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Electronics manufacturers are held accountable for the full life cycle of their products but receive incentives for proper disposal.
Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
The global call to accelerate low carbon transition has significant implications for long-term value creation, particularly for funds fueled by oil revenues.
Installing wire-rope barriers to separate opposing lanes of traffic can reduce fatal road accidents by 95%.
The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
Malaysia has made outstanding progress in reducing extreme monetary poverty.
Digital technology is a game changer in reducing remittance costs between overseas workers and developing countries in Asia.
Regenerative agroforestry can promote decarbonization and biodiversity, while improving coffee farmers’ livelihoods in the Lao PDR.
A district heating project taps the help of private sector companies to promote higher energy efficiency and lower emissions.
In Kazakhstan, infection among workers at a road upgrading project was avoided because good occupational safety and health measures were in place.