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25 August 2022
How can policymakers and corporate strategists design and implement effective policies to reduce and eventually eliminate plastic pollution?
This was the 4th session of the Circular Economy Webinar Session as we pre-launch the Introduction of Circular Plastics Economy for Policy Makers eLearning…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
11 August 2022
While Bhutan is developing its network of roadways, its climate, and mountainous terrain contribute to road degradation, making it difficult for transport and commercial activities. Green Road, a construction company, has developed an eco-friendly and resilient solution by paving roads using…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
1 to 4 August 2022
Background and Rationale
Bioengineering's potential contribution to slope stability maintenance and road construction and maintenance in Bangladesh has been known for some time. This contribution was recognized as a nature-based solution (NBS). As a consequence, engineers need to understand…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
26 July 2022
Despite the current circular economy global movement, the amount of waste generated globally is still on the rise, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic when online shopping and take-out food services have been increasing. We must reduce waste and, simultaneously, recycle/recover resources from “…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
30 June 2022
09:00 am – 12:05 pm, Western Indonesia Time (WIB)
Background
Four billion or 92 percent of people in Asia and the Pacific are exposed to air pollution levels that endanger their health (UNEP, 2019). Long-term exposure to air pollution is linked with worse COVID-19 health outcomes, especially…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
16 June 2022
Our Ocean has enough energy to power our civilization. However, Ocean energy has been slow to be adopted due to technology costs, subsidization of fossil fuels, and a general lack of awareness of the ocean environment. For too long, the Ocean has been a dumping ground from which we extract what…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
7 June 2022
Asia is home to an estimated 350 million smallholder farmers, who produce around 80% of the food consumed in the region. The impacts of climate change on soil quality and productivity, exacerbated by a growing fertilizer shortage, threaten the region's food security and smallholder farmers'…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Water and Urban Development Sector Office
20 May 2022
Marcel Kroese explained the energy needs and supply chains for alternative proteins including the current practices on how MARES type interventions can lead to transformation in aquaculture and fisheries.
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
13 May 2022
Tom Chi explained how deep tech could be rapidly rolled out to solve our oceans' energy, regeneration, and livelihood challenges. Deep tech thinking has been taken from the IT industry and applied to ocean regeneration disruptive tech developments.
Using his experience as a founding team member…
Organizer: Energy Sector Office, Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster
28 April to 26 October 2022
Environmentally sustainable and “green” infrastructure, including those applying nature-based solutions (NbS), are designed to deliver and/or protect a range of ecosystem services--such as water purification, air quality, space for recreation, and climate mitigation and adaptation--while…
Organizer: Climate Change, Resilience, and Environment Cluster, Transport Sector Office, Energy Sector Office, Water and Urban Development Sector Office