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The idea behind shared responsibility mortgage is to link the principal balance and interest payments to a house price index.
CSOs can play an array of roles in implementing the SDGs, but they need capacity support and a conducive legal and political environment to do so.
Idling of motor vehicles during wintertime generates greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants, but engine block heaters can lessen the negative impact on the environment.
In Ulaanbaatar, an integrated approach to urban planning has helped connect isolated ger districts to basic services.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
There are no legal conflicts between the standards of the Eurasian Economic Union and Codex Alimentarius, but there is some confusion.
Savvy project management accelerates construction of a 75 km railway in war-torn Afghanistan.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
Smart planning and spending improves public services and raises productivity, attracting more private capital and labor and sustaining growth.
A pilot project in Viet Nam will test a heat exchange technology that reuses industrial wastewater for heating and cooling production processes.