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Brazil’s Bolsa Floresta encourages beneficiary communities to engage in productive economic activities that do not increase deforestation.
Combining market-based instruments, such as payments for ecosystem services and conditional social transfers, alleviate poverty while conserving ecosystems.
A national program promotes forest conservation and protection while creating sustainable livelihoods for communities.
Valuation approaches include cost-based, revealed preference, stated preference, and benefit transfer.
Invest in responsible, data-driven AI adoption backed by strong governance, pilot testing, and cross-sector collaboration.
Ecosystem-based adaptation solutions can reduce vulnerability and build resilience of urban areas to climate change.
Synergizing the efforts of multiple stakeholders to support digitalization will facilitate circular plastic economy transition in the PRC.
Promoting national digital ID systems, interoperable systems, and cloud-based infrastructures can make digital financial services more efficient.
In the PRC, the successful restoration of the Ma’anshan and Zhihui mining pits showcases innovative business models.
The city-state offers a good case example for other Southeast Asian countries vying to become tech and innovation hubs.