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Surveyed developing member countries have priorities aligned with the environmental dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals but need to take steps to overcome barriers and achieve their targets.
Nature-based solutions offer multiple co-benefits and are implementable at community scale.
Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
The Asian Development Bank shares its experience in reducing its carbon footprint by implementing a rooftop solar photovoltaic system at its headquarters in metropolitan Manila.
Private institutions are creating new ways to learn and access learning tools for people to meet future skills demand.
In the Republic of Korea, a mobile and low-cost motorcycle inspection system was developed for commercialization and export.
Sorsogon City in the Philippines is investigating options for upgrading its open dumpsites to a properly managed landfill.
Aligning departmental priorities with the SDGs and incorporating them into existing planning and review processes may improve development outcomes.
EPR frameworks, plastic credit schemes, and high-level waste management technologies can support the Global Plastics Treaty implementation.
Governments must rethink and refine tax policy and administration measures to not only address development challenges but also to build back better.