This compendium showcases new and innovative low carbon technologies that have potential to be deployed in Asia and the Pacific. The compendium aims to contribute to low carbon development in the region by promoting further research, innovation, and investment in emerging technologies.
This publication is intended for businesses, especially Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). It aims to demonstrate the compelling business case for eco-innovation and how it can enable companies to carve out commercially interesting opportunities.
This report introduces the concept of a Zero-Emissions Delivery Zone (ZED Zone), a new innovative financing model that can accelerate commercial vehicle electrification, while delivering substantial financial, social and environmental returns for forward-thinking investors.
This report provides details of waste management courses offered in the 15 PacWastePlus countries.
This report is about the causes of consumer food waste and the opportunities for reducing it, using green and digital technologies.
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are generally small in population and land area, with fragile ecologies, and face diverse and distinct development trajectories. Many SIDS face common structural and fiscal development challenges including lack of economic diversification, inadequate social protections and inclusion, heavy debt and overdependency on imported fossil fuels. Further, their small size and geographies make SIDS extremely vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.
UNDP’s integrated SIDS offer Rising Up for SIDS articulates a clear strategy to respond to their most pressing needs as well as bring forth innovative solutions to the complex developmental challenges they face for a better future for people and planet. It acts as a vehicle for recovery committing to enhancing current support in areas of climate action, blue economy and digital transformation, with innovative development finance as an enabling cross-cutting area