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A web-based platform using satellite data and climate scenarios helps urban planners build resilient and livable cities.
The People’s Republic of China’s efforts to integrate natural capital accounting into its national policy development process may encourage mainstreaming of the practice in other parts of the world.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.
Replacing an old barrage with advanced technology vastly improved water and flood control, connectivity, and access to essential social services.
Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
Contractual arrangements for PPP infrastructure procurement must be improved.
An arsenal of digital tools, such as geofencing, location sharing, and 3D printing, is helping fight the spread of the coronavirus.
Creating a market for green business requires policies that help businesses make or save money from environmental compliance.
Production and export of high-quality mung beans can improve farmers’ incomes and nutrition.