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The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
Surveyed developing member countries have priorities aligned with the environmental dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals but need to take steps to overcome barriers and achieve their targets.
Scale nature-based solutions and align investments with the Global Biodiversity Framework to reverse wetland loss in Asia and the Pacific.
Green finance can provide the fiscal firepower to manage the impact of the crisis and steer economies toward resource-efficient and low-carbon growth.
Strengthen laws, improve labeling, create incentives, regulate refrigerants, and promote large-scale adoption.
Regional cooperation can support a well-functioning enabling environment and fast-track the growth of the digital economy.
Digital financial services like mobile money can reduce transfer prices and improve transparency, efficiency, and access.
There are no legal conflicts between the standards of the Eurasian Economic Union and Codex Alimentarius, but there is some confusion.
Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.
Preventing and controlling the spread of deadly diseases from animals to humans require a collaborative, multisectoral, and transdisciplinary approach.