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Asia and the Pacific are awash in plastic garbage. From July 2020 Japanese stores began charging for plastic carry-bags. Still nearly one third of plastic trash escapes waste collection systems. To beat plastic pollution, microentrepreneurs are transforming trash into cash using these real-life examples.
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More Plastic Bags than Fish? East Asia’s New Environmental Threat
(S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019-04-08)
Marine plastic pollution is the new environmental threat facing mankind. This is also afflicting East Asia where six countries are major pollutants. While some in the region have started tackling this new menace, more can be done by all.
Fisheries and Climate Change
(Asian Development Bank, 2010-10-01)
This policy brief explains how that the oceanic, coastal, and freshwater fisheries and aquaculture operations of the Pacific will be equally subjected to the direct and indirect effects of climate change.
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Greenfield Investments as a Source of Sustainable Green Finance? On the Relationships Between Greenfield Investments, Environmental Performance, and Asian Economic Growth
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2020-02-28)Can economic growth continue without degrading the quality of the environment? This question has led to a lot of inconclusive findings among researchers. This study examines the impact of greenfield investment, human capital, economic activities, and ... -
Enhancing Gender Responsiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Viet Nam
(Asian Development Bank, 2020-01-30)The sectors with projected high demand for TVET-level qualified personnel include construction, electronics, extractive industries, information technology, mechanics, metallurgy, office occupations, processing, textile, tourism, and transport. Historically, ... -
The (Economic) Impacts of Climate Change: Some Implications for Asian Economies
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-12-30)This paper provides an overview of how economists think about climate change impacts with a focus on Asia. It is designed to discuss the steps along the causal chain from physical impacts to impacts on human and natural systems. It starts with a summary ... -
Process and Prospects for Lasting Blue Skies in the People’s Republic of China
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-12-30)The People’s Republic of China (PRC) launched its fight against air pollution in 2013, with an action plan that is the first of its kind. This paper analyzes the challenges and successes of this fight in defense of the PRC’s blue skies. Energy structure ... -
Options for Urban Mining and Integration with a Potential Green Circular Economy in the People’s Republic of China
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-12-30)Rapid urbanization, industrialization, and economic growth in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), coupled with increased disposable incomes over the last 40 years, have contributed to massive consumption of land and extracted natural resources. ... -
Ecological Civilization in the People’s Republic of China: Values, Action, and Future Needs
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-12-30)Ecological civilization is being used by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to provide a coherent conceptual framework for adjustments to development that meets 21st century challenges. It differs from sustainable development in the emphasis placed ... -
Making Urban Asia’s Air Cleaner
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-12-30)Between 2018 and 2050, the proportion of the global population living in urban areas will increase from 55% to 68%.1 The United Nations estimates that well over 2.2 billion people in Asia will live in cities by 2026, and this will grow to more than 3.3 ... -
The Philippines’ Voluntary National Review on the Sustainable Development Goals
(Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2019-11-30)United Nations member-states, including the Philippines, committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to "conduct regular and inclusive reviews of progress at the national and sub-national levels, ... -
National Geospatial Database for Maldives to Mainstream Climate Change Adaptation in Development Planning
(Asian Development Bank, 2019-11-30)Maldives is a developing state composed of 26 natural atolls with about 1,192 small coral islands spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometers in the Indian Ocean. The country is divided into 20 administrative regions, each with a local administrative ... -
Valuing the Environment
(Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019-10-30)To determine the amount of environmental goods and services to provide or preserve, it is necessary to weigh society’s degree of preference for the environment vis-à-vis other goods and services. This value measure serves to inform the decision-making ...