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Paving roads with fiber-reinforced asphalt mixture and using a pothole detection technology can help keep roads safe and pothole free.
Improve water supply, sanitation, and solid waste management to strengthen resilience to vector-borne diseases.
Plans, policies, projects, and partnerships should deliver concurrently on these imperatives: access to renewables, energy efficiency, and coal phaseout.
Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Science-based solutions help rural communities manage water resources sustainably and build resilience against climate change impacts.
Enhance legal frameworks, manage funds separately, and clarify liabilities to prevent future crises.
The water-food-energy nexus approach can help Central Asia manage shared water resources and promote regional cooperation.
In Kaysone Phomvihane, Lao PDR, good O&M contract management and community support will ensure the sustainability of a new sanitary landfill facility.
A study shows the planned railway will increase access to more and better jobs in 48 cities and municipalities in Metro Manila and Southern Luzon.
Investments should seek to strengthen women’s capacities to anticipate, absorb, and adapt to the impacts of natural hazards and climate change and contribute to sustainable development.