• Publication 16 August 2021 A road map for establishing information systems for climate action and support At the Paris climate conference (COP-21) in December 2015, the Conference of the Parties decided to adopt the Paris Agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This was the first time that 195 Parties had agreed on a universal, legally binding climate instrument. During COP-21, the Parties agreed that each Party is to communicate a nationally determined contribution (NDC) every five years. Also, a Party may at any time modify its existing NDC with a view to…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Challenges to establishing and sustaining local production of re-newable energy technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa Component production in the renewable energy (RE) sector, specifically of solar PV and wind turbine components, has been localised across various countries in Africa as part of the increasing diffusion of these RE technologies over the past decade. Local factories have been established in spite of ever cheaper world market prices for RE technologies, which would appear to favour the importation of components from abroad over local pro-duction. In this report, we address this apparent paradox by…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Implementing the Enhanced Transparency Framework: early insights from the Capacity Building Initiative for Transparency
• Publication 16 August 2021 Can the urban poor reach their jobs?Evaluating equity effects of relocation and public transport projects in Ahmedabad, India Transport plays an integral role in socio-economic participation in any given society. Yet, traditional urban transport planning has neglected this important role and has limited its focus on the efficiency of the transport network itself, thereby overlooking the more difficult to measure socio-economic implications. This chapter reports on the use of accessibility metrics in evaluating social and spatial equity in Ahmedabad, India. In particular, we quantify the effect of two public transport…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Trade in Environmentally Sound Technologies in the East African Region Environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) are increasingly being promoted internationally, regionally and nationally as potential solutions to environmental challenges such as climate change and pollution, while building resilience andcreating opportunities for trade, economic growth and jobs. In East Africa, several policies have been adopted regionally and nationally to promote the diffusion of, and trade in, various EST-related goods, such as solar photovoltaic systems, wind turbines and…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Trade in environmentally sound technologies in the ASEAN region The development and diffusion of environmentally sound technologies (ESTs) are crucial to the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda. International trade is an important channel and enabler of the diffusion of ESTs, especially in developing countries. Given the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region’s emphasis on promoting the diffusion of renewable energy technologies and implementing the sustainable development agenda, the potential for expanded trade in ESTs…
• Publication 16 August 2021 The role of regional contextual factors for science and technology parks: a conceptual framework Literature on science and technology parks (STPs) lacks a systematic understanding of how regional contextual factors affect the performance of STPs. Most studies focus on park-internal factors and neglect the regional context and connections when evaluating STPs’ performance. This paper provides new insight on the role of regional factors for STPs by combining and discussing existing studies on STP performance with literature on regional innovation systems. We conduct an exploratory,…
• Publication 16 August 2021 Short-Term Effects of Saharan Dust Intrusions and Biomass combustion on Birth Outcomes in Spain The objective of this study is to analyze the short-term effects of atmospheric pollutant concentrations (PM10, NO2 and O3) and heat and cold waves on the number of pre-term births and cases of low birth weight related to Saharan dust advection and biomass combustion. The dependent variables used in this analysis were the total number of births, births with low weight (>2.500 g) and pre-term births (<37 weeks), that occurred at the province level. Data provided by the NSI included: days…

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