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Commodity Trading in Myanmar: Case Study on Oil and Gas
The primary objective of the assignment is to produce an adequate and comprehensive Commodity Trading Report on disclosure of information regarding revenues from the sales of th...
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A Guide to The Thai Green Label Scheme
The scheme is developed to promote the concept of resource conservation, pollution reduction, and waste management. The purposes of awarding the green label are: • To provide r...
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What is SCP?
This platform consolidates knowledge on Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP), a far reaching topic whose importance for a sustainable future is highlighted by it's long ...
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ASEAN Cooperation on Chemicals and Waste
Over the past few decades, there has been a growing concern that chemicals, while essential in modern life and the economy, can cause significant adverse impacts on human health...
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What is food loss and food waste?
Post-harvest losses account for a majority of the food loss sustained in developing countries across Asia and the Pacific region. Between 15 and 50 percent of fruits and vegetab...
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Roadmap for the 10YFP implementation in Asia and the Pacific 2014-2015
One of the foreseen outputs of the “First Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on the 10YFP” (7-8 November 2013, Bangkok, Thailand) was the development of a Roadmap for the 10YFP imple...
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Circular Economy Overview
Looking beyond the current take-make-dispose extractive industrial model, a circular economy aims to redefine growth, focusing on positive society-wide benefits. It entails grad...
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Circular Economy
UNCTAD’s work on the circular economy started in 2015 with a collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation on resource-circularity potentials in large economies like India a...
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Regional Policy Trends for Strengthening the Inclusion of Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in Public Governance
This chapter shows that in recent years, in particular since the implementation of the SWITCH-Asia Regional and NPSC, SCP has become increasingly integrated into Asia’s public g...
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The 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production
The 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns (10YFP) is a global framework of action to enhance international cooperation to accelerate...
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Chapter 12: Thailand’s Sufficiency Economy and Sustainable Consumption and Production
The philosophy of sufficiency economy is very much in line with what was coined “sustainable consumption and production” (SCP) by the Oslo Symposium in 1994. Sufficiency is defi...
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UNDP-funded extensive research work to identify the conditions to promote sustainable fuelwood and charcoal production and consumption in Cambodia
Over the past five months, GERES Cambodia’s Sector Leader Climate & Development conducted a consulting mission for UNDP about a core topic for GERES: Woodfuels Value Chains and ...
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Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015: SDG 12 Responsible Consumption
The Statistical Yearbook for Asia and the Pacific 2015 is a reference of current and emerging trends of economic, social and environmental development in Asia and the Pacific. F...