What are the Main Activities of UNESCAP in the area of Green Growth?

In the short span of the green growth concept in the Asia and Pacific region – since March 2005, UNESCAP has enthusiastically undertaken a number of activities to assist the countries, such as:

Regional Policy Dialogues and Forums

	First Regional Policy Dialogue: Towards Green Growth in Asia and the Pacific Eco-efficiency through Green Tax and Budget Reform, held November 2005, Seoul ROK;
	Second Regional Policy Dialogue Role of Public Policy in Providing Sustainable Consumption Policies: Resources Saving Society and Green Growth, mid May 2006, Beijing, China
	First Meeting of the Seoul Initiative on Green Growth Network, held in November 2005, Seoul, ROK
	First Regional Policy Dialogue under the framework of SINGG, October, 2006, Seoul, ROK
	Climate Policy Dialogue on Innovative Options for Non-Annex 1 Participation for Climate Change Action in Asia and the Pacific

Analytical and Research Work

1. Consumption patterns in the region

	Trends of eco-efficiency of the current consumption patterns in fast growing countries in Asia and the Pacific
	Review of indicators of eco-efficiency and green growth
	Role of public policy in providing appropriate sustainable consumption choices to the consumer

2. Eco-efficiency of the economic growth pattern in the region

	Trends and patterns of eco-efficiency of the economic growth of the countries in the region
	Development of eco-efficiency indicators (EEI)
	Development of an indicative policy framework to improve eco-efficiency of economic growth

3. Unilateral CDM and CER discount scheme

4. Green Business Growth Model to Help Change the Lives of the Poor

Outreach and public awareness

	Outcomes of the 5th MCED Brochure
	Green Growth @ a Glance Brochure: The Way Forward for Asia and the Pacific
	Green Growth portals (www.greengrowth.net and www.greengrowth.org)– under construction and will be accessible at the end of March 2006
	Establishment of a UNEP/UNESCAP Regional SCP Help Desk in collaboration with the China Standard Certification Centre
	Green Growth events in conjunction with WED;

Partnership building

UNESCAP is currently broadening its network of partners and collaborating centres to maximize the opportunities for developing and outreach of the green growth concept.
Among our current partners are:

UNEP – its RO for Asia and the Pacific and Division for Technology, Industry and Economics; UNDP; ADB; OECD; IGES, AIT, SEI, Policy Studies Institute (London), World Resources Institute, Yale Center Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Centre for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at the Columbia University, the China Standard Certification Centre, Korean Association of Public Finance and Economics (KAPFE) and the Korea Institute of Public Finance (KIPF), Consumer International, etc.