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Two of five adults in the Asia and Pacific region are overweight or obese and the costs associated with these conditions undermine economic growth as well as the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, particularly on health.
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High upfront costs and lack of incentives impede fuel efficiency initiatives in road freight in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
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Clean Development Mechanism projects supported by the Future Carbon Fund are reducing greenhouse gas emissions while delivering social, environmental, and economic co-benefits that contribute to sustainable development.
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The Green Freight Initiative in the Greater Mekong Subregion is improving fuel efficiency and reducing costs and emissions of trucking companies.
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Increasing investments in natural capital requires a proper accounting of its economic value for informed policy and decision-making.
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One way to reduce poverty in developing countries is to make it cheaper and easier for migrant workers to send money home.
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How to improve public health and environmental sustainability by facing the challenges of managing solid waste in Asia
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A town in northeast Thailand looks into the feasibility of a design-build-operate scheme for developing a controlled landfill site.
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A town in northeastern Thailand studies the viability of converting waste to energy to improve waste disposal.
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In Thailand, subsidies, housing grants, educational programs and the leveraging of economies of scale are being used to benefit poor urban dwellers.
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What is needed: Increased financing, reliable supplies of affordable and effective medicines, improved data from health information systems, stronger implementation of national malaria programs, and leadership that looks beyond the health sector.
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The GrEEEn Cities Initiative brings together policies, strategies, sector plans, regulations, financial incentives, technologies, governance institutions, civil society, and private sector interventions.