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A Korean firm develops a low-maintenance flowmeter that can measure a wide variation of sewage flow rates to improve efficiency and prevent flooding.
Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.
A data-driven “smart” system can help water utilities to reduce losses from unaccounted-for-water more efficiently and improve service delivery.
Establish frameworks, leverage digital innovations, and strengthen stakeholder capacity.
Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity can increase resilience in Asia and the Pacific.
Analysis of geographically granular data is essential to identify vulnerable areas and optimize resource distribution.
Regional cooperation and improved data practices can help address the challenge of plastic pollution more effectively.
A tech startup in Australia is piloting the use of blockchain in ensuring traceability, provenance, and authentication in the supply chain.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
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.