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Fast-tracking the SDGs: Driving Asia-Pacific Transformations

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This report focuses on six interlinked transformative entry points that can help the Asia and Pacific region deliver the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 under the Global Decade of Action.

Implementing a Green Recovery in Southeast Asia

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This ADB Brief explains the rationale for a green recovery in Southeast Asia, what constitutes green recovery, and how it can meet multiple objectives in preventing future pandemics, pull the economy back on track, address the adverse impacts of climate change and bring the region towards…

Managing Infectious Medical Waste during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Energy SG stepping up to support ADB response to COVID-19As the whole ADB organization positions itself to urgently provide the necessary support to its DMCs in fighting the spread of the new coronavirus, the Energy Sector Group has also geared up its experts and shifted some of its work…

Screening Tool for Energy Evaluation of Projects (STEEP): A Reference Guide for Assessing Water Supply and Waste Water Treatment Systems

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The publication provides a detailed overview of STEEP and explains how to navigate the tool’s various interfaces when conducting energy use assessments of proposed or existing water supply and wastewater treatment systems. Since 2017, STEEP has been under continuous development based on pilot…

Waste to Energy in the Age of the Circular Economy: Best Practice Handbook and Compendium of Case Studies and Emerging Technologies

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This handbook features best practices for integrating waste to energy and related technologies into the operations of various industries. It discusses current technologies, presents a conceptual example of municipal solid waste planning, and provides commentary on waste-to-…

Community Energy Toolkit: Best practices for broadening the ownership of renewables

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Through a a case study approach, this white paper highlights the different ways in which communities actively participate in energy decision making around the world and harness renewable energy’s potential to deliver economic, social, and environmental benefits for a just transition. The paper also…

Incentivizing a sustainable clean cooking market

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Lessons from a Results-Based Financing pilot in Indonesia.
Access to clean cooking solutions remains one of the most daunting development challenges. Based on the latest Global Tracking Framework, the annual access growth rate of 0.46 percentage points did not keep pace with population growth. In…

Renewable Energy for Agri-food Systems

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This report jointly developed by the International Renewable Energy Agency and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations analyses the role of renewable energy in agri-food systems and the opportunity they offer to advance energy and food security objectives as well as contribute…

Renewables 2021: Analysis and Forecasts to 2026

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Renewables 2021 forecasts the deployment of renewable energy technologies in electricity, transport, and heat to 2026 while also exploring key challenges to the industry and identifying barriers to faster growth. This year’s report frames current policy and market dynamics while placing the recent…

Sector Coupling in Facilitating Integration of Variable Renewable Energy in Cities

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This report highlights the importance of sector coupling as a key source of flexibility that cities can explore to stabilize power grid operations when integrating high shares of variable renewable energy sources. It presents a range of sector coupling opportunities available for use in cities.