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There is limited knowledge on the potential impacts of electric vehicle (EV) deployment in developing countries to date. India is a rapidly industrializing country with a national policy to promote EVs, but does not have the waste management infrastructure to process battery waste. Through a model analysis for India, we projected that the sale of...

The global hospitality industry is at a pivotal juncture, confronting a pervasive challenge — the menace of plastic pollution and marine litter. The Global Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI) notes that approximately 80 percent of all tourism activities occur in coastal areas, positioning the hotel industry as a significant contributor to the...

Enhanced collaboration with countries with advanced technologies is essential to closing greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation gaps in developing countries’ energy consuming and producing sectors. However, traditional models of technology transfer tend to focus on the sale of expensive technologies to developing countries, often subsidised through aid or...

While the initial pieces of evidence indicate that COVID-19 induced economic slowdown and lockdown present short-term benefits to air quality and the environment, these also pose a double-edged challenge in the long-term. On one side, the slowing down of the economy can have an adverse impact on countries’ ongoing efforts towards climate mitigation...

Negombo City is one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in Sri Lanka. It is the major commercial and transport centre, and main health service provider for the region. However, municipal solid waste management is a pressing concern for Negombo due to expanding urbanization, increasing income, lack of public awareness, changes in consumption...

This paper details the efforts made by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), under their Japan–India collaborative projects, to promote low carbon technologies (LCT) among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India. The empirical evidence gathered during the projects show that three...

This report presents an overview of policies and initiatives related to sustainable consumption and production advanced by the governments of the Latin American and Caribbean region. Although not pretending to present an exhaustive overview, the report was developed based on extensive literature review as well as on the results of a pilot survey...

This report is related to the feasibility study on the potential application of Japanese low carbon technologies, namely compressed air system was conducted on September 25, 2017 at Trinity Engineers Pvt. Ltd. at Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was a part of the activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) conducted in...

This report is related to the feasibility study on the potential application of Japanese low carbon technologies, namely compressed air system was conducted on September 26, 2017 at BADVE Auto Components Pvt. Ltd. at Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was a part of the activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) conducted in...

The feasibility study on the potential application of Japanese low carbon technologies, namely energy-saving belt was conducted on January 17, 2018 at TATA Autocomp Systems Limited at Pune, Maharashtra in India. It was a part of the activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) conducted in India in FY2017 under the...