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India should create city-level economic visions, integrate master planning with economic goals, and ensure that a business-friendly regulatory environment extends to local levels.
Addressing data gaps, investing in human resources, and using technologies provide policymakers with insights to make informed climate-related decisions.
Youth involvement can be improved in the areas of green jobs and green skills, climate advocacy, and Just Transition.
Harmonize traceability standards and adopt shared digital technologies to boost interoperability in the food supply chain.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.
In Bangladesh, a project is underway to expand the installation of smart prepaid gas meters and establish a smart metering data management system.
The government is strengthening its economic foundations and upscaling food and nutrition and climate-resilient social assistance to address the country’s food insecurity.
Local governments need a combination of strategic policy reforms and capacity building to effectively perform disaster risk reduction and management functions.
Enhancing housing affordability and sustainability requires capacity development, affordability-based demand assessment, financing, and design improvements.
Accurate baseline data can guide policy reforms that leverage the informal recycling sector for cost-effective urban waste management.