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Strengthen laws, improve labeling, create incentives, regulate refrigerants, and promote large-scale adoption.
A phased investment plan strengthens infrastructure, integrates digital tools, and builds technical capacity.
Prepaid trash bags, container deposit schemes, and semi-aerobic landfills effectively reduce waste in Pacific nations.
Consider a holistic view of the future and a broad range of trends and factors when assessing transport projects.
Lessons from the People’s Republic of China and the Asia-Pacific region suggest managing river basins as single ecological units.
Response, recovery, and adaptation measures ensure the safety of commuters and make transport systems resilient to COVID-19 and future disasters.
Accelerating universal access to water and sanitation is critical to preventing and managing future health crises.
Innovative reforms can play a role in helping tax systems to contribute to improved social protection and reduced inequality in Asia and the Pacific.
WASH investments through piped water, improved drainage, and waste management can help curb water-related disease risks and boost climate resilience for refugees and host communities.
Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.