Publications

The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 as one of the core frameworks driving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development provided the impetus to design a new phase of the ASEAN ESC Model Cities programme which is aligned to the SDGs. From around 2016, many parties and experts have launched publications to inform cities...

Developed in coordination with a key expert panel of waste management specialists from across Asia, the report comprises an indicator-based assessment of 3R policies in 11 countries including Japan, China, India, Thailand as well as the Pacific Island region. By utilizing comparable measures for waste prevention, recycling, biomass utilization...

This study quantifies the environmental impacts and impact reductions related to wood consumption in Japan from 1970 to 2013 using material flow analysis and life cycle assessment.

This report looks at national policies and initiatives related to sustainable consumption and production in Asia, without pretending to offer an exhaustive inventory of such policies and initiatives. It was developed based on literature review, integrating information collected through key regional projects such as SWITCH Asia and SwitchMed. The...

NDCs are the sets of nationally driven actions that countries pledged to the UNFCCC in the wake of the Paris Agreement. Countries in Asia could capitalize on the political and financial support flowing from the Paris Agreement and NDCs to help mitigate Short Lived Climate Pollutants(SLCPs) and curb air pollution. This paper has three objectives...

The feasibility study on the potential application of Japanese low carbon technologies, namely energy-saving belt was conducted on January 17, 2018 at TATA Autocomp Systems Limited at Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was a part of the activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) conducted in India in FY2017 under the...

This report is related to the feasibility study on the potential application of Japanese low carbon technologies, namely compressed air system was conducted on September 26, 2017 at BADVE Auto Components Pvt. Ltd. at Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was a part of the activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) conducted in...

This report is related to the feasibility study on the potential application of Japanese low carbon technologies, namely compressed air system was conducted on September 25, 2017 at Trinity Engineers Pvt. Ltd. at Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was a part of the activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) conducted in...

The regional assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystem services for Asia and the Pacific of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES/6/INF/5) was accepted by the IPBES Plenary at its Fifth Meeting in March 2018. The clean, published version will be available to the public at a later date.

This report is for FY2017 contract work with the Ministry of Environment, Japan as the Secretariat of the Asian Co-benefits Partnership (ACP) for the international partnership for promotion of co-benefits approach.