The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking cohosted a webinar on the role of nature-positive stimulus packages in recovery from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

The webinar aimed to shed some light on the short and medium-long term socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on Asian economies and to discuss how to integrate green investments in existing or forthcoming fiscal stimulus packages and recovery plans,

Experts from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), ADB, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Economic Forum, and Stanford University participated in the event. Key speakers discussed about the opportunities for integrating natural capital investments into green stimulus packages toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the PRC and the Asia and Pacific region.