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Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Leverage science-based tools, foster collaboration across sectors, build local capacity, and promote global and regional cooperation.
Seoul has achieved prosperity, low carbon emissions, and disaster resilience by investing in green spaces and private sector growth.
Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity can increase resilience in Asia and the Pacific.
A study of four Southeast Asian markets examines how digital financial solutions can play a key role in closing gaps in financial inclusion.
Strategies include enhancing water resource management, strengthening biodiversity conservation, and promoting sustainable ecotourism.
The solutions in Asia and the Pacific: explore groundwater abstraction options, build efficient water infrastructure, develop better data, and improve water management, particularly for agriculture.
Future-proof workers against the impact of future pandemics by strengthening community- and evidence-based initiatives.
Countries can meet goals for climate change and the planned global plastics treaty through investments, technologies, and financing with co-benefits.
Well-designed and participatory eco-compensation schemes with proper technical assistance can help small farmers in some of the poorest and most ecologically sensitive areas in the People’s Republic of China.