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The region needs integrated and holistic policies to push an ambitious agenda that requires capital, innovation, and new business models and mindsets.
Life cycle assessments and complex value optimization are holistic approaches in measuring investment impacts.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.
Bioplastics industry development hinges on strategic direction and vision, environmental sustainability, and better waste management.
A wide range of new solutions is able to avoid, reduce, collect, recycle, and clean up plastic waste.
Empowering women to take greater control over their resources would give them the tools for lifelong change.
The Islamic Development Bank shares its experience in microfinance and group value chain financing to improve access to credit in rural areas.
Structured health assessments guide countries in strengthening climate-ready services, improving infrastructure, and reducing vulnerability across sectors.
This requires the adoption of conservation agriculture, agroecology, and nature-based solutions.
Without proper valuation, natural assets’ scarcity remains economically invisible, leading to their exploitation for short-term gains.