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Innovations in water management and adaptive planning can create opportunities for climate adaptation and mitigation.
The Clean Air Scorecard Tool helped the most polluted cities to identify gaps in air quality management and introduce measures to rectify them.
The World Food Programme uses cash transfers not just to feed the hungry but also to give people purchasing power to buy locally, helping to boost economies.
Moa House is an innovative model that improves living conditions by reducing project timelines and providing infrastructure for hard-to-redevelop low-rise homes.
Targeted financing, regional pooling, and digital solutions can expand access to essential health services across dispersed island populations.
Early and strong action mitigates health impact, while recovery measures focus on the long term.
A program that subsidized medical expenses during a financial crisis provided the opportunity to help build a resilient health system in Mongolia.
Balance development and comfort using global standards, building information modelling, vibration monitoring, and resilient track designs.
Environment-friendly development policies helped the Republic of Korea reduce carbon emissions while sustaining high economic growth.
Singapore built an offshore landfill on Pulau Semakau primarily for waste management, but it also ensured that marine life would thrive and it could serve as a public park.