As the second most populated country in the world, urbanization in India is taking place at a high rate. As a result, the country is dealing with a great housing shortage. Twenty five per cent of the population do not have dwellings of their own, accounting for a shortage of almost sixty million units. Hence, building constructions play a vital role to meet such demand.
Sugarcane production is an important activity and a major employer in the African agriculture, with an estimated six million people deriving their livelihood from the sugar industry. Given these contributions, any factor affecting the industry has an impact on the overall economy. With a relatively low adaptive capacity and poor forecasting systems and mitigation strategies, sugarcane farming is anticipated to be significantly impacted by climate change, just like other agricultural sectors, especially in developing countries.
The Asia-Pacific region’s rapid and sustained economic growth, increasing population, and rapid urbanization are driving growth in energy demand. Ensuring that supplies of energy are adequate to meet this growth in ways that are socially, economically and environmentally responsible creates a new set of challenges for policymakers. The transition to 2030 energy pathway, which is aimed at addressing those challenges, has four coherent and interlinked objectives – increased energy supply to meet growing demand, improved energy security, meeting the SDG7 targets and achieving the NDCs.
How can tourism effectively contribute to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development? This flagship report addresses the changes needed in policies, business practices and consumer behaviour. Showcased along 23 case studies from around the world, this two-volume report examines the role of tourism in each of the five pillars of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development, 2017: 1. Sustainable economic growth; 2. Social inclusiveness, employment and poverty reduction; 3. Resource efficiency, environmental protection and climate change; 4.
The idea of the Zero Baht Shop located in Bangok’s Prawet district is rather simple, yet highly impactful: a place where no money is needed, but recyclable goods can be exchanged for other useful items.
It all started in a deprived area on the outskirts of Bangkok, where most people worked in the informal sector, doing jobs such as selling goods on boats, picking recyclables from waste, selling garlands on the street, or becoming day laborers. Their wages were earned daily, which made it impossible to rent a home.
ADB, in collaboration with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and UN Environment, held a Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Strengthening the Environment Dimensions of the SDGs in Asia and the Pacific on 21–22 February 2018, in Bangkok, Thailand.
This Compendium provides a review of available tools related to the integration of environment into policy and planning in order to deliver sustainable development in the Asia and Pacific region. In the context of this task, the term ‘tools’ is interpreted broadly in order to ensure that as wide a range of potential tools and processes as possible is considered that could be used to integrate the environmental considerations of sustainable development into the Policy Cycle.
thinkstep helps businesses become more environmentally friendly through improvements in operational excellence, product innovation, brand value and regulatory compliance. With expert sustainability consulting services, high quality data and easy-to-use product and organizational software, thinkstep enables organizations worldwide to succeed sustainably.
With Thinking Circular, we are constructing a multiverse for green progress, in which we unleash the potential of green innovation. Through the Circular Economy and the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) design principle, we support economics, science and politics in becoming part of a sustainable society. Consulting, networking, partners, political classification, events, expert tips, influencers, speakers – all of these and much more are offered by Thinking Circular. This is where ideas evolve for safeguarding the future: Green innovations are devised and put into practice.
This publication shares the key lessons from a decade of IRRC implementation to improve municipal solid waste management, and explains how the contributions of IRRCs can support the implementation of important global and regional agendas for sustainable development: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development; the New Urban Agenda; the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; the Regional Road Map for the 2030 Agenda in the Asia-Pacific region; and the Ministerial Declaration on Environment and Development in the Asia-Pacific region.