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Investments include water conservation, ecosystem rehabilitation, disaster prevention, and green growth capacity development.

A district heating project taps the help of private sector companies to promote higher energy efficiency and lower emissions.

Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.

Carbon taxes and emission trading systems can help countries mobilize fiscal resources while enabling green economic recovery from COVID-19.  

Challenges include creating an enabling environment, national and sectoral planning, multiyear assessment of fiscal risks, and gaps in project preparation.

Best practices in WASH initiatives consider the needs, culture, and behaviors of the poor and vulnerable who are most at risk of infectious diseases.

The pandemic worsened disparities in chronic disease management among vulnerable groups, exerting adverse psychosocial and economic effects.

Project interventions evolved to create a virtuous cycle in water services, using performance-based contracts, participatory planning, behavioral change campaigns, and institutional reforms.

Residents in Thimphu contributed part of their land for urban infrastructure and services to support the growth of their city.

An e-school in Scotland provides lessons on how to shift to remote learning.