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Promoting responsible lending practices on online peer-to-peer platforms builds market trust and deters the need for further regulation.
In the People’s Republic of China, advanced technology and innovative financing schemes make the city-scale deployment of green cooling solutions possible.
By connecting different modes of transportation, interchange stations make mass transit a convenient option for long-distance trips.
Knowledge of a startup’s technology, human resources, marketability, and growth potential lowers the risks of venture capital investments.
Developing regional value chains will promote trade and unlock the region’s unrealized economy.
Leverage blue bonds, PPPs, and blended finance to direct capital toward nature-based and policy-driven solutions that safeguard river ecosystems.
Italian-led glacier research and conservation in Pakistan's Karakoram region highlight a model for transboundary environmental conservation.
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.
A wide range of new solutions is able to avoid, reduce, collect, recycle, and clean up plastic waste.
Digital solutions tailored to the local contexts and reinforced by human interactions hold great potential for scaling action against plastic pollution.