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Technologies for adaptation to climate change in Asia-Pacific
No full textThe third issue of Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor focusing on ‘Technologies for adaptation to climate change in Asia-Pacific’. The Asia-Pacific region is highly vulnerable to climate change. It is likely to face increased impacts including intense and frequent extreme events and sea level rise in the next few decades.
Transformative adaptation enabled through better technologies has become vital to enhance resilience towards these impacts. As countries are raising their ambitions to respond to the challenges of climate change as part of their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), adaptation technologies will play an important role in meeting these commitments and overall objectives of the Paris Agreement. Commitments for increased finance and technology transfer support to developing countries for enhancing collective ambitions and actions at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) will be definitive to chart a pathway to achieve the adaptation and mitigation goals of Paris Agreement.
This issue of Tech Monitor discusses how innovative technologies could support policymakers and practitioners to make the interventions for climate change adaptation more robust. The articles provide insights into the application of space and digital technologies for addressing impacts in different sectors such as agriculture, disaster risk reduction and natural resource management.Introductory Note [2]Technology Market Scan [3]Technology Scan Focus: Technologies for adaptation to climate change [9]
Special Theme: Technologies for adaptation to climate change in Asia-Pacific - Digital and Space-Based Technologies for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience - Venkatachalam Anbumozhi [15] - Indigenous, traditional and local knowledge for bottom-up adaptation innovation - Binaya Raj Shivakoti [24] - Mekong Drought and Crop Watch in the Context of a Changing Climate - Rishiraj Dutta [30]
Technologies for climate change mitigation - Enabling Mechanisms for the Adoption of Energy Storages and Hydrogen for Responding to Climate Change in Southeast Asia - Beni Suryadi, Annisa Larasati, Raisha Verniastika [44]
Tech Events [55]Tech Ventures & Opportunities [56]
Business Coach - Start-up Venture Creation [57] - Technology Transfer [60] - Venture Financing [64] - Managing Innovation [66] - Green Productivity [68]
Tech Opportunities - Technology Offers [70]</p
Universal access to all : maximizing the impact of clean cooking
No full textThe clean cooking sector is underpinned by limited prioritization in the policy-making sphere and a chronic lack of financing. Numerous countries in the region have yet to establish clean cooking targets. SEforAll estimates that global investment levels account for less than 3 per cent of the annual requirement of US$4.5 billion to achieve universal access to clean cooking by 2030. While the investment required seems substantial, the explicit and implicit costs of inaction on health, gender and the environment could be more than 500 times higher.3 Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) on universal access to clean cooking provides a blueprint for a complete transition to clean fuels and technology. Embedding the SDG 7 clean cooking target in national energy policies as well as the COVID-19 recovery stimulus will help avoid these costs while simultaneously contributing to the achievement of multiple SDGs on health, poverty, gender equality, air pollution and climate change.
In this context, ESCAP conducted a global review to inform policymakers on the real-life impact of clean cooking programmes and policies. The review covered 46,115 households across 26 low- and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Latin America and Caribbean region
Asia-Pacific tech monitor. Vol. 23, No. 4, Jul - Aug 2006
No full textThe venturing cluster : Proactive, multi-layered networking in Sapporo, Japan / Masayuki Kondo
Knowledge flow through national R & D : The role of public research institutes in techno-regional clusters / Yong-Gil Lee
Making incubators more effective : China's networking systems for business incubators / Wang Rong
The Europe INNOVA initiative : CORDIS-the Community Research and Development Information Service / CORDIS
SME clusters in China : One way to build up innovation capabilities / Xiangdong Chen and Li-li Ca
Coal phase out and energy transition pathways for Asia and the Pacific
No full textThe Asia-Pacific is highly reliant on fossil fuels. A key issue for the region is how to reverse its fossil fuel reliance, particularly on coal, in light of climate impacts and the sustainable development benefits possible through an energy transition to cleaner sources. The 'Coal Phase out and Energy Transition Pathways for Asia and the Pacific' report aims to provide insights into how the region can transition away from coal to a renewable based efficient energy system compatible with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development Goals.
The analytical framework of the study brings together a systematic review of literature and data to provide a background on the current situation, drivers of coal expansion in the region, options for a clean energy transition and the benefits of a transition to inform policy options. The report extracts data on coal share in power generation and capacity in the Asia Pacific, and provides analysis on the impact on greenhouse gas emissions at regional level. The paper also conducts a policy review to assess the proven policies in the region based on existing literature, to inform recommendations for governments in the region to adopt best practices
Vatis update: new and renewable energy
No full textHighlights
- Coal-bed gas to generate 5000 MW power
- Solar lantern
- Scheme to encourage ethanol fuel production
- New solar refrigerator
- Wind power for waste water treatment
- 150kW prototype wind turbine
- Solar energy in IsraelIN THE NEWS 5
INVENTIONS/NEW PRODUCTS 7
SOLAR ENERGY 10
WIND ENERGY 14
STANDARDS 15
- Solar energy and standardization
RECENT PUBLICATIONS ___ 17
CATCHING UP WITH EVENTS_______________ 17
INDEX_______________________________ 18
- Geothermal pilot plant facility in the Philippines - Device for generating power from the ocean - Solar energy in industrialised countries - World's first offshore wind farm in Denmark - Energy mobile: alternative energy - Mini hydel power units in India - Tie-up for thermal solar plant - Loan assistance by IREDA - Scheme to encourage ethanol fuel production - Indo-US renewable energy panel planned - Coal-bed gas to generate 5000 MW power - Energy from the sea - Solar meal maker - Prototype solar toilet - New solar refrigerator - Amorphorous solar cells - Solar powered water purifier - Solar lantern - Wind power for waste water treatment - Wind driven generators 150 KW prototype wind turbine - Fuel-less pumpset for irrigation farms - Thin film modules Thin film solar technology - New system to cut thermal energy cost - Diesohol - fuel of the future
SOLAR ENERGY 10
Solar energy in industrialised countries - World Bank reviews solar photovolaic systems in India - Solar technology transforms Sri Lankan
hospital - Solar energy in Israel - Photovoltaics in UK - Korea-Italy joint workshop on new and renewable energy - Solar energy for tea processing
World's largest opeatring solar pond - Photovoltaic systems in Indonesia
WIND ENERGY 14
- World's largest opeatring solar pond - Photovoltaic systems in Indonesia
- Wind farm projects in India - Major wind farms bas
Trade facilitation in times of crisis and pandemic : practices and lessons from the Asia-Pacific region
Get PDFThis publication has been prepared as part of the activities of the UNDA project 'Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics: contactless, seamless and collaborative UN solutionsThe Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has hit international trade worldwide and in Asia and the Pacific, underscoring the importance of maintaining trade connectivity not only for the immediate pandemic response, but also for the subsequent recovery efforts in order to build resilience to future disruptions. The report first describes, in the section II, the initial developments and lessons learnt in trade and transport facilitation practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Section III presents the results of a Survey on trade facilitation in times of crisis and pandemic in the Asia and the Pacific region. Finally, Section IV discusses the ways forward for trade facilitation measures to support a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and how the Asia-Pacific region can be better equipped to build back better
Transport and communications bulletin for Asia and the Pacific. No. 49
No full textTransport and communications bulletin for Asia and the Far East. (0041-1396
Harnessing fourth industrial revolution technologies for healthcare
Get PDFSpecial Theme: Harnessing fourth industrial revolution technologies for healthcare
As the year 2021 is folding up, the world is gearing up to meet the challenges of COVID-19 pandemic. Armed with newer and innovative tools of science, technology and innovation (STI), countries are strengthening efforts to provide improved and faster health services to the affected population. Increased number of effective vaccines, drugs, and digital health solutions are helping countries to stem the pandemic. The year 2022 poses optimism for a better and healthy world.
Frontier technologies such as the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) technologies (e.g., Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Machine Learning and drones) have been successfully used for population screening, tracking the infection, prioritizing the use and allocation of resources, vaccine development and designing targeted responses. Prominent 4IR applications in healthcare include Telehealth or telemedicine to get remote support from health-care professionals; Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based identification of high-risk population and medical diagnostics; and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT)-based tools for remote patient monitoring, tracing and tracking of patients. An important feature of these technologies is that they can be used widely and made affordable for large segments of population.
This issue of Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor discusses how innovative 4IR technologies can be harnessed to make the healthcare system more robust. The articles provide insights and examples from the Asia-Pacific region into the application of different 4IR technologies such as IoT and machine learning for providing more efficient and effective healthcare.Introductory Note [2]Technology Market Scan [3]Technology Scan: 4IR technologies for healthcare [10]
Special Theme: Harnessing fourth industrial revolution technologies for healthcare• Harnessing power of IoT for healthcare - Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay, Krishanthi P. Jayasundera [16]• The equity agenda in fourth industrial revolution healthcare technology - Anuradha Gupta [27]• Investigating the use of digital solutions in the COVID-19 pandemic : An exploratory case study of eIR and eLMIS in India [29]
Tech Events [33]Tech Ventures & Opportunities [34]Business Coach• Start-up Venture Creation [35]• Technology Transfer [37]• Venture Financing [41]• Managing Innovation [44]• Green Productivity [46]
Tech Opportunities• Technology Offers [48]</p