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Youth can help address noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) by supporting behavior change efforts and initiatives targeted toward encouraging other youth to make healthier choices.
Government support, good governance, and resolute leadership helped Nepal Electricity Authority achieve profitability.
As climate finance expands, Supreme Audit Institutions can help strengthen oversight, improve accountability, and support effective climate outcomes.
Youth involvement can be improved in the areas of green jobs and green skills, climate advocacy, and Just Transition.
The Republic of Korea has been a leader in training government officials to be catalysts of economic development.
Tax reforms aimed at a 10% reduction in smoking prevalence could reduce the population of smokers by 38.7 million and prevent 11.6 million premature deaths.
The lack of a dedicated financial mechanism to address climate-related loss and damage underscores the need for innovative ways to address this funding gap.
Strengthening primary and preventive care, promoting early disease detection, and reducing health risks can ease the health crisis.
Cross-border trade, marketing, and supply chains are reshaping diets across Asia, limiting the effectiveness of national policies.
Public finance, blue bonds, and marine protection tools can reduce risk and mobilize private capital.