The report Growing in Circles: Climate-ready, resilient, resource-efficient and equitable cities summarises the results of applying recommendations set out in the Weight of Cities report by the International Resource Panel. This summary report describes the original work that has been developed by the Global Initiative for Resource Efficient Cities (GI-REC) to identify and test promising approaches and tools in pilot cities around the world, especially in the global south.
The 2019 Asia and the Pacific Renewable Energy Status Report provides a comprehensive overview of renewable energy developments in the world’s largest and fastest growing region, covering 18 selected countries across five sub-regions.
The sixth edition of IRENA's yearly report Renewable Energy and Jobs – Annual Review 2019 provides the latest available estimates and calculations on renewable energy employment.
This policy brief Making Infrastructure Resource Efficient identifies a critical need to decouple economic growth from the extraction and use of natural resources. Increasing the resource efficiency of infrastructure can be a major driver of the transition to sustainable development.
This paper responds to the global discourse around the need to decarbonize the world’s building stock by 2050 in order to meet global climate goals. It aims to provide clear, feasible policy pathways by which developing countries can achieve net zero carbon buildings (ZCBs) in their cities. The paper provides a starting point for urban decision-makers who are interested in understanding the wide range of policy options available to them.