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Asia needs to mobilize private capital to bankroll its transition to an environmentally sustainable future.
A toolkit from the Asian Development Bank provides a step-by-step guide on how to create and implement a national emissions trading system.
In the Greater Mekong Subregion, environmental assessment for livestock value chains projects helps avoid, minimize, and mitigate environmental, health, and safety risks.
In Southeast Asia, big data can help transform the delivery of education, health care, and social welfare and protection services.
Targeted policies can help save the fragile enterprises that are at the core of digital transformation.
Inclusive business models can effectively reduce inequality, helping vulnerable low-income earners get out of poverty.
De-risking investments in high-impact, green technologies enabled the large-scale demonstration of energy-efficient production and emission reduction retrofits.
Gradual tariff adjustment combined with a heating allowance for vulnerable consumers can support the transition to sustainable heating.
Putting in place policies, systems, and infrastructure for e-government helped improve efficiency, transparency, and people’s access and participation.
Here is what works: quotas, training, skills matching, mobility, and childcare leave policies.