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A fintech company uses blockchain technology and digital IDs to help ensure that aid reaches the right person at the right time.
Several national and regional initiatives address the risks of loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.
Artificial intelligence enables rapid analysis of satellite images to assess damage and priority areas.
Seoul’s Owl Service has reduced the use of passenger cars by more than 2 million trips per year.
Online learning initiatives fill the gap left by school and business closures and show the way forward after COVID-19.
Raise the efficiency of public procurement and land and labor markets to boost productivity, and address growth constraints on agriculture and tourism.
Secondary cities in Asia, Africa, and Latin America have an opportunity to avoid gridlocked growth patterns and to integrate sustainable energy and transport solutions.
In Seoul, 90% of landfill-bound wastes were instead used to produce energy enough to heat 518,000 households.
Risk reduction, retention, and transfer are risk management approaches that can be used to address loss and damage associated with climate change impacts.
In the run-up to the high-level dialogue on energy in September, stakeholders must join hands to scale up action toward SDG 7.