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Indonesia’s first returnable and reusable packaging system is plugging the plastic waste and altering consumers’ consumption behavior.
The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.
Technology can help reboot the tourism sector by enabling contactless and digital transactions and mapping COVID-19 infections for disease control.
Despite welcome progress on universal access to electricity, the transition to renewable energy is faltering at a time when multiple shocks are hitting Asia and the Pacific hard.
The pandemic has called attention to the health and financial well-being of older persons.
Promotes collaboration in pivotal sectors collectively responsible for over 60% of global emissions.
Protecting and enhancing natural ecosystems and biodiversity can increase resilience in Asia and the Pacific.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
An analysis of geographic conditions shows bioengineering may be useful in some road and flood control projects to support climate mitigation.
In the Solomon Islands, the approach combined short-term actions with low potential for future regret with long-term options for future climate conditions.