Air pollution is a severe threat to children’s health and wellbeing.
Best Practices
This case study focuses on Material Flow but pays particularly attention to Municipal Waste Management. The aim of strategy is to develop a sustainable society by making a circular Material Flow.
Antibiotics are life savers in the field of bacterial infectious diseases. However, several bacterial species are developing resistance against antibiotics, rendering an increasing threat to today’s clinical settings and public health.
States affected by fragility, conflict or violence face growing threats to state security, the economy, and to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
City: Bac Ninh.
Country: Viet Nam.
Applied financing model: Provincial or city budget or Build and Transfer option through the land exchange for infrastructure investment from the private sector.
City: Bauang City.
Country: Philippines.
Applied financing model: Public-private partnership (PPP).
City: Bitung City.
Country: Indonesia.
Applied financing model: National and local government budget and public-private partnership (PPP).
City: Krong Kracheh.
Country: Cambodia.
Applied financing model: Grant and private investment.
City: Luang Namtha.
Country: Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).
Applied financing model: Loan.
City: Sleman Regency.
Country: Indonesia.
Applied financing model: Local government budget for sanitation.
City: Tangerang Selatan.
Country: Indonesia.
Applied financing model: National and local government budget and public-private partnership (PPP).
During the years of the Millennium Development Goals, Bangladesh experienced a period of sustained
growth. This enabled the country to make good progress on related indicators, like the prevalence of
Traditional burning practices are common in agriculture to clear residue from the fertile peatlands before planting new crops. However, consisting of layers of decomposed organic materials, burning peatlands release greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.
Guyana is extremely susceptible to hydro-meteorological hazards such as flooding and droughts which often have a devastating impact on the country’s primary industry – agriculture.