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Putting resources toward specialized training, mentoring and confidence building is a successful formula for giving greater voice to women in the countryside.
An electricity trading project between Indonesia and Malaysia is lowering power costs, raising revenue and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Policies being undertaken in the Pacific are helping businesses move from the informal to the formal sector and generate better jobs.
Improving water supply access and sustainability amid environmental challenges requires radical changes in how water resources are developed and delivered.
Increasing disaster risks in developing countries call for strategic planning and investments in resilient and low-carbon infrastructure.
The Asian Development Bank examines prospects to ramp up efforts for greater utilization of demand-side energy efficiency in Asia and the Pacific.
An urban housing project in India is using carefully sequenced interventions to help climate-vulnerable households relocate to safe areas and sustainably rebuild their lives.
Experts endorse 10 principles for risk mitigation, which include evacuation plans for medical and quarantine facilities and areas under lockdown.
A digital application has helped reduce marine plastic leakage by improving municipal solid waste collection.
A market-based approach for reducing air pollution offers countries in the region great potential for flexibility and innovation.