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Improving access to water and sanitation requires not just investing in infrastructure but also policies that ensure the sustainability of services.
Tajikistan has overcome the challenges of being a mountainous, landlocked country to make development gains across society.
In South Asia, stakeholders worked together to enhance integrated water resources management in mountainous river basins prone to precipitation extremes.
In Indonesia, a university in Lampung is building an SDGs monitoring dashboard to improve data management and visualization for local governments.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
In the Philippines, targeted cash grants to help poor students finish high school could double their potential income and lift them out of chronic poverty.
A tech startup in Australia is piloting the use of blockchain in ensuring traceability, provenance, and authentication in the supply chain.
In the Philippines, a pilot project to rehabilitate the Pasig River built community support around a low-cost waste management system.
Proposed strategies to deepen commitments under the Paris Agreement include sharing of practices and lessons and linking climate actions with COVID-19 recovery.