Environment
Southeast Asia advanced efforts to guide capital and funding toward sustainable activities across the region by defining green projects in the transportation and storage and construction and real estate sectors.
Tags: Finance, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management
This report examines the progress of trade facilitation in Asia–Pacific and evaluates the impact of trade facilitation initiatives on trade costs and overall trade.
This report outlines future projections of available used EV batteries in ASEAN, compares them with estimated stationary use needs for variable renewable energy sources, and provides policy implications for facilitating battery reuse.
Tags: Transportation, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management
Herry Cho, Singapore Exchange managing director and head of sustainability and sustainable finance, talks about the importance of standardizing sustainability reporting.
Tags: Private sector development, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Experts Talk
With parametric insurance, payouts can be made immediately after a typhoon, making it an effective tool to fund the rapid emergency restoration of coral reefs post damage.
Tags: Environment, Finance, Climate change and disaster risk management
Tourism ministers in Southeast Asia have endorsed a holistic and long-term strategic plan to guide the sustainable development of the tourism industry.
Tags: Tourism, Environment, ASEAN
Thanks to a new PCB waste destruction facility, it now has the means to handle 20 tonnes of PCB-contaminated liquid waste and 10 tonnes of solid waste daily.
Tags: Indonesia, Health, Environment
Ensuring producers are responsible for the management of products at the post-consumer stage is key to ending plastic pollution.
The publication details urgent measures in using responsible digital payments for timely emergency response and preventive action amid climate change.
Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals, Finance, Environment
The brief looks at the plastic life cycle and analyzes disposal and waste management. It shows how ADB can help countries implement a treaty to end plastic pollution.
Tags: Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate change and disaster risk management
