This report presents the results and findings of the technical assistance project’s regional stocktake on national responses to SDGs 12, 14, and 15 in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, the Philippines, Samoa, Sri Lanka, Timor-Leste, and Viet Nam. In addition to this report, the project has also prepared jointly with UNDP–UNEP Poverty-Environment Action, Strengthening the Environmental Dimensions of the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific: Tool Compendium, an inventory of tools for policymakers with special emphasis on SDGs 12, 14, and 15.
This report provides an overview of technology options and an analysis of their potential applicability for large population centres, remote islands and atoll nations.
The review covers six major waste streams identified as having potential for export commodification, or are seen as having essential transport requirements due to the lack of disposal capacity on island nations.
The booklet provides an overview of end-of-life-tires recovery around the world and explores their potential recovery use through thermal processing to help conserve natural resources.
This report outlines the potential opportunities and barriers for Pacific island countries and Timor-Leste to export waste and recycling to international markets