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Banking on a growing digital economy, Viet Nam needs to improve IT connectivity and skills, e-payments, logistics, cybersecurity, and consumer trust.
Jiangxi province in the People’s Republic of China enhances forest productivity and ecosystem health using holistic and sustainable practices.
Economic incentives push producers and consumers to use resources more efficiently and reduce environmental costs as well as spur innovative practices.
Strategies include smart enforcement, presumptive taxes, digital tools, sector-specific reforms, and incentives tied to formalization benefits.
In Seoul, commuters use a smart card to pay for travel on any mode of public transport.
Involving forest users in managing and conserving resources while strengthening value chains help curb illegal logging and forest fires.
A national program promotes forest conservation and protection while creating sustainable livelihoods for communities.
Protecting ecosystems is real development, and it has an amazing return on investment.
The widespread loss of natural ecosystems and biodiversity is much more than a conservation issue; countless lives and livelihoods depend on them.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.