What a Waste 3.0 is the third edition of the World Bank Group’s What a Waste series, following the 2012 and 2018 publications. It updates and expands these earlier publications and provides a global reference dataset on municipal solid waste in the context of a transition toward circularity, drawing on the most recent publicly accessible data from...
Microplastic pollution poses a significant threat to marine ecosystems, with land-based activities being the primary source. Wastewater treatment plants (STPs) and river systems act as key pathways, concentrating and transporting these plastics from urban areas to the sea. This presentation establishes a direct link between these sources and their...
Background Agrifood systems are central to both the economy and livelihoods in Lao PDR, Pakistan and Viet Nam, providing employment to large rural populations and contributing significantly to food security and economic development. However, these...
About the workshop: Convened from November 25–26, 2025, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, this technical workshop brought together government representatives from Lao PDR, Pakistan, and Vietnam, alongside gene bank managers, farmers’...
The global environmental governance landscape is undergoing a paradigmatic shift from state-centric pollution control to market-based Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). This report provides an exhaustive analysis of the EPR landscape within the Indo-Pacific region, contrasting the mature, strict-liability frameworks of East Asia (Japan, South...