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Major reforms toward a market-based, open economy required extensive public communications to gain public support in the Republic of Korea.
Indigenous peoples can better articulate their role in making sense of a project’s environmental and social impacts through participatory storytelling.
The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.
Proactive integrity checks can improve public trust in law enforcement agencies and advance societal development.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Community-based solutions help preempt possible adverse effects of a wind farm in the northern Philippines and ensure an inclusive energy transition.
CAREC countries can benefit from cross-border frequency regulation to boost grid stability and reduce costs.
In the People’s Republic of China, advanced technology and innovative financing schemes make the city-scale deployment of green cooling solutions possible.