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Digital technologies for climate change adaptation in Asia and the Pacific
Get PDFWhile some countries in the Asia-Pacific region are adapting to climate change, countries with special needs (CSNs) with less resources and capacities face significant challenges implementing adaptation projects. Yet, CSNs are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts, and most in need of adaptation interventions.
Despite this urgency to adapt to the changing climate and the promising solutions that digital technologies offer, the interlinkages between the two sectors at the policy level are not clear. In fact, while significant contributions of digital technologies to mitigate climate change have been widely applied across the region, fewer examples can be found for climate adaptation. Comprehensive evaluations of key enablers for using digital technologies to adapt to climate change remain scarce.
This working paper addresses this gap by assessing the key enablers and commonalities between different case studies worldwide in the use of digital technologies for climate adaptation. Based on the assessment results, policy recommendations for the advancement of climate adaptation in Asia-Pacific countries, particularly CSNs, are provided.</p
VATIS update : ozone layer protection. Vol. 4, No. 81, Mar-Apr 2007
No full textVATIS Update Ozone Layer Protection is published 6 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Ozone Layer Protection. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries
Action plan to strengthen regional cooperation on social protection in Asia and the Pacific
No full textIn October 2020, ESCAP member States acknowledged the centrality of social protection to achieving inclusive and
sustainable development and endorsed the Action Plan to Strengthen Regional Cooperation on Social Protection in Asia
and the Pacific. The action plan serves as guiding document for ESCAP member States to agree on a regional shared
vision, strategy and platform on social protection.
Universal social protection and the Social Protection Floor (SPF) Initiative provide the guiding frameworks for ESCAP’s
work in the area of social protection. Through the Regional Action Plan, ESCAP aims to support national and regional
efforts by enhancing the capacity of member States to build and strengthen inclusive social protection systems.</p
VATIS update : biotechnology. Vol. 1, No. 84, Mar-Apr 2007
Get PDFVATIS Update Biotechnology is published 4 times a year to keep the readers up to date of most of the relevant and latest technological developments and events in the field of Biotechnology. The Update is tailored to policy-makers, industries and technology transfer intermediaries.Highlights •
The gene that makes the man •
Sweet-toothed bacteria combat gut disorders •
Antibody therapy for psoriasis •
New protein super-family •
Unique tomatoes top in anti-oxidants •
Key to salt-tolerant wheat uncovered •Vol. 1 No. 84 Mar - Apr 2007
IN THE NEWS 4
China launches biosafety research centre
Biocentre to strengthen
Finnish life-science competence / Stem cell research centre to come
up in India / Scotland’s new programme in stem cell research
/ Nigeria initiates Africa’s institute of science / India emerging as key
biotech leader in Asia / South Africa accelerates development of biotech
research
MARKET NEWS 6
Geneservice acquires DNA sequencing facility
hands for gene expression screening / Embrapa may form partnership with Monsanto / Chromos, Genitope sign cell line engineering deal
/ Trellis Bioscience and PDL BioPharma collaborate on new antibodies
/BIO and IICA Moll to promote agricultural biotech / AstraZeneca acquires Arrow Therapeutics
GENOMICS 8
A gene that lurks behind autoimmune diseases / DNA sequence of Aspergillus niger genome published The gene that makes the man
/First draft of the human metabolome completed First draft of horse genome published Genetic link to schizophrenia discovered
MEDICAL BIOTECH 10
Gene therapy for AIDS / Second genetic defect for brittle bone disease identified Protein that regulates efficacy of chemotherapy in breast cancer Sweet-toothed bacteria combat gut disorders Stem cell marker identified in head and neck cancer / How T-cell leukaemia viruses evade body's defence system Antibody therapy for psoriasis
PROTEOMICS 12
Light-sensitive protein found in many marine bacteria / Motor protein plays a key role in neuron connection / Protein that awakens sleeping genes / Crucial protein role in deadly prion spread New protein super-family New function of protein kinase pathway in tumour suppression / Turning a cellular sentinel into a cancer killer.
AGRI BIOTECH 15
New mechanism for nutrient uptake discovered Tobacco genetically engineered to produce vaccine / Watercress: anti-cancer superfood
/ Unique tomatoes top in anti-oxidants / Key to salt-tolerant wheat uncovered / Beta-carotene suitable to colour low-fat mayonnaise
RECENT PUBLICATIONS 18
TECH EVENTS 1
South Asia SDG update
No full textAnnouncementI. Key Activities during April-June 2021II. Select Outreach ActivitiesIII. Knowledge products issued by UNESCAP-SSWA in the year 2021 and 2020IV. Highlights of the 77th Commission Session - Country StatementsV. SDGs IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS</p
South and South-West Asia Development Monitor No. 8
No full textSouth and South-West Asia Development Monitor Number 8, 15 September 2012.
The Development Monitor is a bimonthly electronic newsletter, launched in early 2012 (issued on a monthly basis initially), which provides an overview of the work and activities undertaken by the ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office and conferences and knowledge products of relevance to the subregion. The newsletter also provides a compilation of news and articles on themes covered by the ESCAP SSWA work programme.
Key stakeholders involved in Afghanistan’s WTO membership accession met in New Delhi on 22 to 24 August 2012 to explore essential features of trade policy and regulations that determine the export competitiveness of businesses. The workshop gathered 22 participants, including representatives from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Afghanistan, the International Trade Department as well as the Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Capacity-building Programme for WTO Accession of Afghanistan was organized as part of the ESCAP South and South-West Asia Office’s mandate jointly with the International Trade Center, a subsidiary organization of the WTO, to initiate a well-informed and structured policy dialogue between key players of Afghanistan’s WTO accession, by addressing knowledge-gaps and related trade policy and development issues
Trade in commercial services outlook in Asia and the Pacific 2021/2022
No full textTrade in commercial services is set for a fragile recovery in 2021, after a considerable fall in 2020: Global exports and imports values are forecast to increase by just 2.7% and 1.2%, respectively, in 2021, compared to 9.6% and 0.9%, respectively, in Asia and the Pacific. The stronger export growth of Asia and the Pacific will boost the region’s prominence in global services exports from 23.8% in 2020 to 25.4% in 2021, while its import share will decline slightly from 30.2% to 30.1%.
Unlike merchandise trade, global and regional services trade remain well below pre-pandemic levels; global services trade in 2021 is estimated to be 18.0% (US55 billion) loss.
As the outbreak of new COVID-19 sub-variants continued, travel services were hit the hardest. In the first quarter of 2021, global travel trade was 60% down compared with 2019, despite recovering from its lowest point in 2020 (Q2). This is especially relevant for countries in South-East and East Asia, whose economic recovery was interrupted by new lockdown restrictions.
In contrast, non-travel services have tended to be on a recovery track. Transport and other business services have followed the recovery in global and regional goods trade, having experienced sustained growth after the initial slump in Q2 2020. A positive outlook for merchandise trade growth promises to keep boosting transport services trade. Accelerated by the pandemic, digitalization has boosted demand for ICT and financial services. Both sectors have enjoyed positive performances.
Going into 2022, global and regional services trade are expected to continue recovering slowly and heterogeneously across sectors. While transport, other business services and ICT are anticipated to flourish, travel services will experience a weak recovery as border crossing remains more difficult than in pre-pandemic times. The possibility of new lockdowns and border restrictions, slower than expected vaccination rollouts in 2022 and maritime shipping disruptions remain important downside risks in the shorter-term.
Beyond 2022, the acceleration of digitalization is expected to be one of the pandemic’s most enduring legacies. Indeed, as digitalization of the regional and global economies intensify, it can be expected to redefine the nature of services trade in the medium to longer-term.
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Beyond the pandemic : building back better from crises in Asia and the Pacific
Get PDFThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has created the worst crisis in Asia and the Pacific since World War II. Across the Asia-Pacific region, as across the world, countries have suffered sudden economic contractions, along with interruptions to trade, broken supply chains, and with the collapse of international tourism – leading to widespread job losses and increases in poverty. In all countries, the economic shock caused by the pandemic has exposed many structural weaknesses and fault-lines – notably in health and social protection systems, in digital connectivity and skills, as well as the extent to which our production and consumption patterns have been destroying the environment. As countries now work to stem the unprecedented challenges of the pandemic, they also need to address these weaknesses – to build back better.
Beyond the pandemic: Building back better from crises in Asia and the Pacific. The theme study for the 77th Commission session analyses the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic in countries of Asia and the Pacific, takes stock of action so far, and sets out a policy agenda for building back better grounded in regional cooperation and centered around four critical interconnected areas: broadening social protection, investing in a sustained recovery, strengthening connectivity and supply chains; and mending a broken relationship with nature