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Modernizing farming methods, establishing greenhouse farms, and improving post-harvest management can mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and enhance food security.
Solutions include food aid, farm recovery, climate-smart practices, fair pricing, rural finance, and resilient infrastructure.
Relocating communal spaces, supported by inclusive dialogue, helps safeguard community bonds and cultural continuity.
Innovative lending practices can convert energy efficiency into high rates of return for companies.
Eco-friendly buses in Tashkent are boosting gender equality, cutting pollution, and modernizing urban transport.
In Afghanistan, river basin managers work with farmers in ensuring equitable and sustainable irrigation practices to improve yields and livelihoods.
This requires the adoption of conservation agriculture, agroecology, and nature-based solutions.
Myanmar is putting in place a national safeguards system to better balance rapid economic growth and environmental sustainability.
Business sector engagement is key to the success of a German-supported TVET training offer for skilled workers for the wastewater sector in Viet Nam.
Increasingly, businesses in Asia are looking for innovative solutions to environment and climate change challenges, while pursuing their corporate goals.