects, analyses and provides free access to over 180 variables and indicators by country from 1960. 

Aqueduct

Tool

Main tool is the Aqueduct water risk atlas (covering the whole world). Based on that atlas analysis can be done on current and future water risks to agriculture and food security (Aqueduct Food) and coastal and riverine floods risks can be determined and the costs and benefits can be analyzed of investing in flood protection (Aqueduct Floods)

Asia-Netherlands Water Learning Week

Training

Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) Dashboard

Tool

AWDO is ADB's flagship water publication. The AWDO Dashboard is an interactive platfoemd for the visualization of five key dimensions to quantify water security in Asia and the Pacific. 

Asian Water Development Outlook Series

Publication

AWDO is ADB's flagship water publication. This series provides a country-by-country snapshot of the region’s water security status, enabling policy makers, financing institutions, and planners to make more informed decisions on how to improve their performance in the water sector.

Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience: A Guideline for Project Developers

Publication

This document aims to guide the design, implementation, and use of studies to value the benefits and costs of Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) for climate resilience projects. Reliable quantification of the costs and benefits of NBS for climate resilience can facilitate further mainstreaming of these interventions by articulating the value proposition of NBS across sectors, improve impact evaluation, and for identifying additional funding and financing for projects. This report provides an overview of methods and approaches, along with a decision framework to guide the design of NBS cost and benefit assessment. The decision framework presented should enable project developers to come up with a cost-effective approach for quantifying the benefits and costs of NBS that is effective and convincing in the context of climate resilience projects. To illustrate this in practical applications, eight case studies from World Bank projects are also included to better show how different valuation methods are applied in the field.

Australia Learning Week - Digital Technologies for Climate-Resilient Water Sector

Training

Australian National University

Technology

Not only can pumped storage hydropower enable the transition to low carbon electricity grids, it can also help with providing firm power in the Himalayas and offers opportunities for multiple uses to benefit local people.

Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP)

Tool

AVISTEP as an upstream sensitivity mapping tool focusing on birds which provides a low cost solution to speeding up delivery of renewable energy projects. AVISTEP quickly allows developers and governments to identify sites of high wind and solar resources but with low environmental sensitivity ideal for renewables development, as well as sites of high sensitivity that should be avoided. The result of using such a tool will mean projects can be developed more quickly, gain regulatory approval and have easier access to lender finance. Equipped with information obtained from this tool, those involved in planning renewable energy will be able to ensure that facilities are developed in the most appropriate locations.

Baseform

Technology

Cloud-based analytics software for water utilities to provide the best analytics for rational decision making in water loss management, pipe inspection and renewal planning and meter changeout plans.