This publication discusses how carbon pricing instruments can be designed to help achieve net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emission targets while enabling economic recovery from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

This publication showcases 100 projects and programs tackling climate change and its impacts on people and the environment in cities across Asia and the Pacific. The climate actions are drawn from multiple sectors—renewable energy, carbon finance, transport, land use, information and communication technology, climate action plans, building energy efficiency, solid waste management, sustainable and low-carbon communities, and climate resilience.

The publication provides synthesis of technology issues related to NDCs with a focus on technology needs, challenges, linkages between policy and implementation and linkages with national adaptation plans and presents success stories regarding the uptake of technologies in support of NDC implementation. The report provides several observations and concludes with recommendations.

This report gathers all known national commitments to eventually stop using unabated coal-fired power generation announced to date and assesses their impact in terms of reducing emissions. Three case studies from Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom are discussed.

This report highlights the work done by the Agency during the NDCs review process, the support offered through its different work packages as well as facilitating Parties and countries with project developments, financing, and investment. The Annex lists support and NDC commitments for individual countries.

This report from the UNEP provides an overview of the difference between where greenhouse emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

UAS technologies such as drones are increasingly being used to automate the planning, building, and maintenance of energy facilities around the world. The effectiveness of UAS and digital technologies are transforming energy sector operations to be faster, safer, and more cost-efficient. This working paper introduces UAS and discusses the latest technological developments, current applications, and potential for adoption in ADB’s developing member countries.

Asia and the Pacific economies are on track in meeting the goal of sustainable energy for all (SE4All), but whether the pace is sufficient to reach the SE4All targets by 2030 remains to be seen.

Sustainable energy access planning (SEAP) develops a socially inclusive energy supply system that gives importance to the energy demand of both poor and non-poor households, the need to make cleaner energy services affordable, the costs of both supply-side and demand-side access options, and the sustainability of technology and resource options.

This brochure summarizes the findings from a technical assistance (TA) project to define a strategy for a Northeast Asia Power System Interconnection (NAPSI) using Mongolia’s abundant renewable energy resources. The TA spanned 5 years and involved a highly consultative process among a wide range of stakeholders to develop this strategy and frame the associated technical analysis. The study’s approach and main findings are summarized here, and more details can be found in the technical reports available here.