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Beyond Technology: Three Ways Behavior Shifts Can Influence the Energy Transition
Technology is crucial to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy but it must be accompanied by community-wide behavior changes if it is to be successful, particularly in developing countries.
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Carbon Pricing: Asia's Untapped Revenue Stream in the Climate Fight
Developing countries in Asia and the Pacific are among the hardest hit when it comes to climate change and yet many have limited resources to address the issue. Valuing carbon as a commodity and developing the immature carbon market is an important strategy for the region moving forward.
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Learning from a Crisis: How to Protect the Elderly during a Pandemic
Older Malaysians faced multifaceted challenges—financial, health, and social—during the pandemic. This has highlighted policies that will help governments in the future.
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Four Ways to Use Public Financial Management to Address Climate Change
Bangladesh has made dramatic strides in reducing the deaths and economic impact of climate-related weather events. Public financial management has played a role in these achievements, offering important insights for other countries.
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When Governments Talk Climate, Investors Listen: Policies Can Drive Green Investments
Governmental policies can influence individual investor behavior, driving them towards sustainable investments and shaping' risk perceptions and investment choices.
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Powering Forward: Four Ways to Harness the Rule of Law for a Just Energy Transition
Asia and the Pacific’s developing countries should entrench the rule of law, grounded in openness, transparency, and inclusion, to achieve an equitable transition to decarbonized economies.
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More Crops Per Drop: Four Ways Armenia Can Conserve Water Resources Amid a Changing Climate
Armenia faces severe water challenges due to climate change and needs immediate and long-term strategies to safeguard its water resources and ensure sustainable agriculture.
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Coming to Terms with Battery Storage for Renewable Energy
Kelly Hewitt, an ADB Principal Energy Specialist with more than 25 years of experience in gas market regulation and reform, energy efficiency, climate mitigation, and renewable energy, defines key terms related to battery storage for renewable energy.
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Your Questions Answered: Poverty and Cost of Living in Asia and the Pacific
ADB statisticians Arturo Martinez Jr. and Joseph Albert Nino Bulan answer questions on how the increased cost of living crisis threatens to push many back into poverty in Asia and the Pacific, based on their research for Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific 2023.