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Featured: Climate Change

Adopting circular economy and waste management best practices can decouple plastic use from the consumption of finite resources and environmental pollution. Photo credit: ADB.
Climate Mitigation Opportunities in the Planned Global Plastics Treaty

Countries can meet goals for climate change and the planned global plastics treaty through investments, technologies, and financing with co-benefits.

A hydropower plant in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic exports electricity to Thailand. Photo credit: ADB.
Powering the Clean Energy Transition

Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.

Climate-changing emissions come from power generation to light buildings, from transport systems, and from use of land and water. Emissions trading systems can reduce these emissions but require careful planning, just like a well-run city does. Photo credit: ADB.
How Countries Can Use Emissions Trading to Help Meet Climate Change Goals

A toolkit from the Asian Development Bank provides a step-by-step guide on how to create and implement a national emissions trading system.

 

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Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

The Asia–Pacific region is a source and destination of migrant talent. Photo credit: ADB.
Asia–Pacific Stands to Benefit from Regionalization of Talent Mobility—Here is How

Less developed countries can take advantage of increased talent flows in the region in expanding their “brain network.”

Technological innovations may assist older workers and harness their skills. Photo credit: Asian Development Bank.
How Demographic Challenges Impact Innovation in Asia and the Pacific

Demographic changes, such as population aging in East Asia, will affect productivity and competitiveness and shape how innovation is created.

To address the issue of lack of awareness of cloud services, cloud technology should be presented early on in educational settings to promote familiarity and skills development. Photo credit: ADB.
How Policy Makers Can Help Start-Ups Leverage Cloud-Computing

Policies should foster vibrant start-up ecosystems, enabled by foundational technologies, such as cloud computing.