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This is a case study on how to raise awareness and build community ownership among diverse stakeholders for a project to save Nepal’s Bagmati River.
Proposed strategies to deepen commitments under the Paris Agreement include sharing of practices and lessons and linking climate actions with COVID-19 recovery.
Scale up local-level adaptation by integrating climate adaptation considerations into decentralized governance processes and resources.
Faced with periods of drought, Seosan City in the Republic of Korea uses smart technologies to manage limited water resources and reduce leakages.
Water tariff reforms coupled with personnel training, social contracts, and technology updates can make water utilities more efficient.
Build storage facilities, protect local workers, and develop systems to monitor risks.
Size the BESS correctly, list the performance requirements in the tender document, and develop operational guidelines and pricing policy.
Putting resources toward specialized training, mentoring and confidence building is a successful formula for giving greater voice to women in the countryside.
In Mongolia, community revolving funds helped poor households develop tourism goods and services aligned with biodiversity conservation.
In Maldives, community participation played a key role in the recovery of affected communities after the 2004 tsunami.