Indicators For A Resource Efficient And Green Asia And The Pacific

Author : Heinz Schandl,Jim West (Systems modeller),Tim Baynes,Karin Hosking,Walter Reinhardt,Arne Geschke,Manfred Lenzen
Publisher : UN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9280734555

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Indicators for a Resource Efficient and Green Asia and the Pacific by Heinz Schandl,Jim West (Systems modeller),Tim Baynes,Karin Hosking,Walter Reinhardt,Arne Geschke,Manfred Lenzen Pdf

This report paints a clear picture of the path taken by the countries in the region over the past 40 years in their resource use. Today, the region dominates global resource use, comprising more than 50 per cent and consumption is rapidly rising as economies grow, infrastructure is built and the middle class expands. But even accounting for economic growth, resource efficiency in the region lags far behind the rest of the world, and varies dramatically between countries. As an illustration, developing countries in the region use an average of 5kg of resources for every dollar they produce, ten times that used by industrialized countries. This begs the question of where we should seek the fastest and best improvements in efficiency and where the Asia Pacific region can find the "low-hanging fruit" to achieve resource efficiency in this high-tech age.

Author : United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210602242

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Indicators for a Resource Efficient and Green Asia and the Pacific by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Pdf

This report paints a clear picture of the path taken by the countries in the region over the past 40 years in their resource use. Today, the region dominates global resource use, comprising more than 50 per cent and consumption is rapidly rising as economies grow, infrastructure is built and the middle class expands. But even accounting for economic growth, resource efficiency in the region lags far behind the rest of the world, and varies dramatically between countries. As an illustration, developing countries in the region use an average of 5kg of resources for every dollar they produce, ten times that used by industrialized countries. This report seeks to identify where to achieve resource efficiency in a high-tech age.

Author : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210579674

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Green Growth Indicators by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

The conventional “grow first, clean up later” approaches to economic growth are increasingly placing the futures of regional economies and societies at risk. The forward-thinking policymaker is tasked to promote development based on eco-efficient economic growth and at the same time, record more inclusive gains in human welfare and socio-economic progress. In order to assist policymakers in responding to such challenges, ESCAP’s “Greening of economic growth” series provides quick access to easy-to-read guidance to specific policy tools.

Author : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210579247

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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 presents data for the 58 ESCAP member countries, as well as world, regional, sub-regional and economic aggregates for comparison. For the first time the Yearbook is aligned with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It offers current trends and emerging topics in the Asia-Pacific region, grouped around the themes of people, the environment, the economy and connectivity. It provides the international and regional community with key indicators, objective analyses of the current trends and emerging issues, along with data and charts. In order to maximize the comparability, the data is sourced exclusively from international agencies that adhere to the official global statistical standards.

Author : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210578004

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Transformations for Sustainable Development by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

This report is a combined effort by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the United Nations University (UNU), and the Institute for Global and Environmental Strategies (IGES), and is being published as governments and other stakeholders prepare to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – a plan for people, planet, prosperity, peace, and partnership. While “transformation” has become a buzz-word during the formulation of this agenda, how to make it happen has not been addressed properly. This report underlines that the Sustainable Development Goals will only be achieved when key Asia-Pacific megatrends are managed in a way that creates opportunities for achieving sustainable development outcomes. It supports national and regional efforts to implement the 2030 Agenda. Regional megatrends such as urbanization, trade and economic integration and rising consumption and changing consumption patterns are already shaping the future patterns of resource use, and defining who will be the ‘winners’ and who will be the ‘losers’. The report examines the four critical determinants of the relationship between the economy, people and nature explored in this publication as targets for a fundamental transformation – social justice, resource efficiency, investment flows and economic structures.

Author : Heinz Schandl
Publisher : UN
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Asia
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213642783

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Resource Efficiency by Heinz Schandl Pdf

The first Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook (REEO) for Asia and the Pacific report focuses on demand for and use of natural resources, as drivers and as consequences of economic activity and social development. This report provides an overview of resource use patterns in Asia and the Pacific, explains why sustainable resource use and resource efficiency will become an economic and social imperative for the region, and presents information on how resource efficiency and sustainable resource use might be achieved through careful policy design. It aims to inform policy makers and practitioners working on integrated environment and development strategies in particular, as well as sustainability policies more generally.

Author : Catalina Spataru
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781317628279

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Whole Energy System Dynamics by Catalina Spataru Pdf

In order to address the twenty-first-century challenges of decarbonisation, energy security and cost-effectiveness it is essential to understand whole energy systems and the interconnection and interaction between different components. An integrated language is therefore needed to assist energy policymakers and to help industrial stakeholders assess future energy systems and infrastructure and make realistic technical and economic decisions. Whole Energy System Dynamics provides an interdisciplinary approach to whole energy systems; providing insights and understanding of it in the context of challenges, opportunities and solutions at different levels and time steps. It discusses approaches across disciplinary boundaries as well as existing issues within three main themes: theory, modelling and policy, and their interlinkage with geopolitics, markets and practice. Spataru argues that there is an urgent need for a whole energy system integration. This is necessary for effective analysis, design and control of the interactions and interdependencies involved in the technical, economic, regulatory and social dimensions of the energy system. This book is essential reading for students interested in the area of energy systems, policy and modelling. It is also a valuable read for policymakers, professionals, researchers, academics, engineers and industrial stakeholders.

Author : Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 9746803298

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Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United Nations Pdf

The Asia-Pacific region has come to a historical crossroad: development goals are within reach and the region has the opportunity to lift its people out of poverty. But arriving at those goals and pulling millions more people out of poverty cannot be done through conventional growth strategies. Resource constraints, price volatility and the climate crisis have removed business as usual as an option for all economies. The situation now requires a serious re-examination of the resource- and carbon-intensive growth strategies. Every country in the Asia-Pacific region needs to drastically improve its resource efficiency. The region must embrace a new growth strategy that can turn the trade-off between economic development and environmental protection into a win-win synergy in which "going green" drives economic growth. The Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific explores the opportunities that a low carbon green growth path offers to the region. It articulates five tracks on which to drive the economic system change necessary to pursue low carbon green growth as a new economic development path. In particular, the "visible structure" of the economy, comprising such physical infrastructure as transport, buildings and energy systems, together with the "invisible structure", which encompasses market prices, governance, regulations and lifestyles, have to be re-oriented towards resource efficiency. The Roadmap provides policymakers in the region with a comprehensive list of policy options and practical implementing strategies as well as examples of successful practices, woven through more than 100 fact sheets and case studies.

Author : Philip A. Lawn,Matthew Clarke
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Asia
ISBN : 1847205011

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Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific by Philip A. Lawn,Matthew Clarke Pdf

Frequent references are made to the 'Asian economic miracle' as a means of describing the wave of GDP growth experienced across the Asia-Pacific region over the past twenty years. Implicit in this description is the assumption that the Asia-Pacific region has progressed at the same rate that GDP has risen over the same period. But is this truly the case? Employing a Genuine Progress Indicator as an alternative measure of sustainable welfare, the contributors to this book aim to answer this question by presenting case studies of seven Asia-Pacific nations. The results reveal that all is not as positive as conventional indicators might suggest. The book shows that the three wealthy nations - Australia, New Zealand, and Japan - have long reached a level of GDP beyond which further growth is detrimental to their sustainable welfare while the four poorer nations - China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam - are fast approaching a similar situation, but at much lower per capita levels of sustainable welfare. In view of these results, it is argued that genuine progress in the Asia-Pacific region requires the wealthy nations to focus on qualitative improvement (development) rather than GDP growth. As for the poorer nations, it is argued that population stabilisation demands urgent attention while the GDP growth required over the next two to three decades must be as clean, efficient, and equitable as possible. Sustainable Welfare in the Asia-Pacific will appeal to a wide audience of academics and researchers in the areas of ecological, environmental and natural resource economics, development, green national accounting, and environmental management. It will also find a readership in policymakers, environmental managers and NGOs, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : United Nations
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789210577359

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Unlocking the Potential for East and North-East Asian Regional Economic Cooperation and Integration by United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

At the outset, the subregions of East and North-East Asia are more dissimilar than similar, with different stages of development, economic structure and size, political systems and culture. Due to these differences and long standing historical and geopolitical tensions, institutionalized regionalization has not made much progress. Yet, there are increasing interactions and this publication looks into how greater cooperation and integration could offer solutions to not only the old problems of poverty and political instability facing the subregion but also the new challenges posed by economic growth such as emerging income gaps, environmental degradation, urbanization and congestion and various social issues.

Author : ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PA.,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 83 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789210015370

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Reclaiming Our Future by ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PA.,United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific Pdf

The publication describes pathways to achieve more inclusive and sustainable post-pandemic recovery in Asia and the Pacific. It identifies elements for a common agenda for present and future generations centered on protecting people and planet, leveraging on digital opportunities, trading and investing more together, raising financial resources and managing debt. It underlines the need to listen and work with the youth, placing women at the center for crisis-prepared policy action and new people-centric partnerships, with a readiness of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) to serve.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : UNEP/Earthprint
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Environmental inidicators
ISBN : 9789280724745

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Environmental Indicators, South Asia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Guo Xiumei,Marinova Dora
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813236011

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Sustainability and Development in Asia and the Pacific by Guo Xiumei,Marinova Dora Pdf

The UN Sustainable Development Goals provide a common global agenda for development. However, the emerging policy issues vary greatly across the world. With 32 contributors, this volume provides a timely, research-based overview for the need for policy interventions to improve the sustainability and development models of the ten selected countries in Asia and the Pacific. The volume is firmly positioned at the cusp between research, policy and practice.

Author : Milind Shrinivas Dangate,W. S. Sampath,O. V. Gnana Swathika,Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781394193660

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Integrated Green Energy Solutions, Volume 2 by Milind Shrinivas Dangate,W. S. Sampath,O. V. Gnana Swathika,Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban Pdf

INTEGRATED GREEN ENERGY SOLUTIONS This second volume in a two-volume set continues to present the state of the art for the concepts, practical applications, and future of renewable energy and how to move closer to true sustainability. Renewable energy supplies are of ever-increasing environmental and economic importance in every country in the world. A wide range of renewable energy technologies has been established commercially and recognized as an important set of growth industries for most governments. World agencies, such as the United Nations, have extensive programs to encourage these emerging technologies. This book will bridge the gap between descriptive reviews and specialized engineering technologies. It centers on demonstrating how fundamental physical processes govern renewable energy resources and their applications. Although the applications are being updated continually, the fundamental principles remain the same, and this book will provide a useful platform for those advancing the subject and its industries. Integrated Resilient Energy Solutions is a two-volume set covering subjects of proven technical and economic importance worldwide. Energy supply from renewables is an essential component of every nation’s strategy, especially when there is responsibility for the environment and sustainability. These two volumes will consider the timeless renewable energy technologies’ principles yet demonstrate modern applications and case studies. Whether for the veteran engineer, student, or other professional, these two volumes are a must-have for any library.

Author : Zheng Zhao
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789813236837

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Green Development Of Asia-pacific Cities: Building Better Cities Towards 2030 by Zheng Zhao Pdf

The book evaluates and analyses the level of green development in over 100 major cities in Asia Pacific. A quantitative analysis of the relationship with economic growth, income distribution, innovation capabilities, service sector, governance levels, and city clusters are accumulated and presented in the form of a new index; the Urban Green Development Index (UGDI). Amongst the cities discussed in the case studies are Penang (Malaysia), Singapore, Vladivostok (Russia), Portland (USA), Hamburg (Germany), and Stockholm (Sweden).