This project aims to introduce an effective management programme for end-of-life tires in the Pacific nation of Palau.
This paper presents case studies and analysis of the mobility and logistics challenges of three East Asian cities.
This case study summarizes efforts that the sub-national governments of Sri Lanka and Bhutan took to prepare their Climate Resilient Development Action Plans in order to achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions and Sustainable Development Goals.
Pesticides management is important for sustainable agriculture and green growth. Sound pesticides management and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in particular are widely acknowledged as important mechanisms to mitigate pre- and post-harvest losses and to achieve sustainable agricultural intensification.
This report presents the results of the testing of the GBEP indicators in Indonesia. The testing provided Indonesia with an understanding of how to establish the means of a long-term, periodic monitoring of its domestic bioenergy sector based on the GBEP indicators.
This document presents two case studies which examine the contracting of rubbish collection to the private sector in Papua New Guinea, and possibility of outsourcing household waste collection in Fiji.
Chapter 22 of the supplementing technical report, titled Economic Values from Ecosystems, presents an economic assessment of the contribution of ecosystem services on human well-being, following the methodology set out for the UK NEA. Overall, the chapter makes the case that ecosystems and their services are economically very significant at the national scale, underlining the relevance of conservation and efficient management.
This working paper presents the results of work by Statistics Austria on an economy-wide material balance for 1997, as well as a time series of resource use indicators such as Direct Material Inputs (DMI) and Direct Material Consumption (DMC) for 1960-1997. It is thus an essential contribution to the development of economy-wide material flow accounts and balances and can serve as an example for those wishing to implement similar analyses.
This report summarizes the best practice reporting recognized by the 2° Invest Awards, organized by the 2° Investing Initiative, the French Ministry for the Environment, and the French Treasury.
This paper Value Chain Upgrading for Competitiveness and Sustainability: A Comparative Study of Tea Value Chains in Kenya, Sri Lanka and Nepal conducts a comparative analysis of the export tea value chains in Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Nepal with a focus on how policy influences chain upgrading and the implications this has for trade patterns, competitiveness and sustainable development.