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Innovative fiscal policies aim to tackle noncommunicable diseases while unlocking new sources of sustainable public financing.
Asia needs to mobilize private capital to bankroll its transition to an environmentally sustainable future.
Various financial schemes have been developed to cover some of the risks of loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
A smart, distributed district energy system uses multiple clean energy sources and real-time demand response technology to cut emissions and save energy.
The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.
Proactive integrity checks can improve public trust in law enforcement agencies and advance societal development.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.