ACEF Speaker

Duncan Lang

Senior Environment Specialist,
Asian Development Bank

Duncan Lang is part of ADB’s Environment Cluster within the Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department. Duncan is ADB’s lead for the Regional Flyway Initiative (RFI) which covers the East Asian-Australasian Flyway and aims to mobilize $3 billion for protection and sustainable management of wetlands over the next ten years. He led the biodiversity component of the recently approved Environmental and Social Framework, was the technical lead for the team that recently launched ADB’s inaugural Biodiversity and Nature Theme Bond. Duncan also led ADB’s support for the development of the Avian Sensitivity Tool for Energy Planning (AVISTEP) and he is also ADB’s focal for Sustainability Reporting.Duncan joined ADB in 2017 and has worked in the environment sector for over 20 years. Duncan has a wide variety of experience across a range of sectors as well as having a specialism in biodiversity.

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