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This paper addresses the lack of research on the descriptive drivers of Green Official Development Assistance (G-ODA) by elaborating on the relationship between green growth levels of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee member countries and their G-ODA contributions.

This publication presents an overview of how waste generation could grow if the world continues along the current trajectory and how to consider changing that path.

This paper presents case studies and analysis of the mobility and logistics challenges of three East Asian cities.

This is a compendium featuring six successful examples of green public procurement implementation in four different Asia-Pacific countries - Thailand, Japan, China, and Korea.

This study investigates the economic viability of the Republic of Korea’s national forestation programme, which began in the 1960s and ultimately resulted in the successfully recovery of its forests and the ecosystem services associated with them. The study found that the programme was economically viable in the long-term, with the break-even point of the extensive investment on forestation appearing within two decades. In addition, this study highlights some key lessons from Korea’s programme that other countries could apply to maximize the probability of success in their own countries.

This working paper, presented at the first sub regional training workshop on environment statistics in Bangkok in 2000, summarizes information from (a) the Pilot Compilation of Environmental-Economic Accounts in Korea, (b) the Pilot Compilation of Environmental-Economic Accounts in the Korean Agricultural Sector, and (c) some general remarks on Korea Environmental Economic Accounting (KEEA).

The case study Greening Industrial Parks — A Case Study on South Korea’s Eco-Industrial Park Program presents the National Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) program, which was launched by the Korean National Cleaner Production Center (KNCPC) in 2003.

The Government of the Republic of Korea estimated that an investment of USD 105 billion in green growth between 2009 and 2013 would bring about 1.18 million jobs in the country (PCGG, 2009b). To realise this potential impact on the labour market, a broad set of policy measures for green...

This paper explains why the Republic of Korea adopted green growth as a new national development strategy and details how it has been implemented by the government. The author suggests that Korea adopted green growth as a new economic growth paradigm to create new growth engines and jobs through green...

The greening of urban development is finally receiving increased attention. This is long overdue, as the globe’s burgeoning urban population is using ever more resources and energy, which intensifies environmental pressures. If the demands on the biosphere’s resources are not to exceed the limits of sustainability, major changes are needed...