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A Philippine distiller has demonstrated how to turn wastewater into clean energy and fertilizer, highlighting the cost effectiveness of green solutions to pollution.
Despite welcome progress on universal access to electricity, the transition to renewable energy is faltering at a time when multiple shocks are hitting Asia and the Pacific hard.
Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
Idling of motor vehicles during wintertime generates greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, but engine block heaters can lessen the negative impact on the environment.
Paving roads with fiber-reinforced asphalt mixture and using a pothole detection technology can help keep roads safe and pothole free.
The Yangtze River Protection Law sets a precedent for legislating policies that support the sustainable development and management of rivers.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Harmonizing the definition and measurement of circularity drives better policies and stronger cooperation.
Demographic changes, such as population aging in East Asia, will affect productivity and competitiveness and shape how innovation is created.