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Empowered women in Bangladesh are taking the lead in bringing much needed urban improvements.
On Indonesia’s remote Sumba Island, poorer households can pay for solar home systems with goods or services instead of cash.
The vulture collapse in South Asia due to diclofenac has caused health, economic, and cultural issues, driving urgent conservation efforts and the exploration of new biodiversity credit mechanisms.
A national program promotes forest conservation and protection while creating sustainable livelihoods for communities.
Creating a market for green business requires policies that help businesses make or save money from environmental compliance.
Sea level rise will hike coastal flood losses at least 12-fold by 2100. The benefits of adaptation outweigh the costs, providing returns at least 10 times the investments.
The government is strengthening its economic foundations and upscaling food and nutrition and climate-resilient social assistance to address the country’s food insecurity.
Adjust the tax rate in response to inflation and income growth to sustain its potency in discouraging sugar-sweetened beverages consumption.
Improve water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management to strengthen resilience to vector-borne diseases.
An analysis of geographic conditions shows bioengineering may be useful in some road and flood control projects to support climate mitigation.