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Urban transport : policy recommendations for the development of eco-efficient infrastructure
(United Nations, 2012)
The current trend of urban development, based on the private car, generates many economic, social and economic costs through chronic congestion, energy consumption, carbon emissions, air pollution, traffic accidents and ...
Environmental tax reform : major findings and policy implications from a multi-regional economic simulation analysis
(United Nations, 2012)
The policy proposal underlying this report is the environmental tax reform (ETR), that is, to change the structure of public revenue from conventional taxes toward carbon tax. If more and more countries implement this ...
Promoting trade and investment in climate-smart goods, services and technologies in Asia and the Pacific
(United Nations, 2012)
In recognizing the gravity of climate change inaction, and still in the absence of a legally binding global climate change agreement, many UNESCAP member developing countries are already working fast to foster Green Growth ...
Water resource management : policy recommendations for the development of eco-efficient infrastructure
(United Nations, 2012)
Water is one of the most essential resources for the humans and the ecosystems. However, the continued increase of population due to urbanization is causing a severe decline in the amount of available water resources. ...
Urban planning and design : policy recommendations for the development of eco-efficient infrastructure
(United Nations, 2012)
Today countries around the world, particularly in Southeast Asia, face the challenge of overcoming years of inefficient, sprawling development, while attempting to reverse some of the environmental ramifications. As the ...
Buildings : policy recommendations for the development of eco-efficient infrastructure
(United Nations, 2012)
<p>Countries of Asia and the Pacific region are facing unprecedented financial and environmental challenges in their pursuit of achieving rapid growth and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There is growing realization ...
The impact of climate change on the agricultural sector : implications of the agro-industry for low carbon, green growth strategy and roadmap for the East Asian Region
(United Nations, 2012)
This paper was carried out in order to suggest scientific and phase-by-phase counterstrategies to prevent against climate change through the diagnosis of climate change phenomena and in-depth analysis of climate change ...