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Efforts focused on revegetation, grazing ban, hydrological connection, and community engagement to restore the wetland ecosystems, boost carbon sequestration, and improve livelihood.
The Republic of Korea’s capital city faced and resolved a series of obstacles to constructing a modern public building on a historic site.
Nature-based solutions offer multiple co-benefits and are implementable at community scale.
Seoul dismantled an old highway and revived a stream, the city, and local spirit, through the creation of the Seoul Greenway.
By becoming leaders, girls and young women can contribute to innovation, empathy, and accountability in development programming.
Singapore’s biophilic public hospital was built by rehabilitating and incorporating a nearby stormwater collection pond to create a waterfront healing space popular with patients and nearby residents alike.
Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Young people identify digitalization, strong participatory processes, and an inclusive labor market as priorities to improve livelihood opportunities amid COVID-19.
Gender-targeted strategies are needed to improve health care for women under India’s universal medical insurance program.
In the Republic of Korea, modular homes assembled like LEGO units are being developed as a response to the growing need for small to mid-size housing.