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Summary assessment of Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development, Eighth Session, 23-26 March 2021
Get PDFThe eighth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD) took place on 23-26 March 2021 in a hybrid mode due to ongoing COVID-19 related travel restrictions in many countries in the Asia Pacific region. The Forum took place under the theme “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific”.
An online questionnaire assessing the relevance, effectiveness and quality of the meeting was conducted. The main purpose of the assessment was to support the secretariat’s ongoing efforts to improve its servicing of the APFSD.
The Eighth APFSD adopted a Report2 with Annexed Chair’s Summary and Addendum which includes the priority of actions resulting from the Parallel Roundtables held on 24th March 2021.</p
National study on digital trade integration on Pakistan
No full textThis report is part of the 11th Tranche of the Development Account on Measuring, monitoring and improving performance in regional integration within ECA, ESCWA and ESCAP regions. This report provides an overview of digital trade integration of Pakistan. It identifies constraints and bottlenecks in achieving successful and sustainable regional digital trade integration. The methodology relies on an extensive review of recent literature and policies within and outside Pakistan. In particular, the report looks at post-pandemic evidence with regard to digital trade integration. In-depth interviews were conducted with relevant public sector bodies, regulatory organizations, the private sector, citizen groups, think tanks, development partners and other related stakeholders. The report considers digital trade in goods and services involving digitally-enabled transactions involving consumers, firms and Governments. The analysis highlights the constraints that hinder trade and foreign investment in digital trade. The legislative and regulatory requirements for transfer, retention and protection of data, together with the constraints faced in the transition towards the digitization of the economy are discussed. The recommendations made in this report will help to achieve goals under recent policies announced for the uplifting of the digital sector. The report recommends a whole-of-the-government approach to ensuring federal- and provincial-level coordination as well as keeping digital trade integration inclusive.
This series also include: Regional Integration and Cooperation of Pakistan in Health-related Sector, and National Action Plan Promoting Pakistan's Digital Trade Integration in the Asia-Pacific Region.</p
Asia-Pacific tech monitor. Vol. 25, No. 1, Jan - Feb 2008
No full textEnergy-efficient technologies : A techno-economic analysis for the small and medium industry sector / S.Kumar, G. Anandarajah and C.Visvanathan
Promoting renewable energy : Public-private participation in Thailand / Tittaya Waranusantikule, Qwanruedee Chotichanathawewong and Sanit Aksornkoae
Sustaining the renewable energy drive : Lessons from the Philippine experience / Vicente O. Roaring
Sino-Dutch Cooperative Project : Promoting rural renewable energy in Sichuan / Qu Feng, Song Yingxue and Wu Libin
Small hydro power generation : The Indonesian experience / Nenny Sri Utam
SDG 7 localisation snapshot : Pakse City, Lao PDR
Get PDFSDG7 Localisation Snapshot provides a brief overview of the key areas related to implementation of the Sustainable Goal 7 (SDG7) to ‘Ensure access to affordable, reliable,
sustainable and modern energy for all’ at the local level based on the answers provided by the jurisdiction to the SDG7 Localisation questionnaire.
Questionnaire allowed to collect the assessments from the local officials regarding the situation on the implementation of SDG7 in their jurisdiction. SDG7 Localisation Snapshot
is a part of the collaborative project of United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to
support city and sub-national governments in accelerating their efforts in the field of sustainable energy. SDG 7 Localisation Snapshots are short publications of the cities’ self-assessment regarding their capacity and availability of policies, actions and resources for supporting SDG 7 localisation. The Snapshots can download here
Demographic dividend with a gender dimension in the Republic of Korea
Get PDFThis policy brief is produced as part of the interregional project; Demographic Dividend with a Gender Dimension: Entry points for Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals in Africa and Asia and the Pacific; being implemented by ESCAP and ECA for capacity development among member States to achieve sustainable development through enhancing human capital, addressing structural inequalities and reducing gender disparities. The policy brief and related materials are part of knowledge products that can be found in the ESCAP </p
Asia-Pacific tech monitor. Vol. 22, No. 1, Jan - Feb 2005
No full textHazardous waste management in India / Tata Energy Research Institute
Clinical wastes in Malaysia : Guidelines on the handling and management / Department of Environment, Malaysia
The Basel Convention / Secretariat of the Basel Convention
Country Fact Sheet : Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailan
Strengthening energy security and building resilience in the Asia–Pacific
Get PDFThe study is to examine the new energy security dimensions that are emerging with the advent of the energy transition and to include the impacts of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic on global energy markets and energy security especially in the Asia-Pacific region.
It analyses and summarizes the global and regional energy megatrends in the Asia-Pacific region until 2020 in the light of the global climate policies and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It also addresses the short-term impacts of the global pandemic on the energy markets and developments, abut also consider the implications of a longer-term recovery from COVID-19 on global and regional energy security.
In addition, it analyses the future challenges of the electrification of the transport sector and industry sectors, including the rapidly rising electricity, the electrification of the transport sector and the perspectives for batteries and the importance for energy security in both sectors.
The study addresses the future challenges for the SDGs in a post-pandemic world and to which extent global and regional energy policies need to change to achieve the SDGs and the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement, including the opportunities for the development of hydrogen as a major instrument for worldwide decarbonization.
It examines how to balance between short-term economic recovery programmes with long-term energy security and climate protection objectives. It particularly discusses those competing objectives in the light of the new dimensions of energy security and the long-term sustainable development objectives. Finally, the study identifies and recommendes viable policy options for the Asia-Pacific member States.</p