This project supports Mongolia and Central Asian countries in developing research capacity on inclusive green economy (IGE) development in Central Asia. The participating countries share socio-economic challenges and environmental issues such as land degradation, water scarcity, energy inefficiency, and waste production, and by facilitating South-South Cooperation, this project promotes the...
The Natural Capital Coalition is running a project to draft a harmonised framework for valuing natural capital in business decision making to enable better measurement, management, reporting and disclosure. This is the Natural Capital Protocol (NCP). Funding for the project is provided in part by the Gordon and Betty Moore...
The Indonesian Green Entrepreneurship Program (IGEP) aims at supporting and building the capacity of ILO constituents and relevant national partners in Indonesia to better discuss and develop policies generating green, decent employment and environmental sustainability. IGEP is a set of multi-level activities helping to reduce poverty via sustainable economic growth...
By taking a tripartite approach, the project aims to provide ILO constituents and stakeholders with a clearer understanding of the distribution of green jobs across the economy, promote information exchange and social dialogue on green jobs policies, and identify potential entry points for further green job creation, thus help policy...
The Kenya Climate Innovation Center (CIC) provides holistic, country-driven support to accelerate the development, deployment and transfer of locally relevant climate and clean energy technologies. The CIC provides incubation, capacity building services and financing to Kenyan entrepreneurs and new ventures that are developing innovative solutions in energy, water and agribusiness...
The objective of the Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC) is to establish regional institutional capacity that will support Caribbean entrepreneurs and new ventures involved in developing locally-appropriate solutions to climate change mitigation and adaptation. Through its programs, activities and financing, the Caribbean CIC and its network of partners and stakeholders...
The Ethiopia Climate Innovation Center (ECIC) supports Ethiopian small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are developing innovative solutions that address climate change challenges. We aim to accelerate the development, deployment and transfer of climate technologies by providing SMEs a set of holistic country-driven support services, including early-stage financing, business support...
The Environmental Performance Reviews (EPRs) identify good practices and make recommendations to improve the reviewed country’s environmental policies and programmes.
Environment Ministers of OECD member countries in January 1991, called on the OECD to review environmental performance in member countries. This mandate was confirmed by the OECD Council meeting at...
Through a regional assessment ESCAP identified the decentralized neighbourhood- based compost plants developed by Waste Concern, an NGO in Bangladesh, as an approach that met the above criteria. Adapting this approach, ESCAP and Waste Concern undertook two successful pilot projects in Sri Lanka and Viet Nam.
Building on these prior...
In response of the needs of policy makers and stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region, ESCAP has partnered with several organisations to offer interactive, on-line training courses related to Green Growth.
The Green Growth on-line e-Learning facility takes an integrative, multidisciplinary approach towards promoting environmentally-sustainable economic growth. Moreover, the facility is...