Building Institutional Capacity: Delivering Climate Solutions under Operational Priority 3 of Strategy 2030

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The knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) will support the developing member countries (DMCs) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to expand action on climate change, thereby helping to implement ADB's Strategy 2030 operational priority 3 (OP3) on tackling climate change, building climate and disaster resilience, and enhancing environmental sustainability. The TA will build institutional capacity through technical support and policy advice to DMCs to (i) develop long-term low-greenhouse gas (GHG) emission and resilient development strategies; (ii) mobilize, track and report on climate finance; (iii) enhance management of climate and disaster risks; and (iv) ensure national strategies and policies are aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement on climate change to limit the global temperature increase to 2 degrees C, and pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees C. The TA is aligned with Strategy 2030 and will support the implementation of the OP3 operational plan, specifically the following strategic operational priorities: increasing climate change mitigation actions, and building climate and disaster resilience. The TA will also contribute to other operational priorities, specifically 1 (addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities), 2 (accelerating progress in gender equality), 5 (strengthening governance and institutional capacity), and 7 (fostering regional cooperation and integration). The TA is included in the 2019 and 2020 Management-approved results-based work plan of the Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department.