Citizens’ Atlas on False Climate and Circularity Solutions

This factsheet assesses 49 “false solutions” projects by ADB that were active or approved between 2015 and 2025. It highlights total financing by solution, recipient countries, the largest funded projects, funding types and financial instruments, project timelines, and environmental and social risk categories these projects belong to. Since 2015, the bank has supported USD 15.3 billion worth of projects with false solutions to circularity and climate action, worsening the debt burdens of countries already challenged with the triple planetary crisis.