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Define large businesses, implement comprehensive management of compliance risk, increase public accountability, and improve perceptions of fairness.
Idling of motor vehicles during wintertime generates greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, but engine block heaters can lessen the negative impact on the environment.
Proactive integrity checks can improve public trust in law enforcement agencies and advance societal development.
A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.
Efforts focused on revegetation, grazing ban, hydrological connection, and community engagement to restore the wetland ecosystems, boost carbon sequestration, and improve livelihood.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
Experience from two projects shows digital tools for database management help ensure a fair and transparent process and efficient resource allocation.
The collapse of Mongolia’s Soviet-era health system created hardship but catalyzed reforms, strengthening primary care, insurance, and access.
Computer-assisted surveys make data collection possible despite COVID-19 travel and social restrictions.