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The Yangtze River Protection Law sets a precedent for legislating policies that support the sustainable development and management of rivers.
A rural electrification project in Viet Nam built mini-hydropower plants and rehabilitated distribution networks to provide affordable electricity to remote communes.
Five critical reforms can bolster global health systems against pandemics, climate change, and emerging infectious disease threats.
Embedding health security in fiscal policy can reduce economic losses and avert deaths during a pandemic.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Green Revolution 2.0 requires cultivating a new generation of innovators, scientists, policymakers, and agro-entrepreneurs.
Addressing data gaps, investing in human resources, and using technologies provide policymakers with insights to make informed climate-related decisions.
Replacing dispersed coal burning with centralized district heating can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
Analysis of geographically granular data is essential to identify vulnerable areas and optimize resource distribution.
Among the investments supported by the Afghanistan Business Innovation Fund were businesses that targeted women as workers, producers, and consumers.