Environment

From Poverty to Prosperity: The Power of Green Entrepreneurship in ASEAN

Green enterprises help fight poverty by creating jobs and adopting sustainable practices.

Tags: ASEAN, Private sector development, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals

This Social Enterprise Wants to Help Indonesia Eliminate Single-Use Plastics

Alner sells essentials, like shampoos, liquid soaps, and seasonings, in reusable bottles to wean households from goods sold in sachets.

Tags: Indonesia, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Information and communications technology

To Make Agriculture Sustainable, ASEAN Wants Farming to Be Environment- and People-Friendly

This entails shifting to greener farming practices, adopting the circular economy model, and protecting the well-being of farming communities.

Tags: ASEAN, Agriculture, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate change and disaster risk management

Renewable Energy Manufacturing: Opportunities for Southeast Asia

This report explains how Southeast Asia can increase the manufacture of solar photovoltaic cells, batteries, and electric two-wheelers.

Tags: Energy, Sustainable Development Goals, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Private sector development, ASEAN, Transportation, GFH Publications

Game on: Schooling Digital Ninjas on Sustainable Urban Farming

With 200 million monthly users, gaming platform Roblox is fertile ground for online learning initiatives targeting those born after 2010—the planet's youngest generation.

Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Information and communications technology, Education, Sustainable Development Goals

ADB SEADS Webinar: Empowering SMEs for Urban Resilience

This webinar explored the transformative roles of SMEs in ensuring urban resilience.

Tags: Urban development, Environment, Climate change and disaster risk management, Sustainable Development Goals, Private sector development

A Point of View: Empowering SMEs for Urban Resilience

This publication offers insights that advocate for SMEs as vital catalysts for urban resilience.

Tags: Urban development, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Private sector development, Sustainable Development Goals

Decarbonization, Step by Step

Encompassing the whole life cycle of assets and every part of the value chain, PAS 2080 has a crucial role to play in decarbonizing the world’s buildings and infrastructure.

Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Sustainable Development Goals

Southeast Asia Explores Frontier Technologies in Quest for Carbon Neutrality

Disruptive technologies will reshape industry, healthcare, and communications and provide urgently needed solutions to global challenges like climate change.

Tags: ASEAN, Climate change and disaster risk management, Environment, Information and communications technology, Sustainable Development Goals

A Secure and Reliable Rare Earth Mineral Supply Chain to Meet Net-Zero Emissions by 2050

To meet the net-zero emission scenario, demand for critical minerals is estimated to grow sixfold to 42.3 million tonnes in 2050 from 7.1 million tonnes in 2020.

Tags: Climate change and disaster risk management, Trade and industry, Environment

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