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Two Decades in Effect: Volume-Based Waste Fee System in South Korea

Organisation: 
Korea Environment Institute (KEI)
Country: 
Republic of Korea

With rapid urbanization and rising income level, the total waste volume in Korea has increased at an unprecedented rate.

May 2017

Results-Based Climate Finance in Practice

World Bank Group, Frankfurt School-UNEP Collaborating Centre

This report reviews 74 results-based climate financing (RBCF) programs implemented in developing countries with an objective to assess the characteristics and overall volume of funding flowing through RBCF programs, describe the various approaches to designing and implementing RBCF programs, and

May 2012

Economic instruments in the waste management sector - Experiences from OECD and Latin American countries

Green Budget Germany (GBG), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

This report was commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) GmbH and written by Green Budget Germany.

July 2012

Catalysing Ocean Finance Volume II: Methodologies and Case Studies

United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment Facility (GEF)
Catalysing Ocean Finance takes stock of how effective these instruments have been in helping countries to address challenges facing the oceans and explore how they could be successfully scaled up.
October 2018

Proposals to Strengthen Japan's Domestic Measures and Regional Cooperation on Stable and Environmentally Sound Plastic Scrap Recycling: Response to China's ban on imports of plastic scrap

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
The policy brief Proposals to Strengthen Japan's Domestic Measures and Regional Cooperation on Stable and Environmentally Sound Plastic Scrap Recycling: Response to China's ban on imports of plastic scrap recommends policymakers in Asia to develop a uniform, standardized, and transparent trade standards for plastic scrap in the region through international cooperation, and to establish environmentally sound long-term material recycling routes.
July 2015

The International Journal on Green Growth and Development, Volume 1, Issue 2

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

The International Journal on Green Growth and Development is an effort to stir a debate around emerging “green” concepts and development.

January 2019

Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based solutions

United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment), Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), Asia Pacific Clean Air Partnership
This report identifies 25 clean air measures that can positively impact human health, crop yields, climate change, and socio-economic development as well as contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Implementing these measures could help 1 billion people breathe cleaner air by 2030 and reduce global warming by a third of a degree Celsius by 2050.
September 2018

What a Waste 2.0 : A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050

World Bank Group
This report, What a Waste 2.0: A global snapshot of solid waste management to 2050 , aggregates extensive solid waste data at the national and urban levels, estimates and projects waste generation to 2030 and 2050. Beyond the core data metrics from waste generation to disposal, the report provides information on waste management costs, revenues, and tariffs; special wastes; regulations; public communication; administrative and operational models; and the informal sector.
August 2007

A Guide to Clean Development Mechanism Projects Related to Municipal Solid Waste Management

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

Financial constraints are among the most important barriers to proper municipal solid waste (MSW) management in the developing countries of Asia and the Pacific.

February 2015

Urban Green Growth Strategies for Indian Cities, Vol. 1: Urban Green Growth Strategies

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

The project on Green Growth Strategies for Indian Cities was started in January 2014.

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