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Five critical reforms can bolster global health systems against pandemics, climate change, and emerging infectious disease threats.
Digital solutions tailored to the local contexts and reinforced by human interactions hold great potential for scaling action against plastic pollution.
Shaded rest, clean water, and cooling systems safeguard workers from extreme heat while boosting productivity.
Start resilience projects with people-centered, evidence-based planning, combining infrastructure, community engagement, and adaptive learning.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
Public oversight of ESG disclosure is vital to preventing greenwashing and protecting investors until robust legal frameworks are established.
Broaden the tax base, increase taxation on capital income, and strengthen all core functions of tax administration for improved compliance.
Creating a mortgage refinancing company was critical to building a stable residential housing market.
PPPs can advance road projects, strengthen infrastructure, and support Sustainable Development Goals, but require effective fiscal and debt management.
The vulture collapse in South Asia due to diclofenac has caused health, economic, and cultural issues, driving urgent conservation efforts and the exploration of new biodiversity credit mechanisms.