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Tech startups in agriculture, education, environment, and health have high potential for social impact but need a supportive ecosystem to thrive.
Strengthening the database of the poor, marginalized, and vulnerable households can improve delivery of relief packages.
A smart, distributed district energy system uses multiple clean energy sources and real-time demand response technology to cut emissions and save energy.
Urban cooling with nature-based solutions requires integrated planning, equitable access, community input, and local adaptation for fair, effective results.
Indonesia’s first returnable and reusable packaging system is plugging the plastic waste and altering consumers’ consumption behavior.
Experience from two projects shows digital tools for database management help ensure a fair and transparent process and efficient resource allocation.
Improve water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management to strengthen resilience to vector-borne diseases.
Balance development and comfort using global standards, building information modelling, vibration monitoring, and resilient track designs.
In the People’s Republic of China, advanced technology and innovative financing schemes make the city-scale deployment of green cooling solutions possible.
An analysis of geographic conditions shows bioengineering may be useful in some road and flood control projects to support climate mitigation.