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Scaling up farm activities through sustainable mechanisms that improve conditions and incomes of smallholder farmers can alleviate rural poverty.
Proper design of policy incentives and the right mix of recycling, incineration, and other waste management methods through integrated planning can help protect public health and the environment in a sustainable way.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
Built in 256 BC, the Dujiangyan system harnesses the power of nature to irrigate farmlands and prevent floods in the People’s Republic of China.
Computer-assisted surveys make data collection possible despite COVID-19 travel and social restrictions.
Residents in Thimphu contributed part of their land for urban infrastructure and services to support the growth of their city.
To prevent the emergence of a new pandemic, monitoring of pathogens must be supported by socioeconomic solutions that protect biodiversity.
In the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, an urban water project helped women to become water engineers through scholarships, training, and mentoring.
A project in the Republic of Korea formed small firms into training consortiums to enhance their workers’ skills and improve overall productivity.
Public-private partnerships can help make clean technologies for turning waste into energy accessible to cities.