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A market-based approach for reducing air pollution offers countries in the region great potential for flexibility and innovation.
The lack of a dedicated financial mechanism to address climate-related loss and damage underscores the need for innovative ways to address this funding gap.
Life cycle assessments and complex value optimization are holistic approaches in measuring investment impacts.
In climate-vulnerable communities in Fiji and Mongolia, capacity-building activities support women’s participation in the green economy.
Protecting ecosystems is real development, and it has an amazing return on investment.
Proven solutions include digitizing paperwork, integrating databases, using smart cards and digital payments, and transmitting emergency assistance via mobile phones.
A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.
Change management, effective public–private partnership, and regulation are crucial to the success of citywide inclusive sanitation programs.
Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.