Roundtable Report 1: Role of Renewables
The impact of COVID-19 on the relatively small DRE sector is upsetting. A mechanism needs to be developed to support small enterprises working in the DRE sector, which are more prone to risks and shocks.
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Healthcare products trade and external shocks: The US-China trade war and COVID-19 pandemics
<p>In 2019 and the early months of 2020, global trade faced two major albeit very different shocks, namely the United States-China trade war and the cascading response of the countries around the world
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CPCB report on scientific disposal of biomedical waste arising out of COVID-19 treatment, 14/01/2021
<p>CPCB report in Original Application No. 72 of 2020 in the matter of scientific disposal of biomedical waste arising out of COVID-19 treatment and its compliance to Biomedical Waste Management Rules,
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Judgement of the High Court of Kerala regarding pricing of COVID-19 tests, Kerala, 14/01/2021
<p>Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of R-Cell Diagnostics and Research Centre & Others Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 14/01/2021.</p> <p>Petitioners are National Accreditation
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Public Transport and Feeder Modes considering Social Distancing Norms
<p>Public transport which include buses and metro plays major role in people mobility in urban and rural areas of India. Presently, around 10 cities are having operational metro network with a total network
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Global economic prospects, January 2021
Although the global economy is emerging from the collapse triggered by COVID-19, the recovery is likely to be subdued, and global GDP is projected to remain well below its pre-pandemic trend for a prolonged
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Global Renewables Outlook: Energy transformation 2050
<p>This new report by IRENA shows the path to create a sustainable future energy system. It highlights climate-safe investment options until 2050, the policy framework needed for the transition and the challenges faced by different regions.</p>
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Inequality in access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) in East and North-East Asia and South-East Asia
This report examines inequalities in the access to and use of ICTs in ESCAP member States of East and North-East Asia as well as South-East Asia. It uses the classification and regression tree analysis
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Foresight Africa: top priorities for Africa in 2022
With the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, the world is eager to return to normal. However, the complexity of the challenges Africa was already facing—including poor infrastructure, high youth unemployment,
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Enabling Delivery of Essential Health Services during the COVID 19 Outbreak: Guidance note
<p>The COVID 19 outbreak has placed unprecedented demands on our health system, Our health facilities and workforce are currently inundated by a plethora of activities related to controlling the pandemic.
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Malawi economic monitor: doing more with less- improving service delivery in energy
The pandemic has induced a sharp recession in many countries across the globe. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has caused an unprecedented shock to the global economy and led to an expected overall
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Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India
‘Vision 2035: Public Health Surveillance in India’is a continuation of the work on health systems strengthening. It contributes by suggesting mainstreaming of surveillance by making individual electronic
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Financing the Sustainable Development Goals: the contributions of the Multilateral Development Banks
The first joint report on the Multilateral Development Banks contributions to the SDGs. The start of a “Decade of Action” to accelerate progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has coincided
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The EU heavy-duty CO2 standards: Impact of the COVID-19 crisis and market dynamics on baseline emissions
The European Union CO2 emission performance standards for heavy-duty vehicles mandate fleet-wide average emission reductions of 15% in 2025 and 30% in 2030 for new vehicles compared to the values reported
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The least developed countries report 2020: productive capacities for the new decade
Least developed countries (LDCs) have so far been spared from the worst effects of the health emergency, yet the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on their economies, rolling back some
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Global Wage Report 2020-21: Wages and minimum wages in the time of COVID-19
This ILO flagship report examines the evolution of real wages around the world, giving a unique picture of wage trends globally and by region. The 2020-21 edition analyses the relationship of minimum wages
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State of the Global Climate 2020: provisional report
Climate change continued its relentless march in 2020, which is on track to be one of the three warmest years on record. 2011-2020 will be the warmest decade on record, with the warmest six years all being
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Financing India’s transition to electric vehicles
The study assesses segment-wise electric vehicle (EV) sales, battery requirements, public charging infrastructure necessary, and the investments needed until 2030 to support India’s EV transition. In addition
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Asian water development outlook 2020: advancing water security across Asia and the Pacific
The Asian Water Development Outlook (AWDO) assesses national water security across the Asia and the Pacific, with a focus on five key dimensions: rural, economic, urban, environmental, and water-related
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Between a rock and a hard place: early experience of migration challenges under the Covid-19 pandemic
This working paper was produced under the European Union Horizon 2020 funded AGRUMIG project and traces the impact of Covid-19 on migration trends in seven project countries – China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan,