Publications

Climate and Green Finance

Sectoral Guide: Water Security — Green Climate Fund, August 2022. Led the drafting of the Fund's sectoral guidance on water security, covering climate-smart utilities, integrated water resources management, smart water systems, ecosystem-based management, and nature-based solutions. Released for consultation from November 2021 to March 2022, drawing more than 420 submissions, and presented at the Fund's consultation webinar in December 2021. Read (archived copy)

Catalyzing Climate Finance: Lessons Learned from the Shandong Green Development Fund — Sustainable Development Working Paper, Asian Development Bank, March 2021. Examines the fund's design, implementation and impact, and whether the structure can be extended across Asia and the Pacific. Read

Catalyzing Climate Finance with the Shandong Green Development Fund — ADB Brief, July 2020. The first project in the People's Republic of China approved for Green Climate Fund financing, and the leveraging mechanism designed to draw private, institutional and commercial capital into climate-friendly infrastructure. Read

Cities, water, and sanitation

Using Artificial Intelligence for Smart Water Management Systems — ADB Brief, June 2020. Digital transformation in water distribution, and where artificial intelligence changes service delivery, operating cost, and unaccounted-for water. Read

Not Business as Usual: Mega-Trends and the Need for New City Building Approaches in the People's Republic of China — East Asia Working Paper, February 2020. An assessment of the country's urban form and what its ecological civilization goals require of city building. Read

Water Conservation Strategies for Beijing Capital Region — ADB Brief, December 2019. Methodologies, technologies and policy instruments for accelerating water conservation planning. Read

Urban Sanitation Issues in Viet Nam — ADB Study, October 2015. Co-authored with Jelle van Gijn. Identifies the issues affecting Viet Nam's urban wastewater program and the policy choices needed to reach its environmental targets. Read

Customizing a Decentralized Sanitation Solution for Viet Nam's Peri-urban Areas — Knowledge Showcase, January 2010. A sanitation solution designed for Kieu Ky, from a pilot financed in 2007. Read

Also

A full index of the Asian Development Bank publications above is maintained at the author's ADB page. Author page

Selected speaking, teaching and facilitation is listed separately. Speaking, Teaching and Facilitation