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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.
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.
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.
The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.
In the digital economy, central bankers and regulators face the challenge of ensuring consumer safety and financial stability while promoting innovation in the financial sector.
The People’s Republic of China’s efforts to integrate natural capital accounting into its national policy development process may encourage mainstreaming of the practice in other parts of the world.
Lanzhou, in the People’s Republic of China, has the world's first bus rapid transit with a split station design allowing buses in the same direction to stop on both sides of the platform, easing travel time.