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In Nepal, a participatory and consensus-based approach proved critical in changing people’s ‘not in my backyard’ attitude toward a municipal project.
A two-stage holistic and evidence-based framework provides urban planners a structured and practical guide for making cities healthy and age-inclusive.
Seoul established a quasi-public bus system, restructured routes, created median lanes, built transfer centers, and integrated its fare system to improve service.
Real-time data is critical for reopening borders, managing destinations, and for the industry to build back better from the crisis.
Science-based solutions help rural communities manage water resources sustainably and build resilience against climate change impacts.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.
Online learning initiatives fill the gap left by school and business closures and show the way forward after COVID-19.
New digital technologies are a game changer for financial inclusion in Asia, opening up access to financial services for all sectors of society, and in the process helping dispel myths about financial inclusion.
In the People's Republic of China, a project is saving enough energy to match the equivalent of building a 107-megawatt power plant.