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In the People’s Republic of China, food delivery businesses are finding innovative ways of reducing, reusing, recycling, and replacing plastic packaging.
The pandemic exposed gaps in food systems that call for integrating healthy diets with sustainable resource management and public health.
Nepal took a whole-of-government approach in developing an effective and efficient system of expenditure reporting by local governments.
A study looks at the costs of overloading and how improved policies and enforcement can give an economic boost to Mekong countries.
In India, auctions were found to be better than regulator-designed tariffs in determining the procurement price for solar-generated electricity.
Life cycle assessments and complex value optimization are holistic approaches in measuring investment impacts.
Indonesia’s first returnable and reusable packaging system is plugging the plastic waste and altering consumers’ consumption behavior.
A “polluters pay” policy helps Seoul reduce household waste going to the landfill by 90% and waste generated by the city by 40%.
Pilot projects in the region demonstrate how digital technologies can increase access to finance even in remote areas.
This piece highlights the investments needed to overcome different agricultural challenges to meet growing food demand in the region.