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Public spaces help revitalize a city’s environment, culture, tourism, and economy.
Building regional regulatory capabilities in Asia and the Pacific requires strong oversight and sustained commitment to strengthening vaccine regulatory systems.
Public finance, blue bonds, and marine protection tools can reduce risk and mobilize private capital.
Idling of motor vehicles during wintertime generates greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, but engine block heaters can lessen the negative impact on the environment.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
A digital application has helped reduce marine plastic leakage by improving municipal solid waste collection.
Synergizing the efforts of multiple stakeholders to support digitalization will facilitate circular plastic economy transition in the PRC.
A pilot in Metro Manila shows how autonomous cleanup vessels and data can support smarter river management.
Change management, effective public–private partnership, and regulation are crucial to the success of citywide inclusive sanitation programs.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.