For the Paris Agreement's Enhanced Transparency Framework, this database, developed by UNDP, the Greenhouse Gas Management Institute and IGES, assesses the national GHG inventory capacity in 133 developing countries with new GHG inventory capacity indices. A related policy report including research methods, assessment results and suggestions for future work has also been published.

With a growing amount of medical waste due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this report builds on existing and ad hoc information rapidly extracted from existing documents as well as responses to a national questionnaire survey with 15 countries and internationally renowned experts. It identifies available practices and technologies for immediate consideration of developing countries, as well as providing recommendations for policymakers and practitioners to improve waste management over the long term.

This report assesses to what extent ASEAN countries are making concrete domestic efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and examines national government policies reported in the countries’ Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) which were presented at the High-level Political Forum (HLPF). The report also recommends that VNRs should emphasise which efforts are new and/or additional, and how they are linked with progress on outcomes.

In the context of the current global surge of interest in sustainable finance, this report presents the findings of a study comparing the policy landscapes covering such issues in Japan and in the EU. While governments in the two regions have enthusiastically promoted sustainable finance, they have followed different strategies and approaches; through a deeper understanding of them, this study contributes to the current debate on sustainable finance.