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Energy Transition Readiness Assessment for Developing Asia and the Pacific

Climate Change Resilience, Biodiversity Conservation

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The energy transition readiness assessment (ETRA) framework provides a structured, data-driven, and forward-looking approach to evaluate and analyze the readiness of developing Asian countries for energy transition. The ETRA’s relevance stems from the fact that the region’s energy transition will be crucial for global efforts to reduce carbon emissions to net zero, and an equitable, secure, and sustainable energy transition is vital to the region’s future.

Asia and the Pacific - Renewable Energy Status Report

Climate Change Resilience

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This inaugural Asia and the Pacific Renewable Energy status report provides a comprehensive overview of renewable energy developments in selected countries of the region.Asia and the Pacific plays a large role in the world, covering a vast territory and contributing a majority of world population and population growth. The region's economic transformation, accompanied by an energy transition is fundamental to the success of global efforts to achieve sustainable development goals and decarbonisation objectives.

Circular Economy and Renewable Energy

Climate Change Resilience

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Olabi, A.G.

Papers discussed different topics related to renewable energy, energy storage systems and some environmental issues related to transportation. This editorial will give a short relation between circular economy and renewable energy, then it will be followed by addressing the accepted papers in this special issue.

Evaluating renewable energy options for small islands using energy methodology: A case study of coconut biodiesel in the Fiji islands

Climate Change Resilience

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Raghavan, Krishna

The Pacific Island countries including the Fiji Islands are heavily dependent on imported petroleum fuels for their energy needs. This is a major cause of environmental vulnerability as well as economic vulnerability due to high and volatile crude oil prices.

Asian Development Bank Member Factsheet - Samoa

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With a landmass of 2,934 square kilometers spread across two main islands (Savaii and Upolu) and several smaller ones, Samoa is dependent on fisheries and agricultural products for exports while importing most of its fuel and commodities. Approximately 70% of the population lives in rural areas and the majority of the workforce is engaged in subsistence activities. Core development constraints include geographic isolation, capacity constraints in the public and private sectors, and high exposure to natural disasters and the effects of climate change.

Asian Development Bank Member Factsheet - Vanuatu

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Vanuatu is an archipelago with a population of about 297,000 people spread across 84 islands in the West Pacific. It is ranked the most vulnerable country in the world to natural disasters and the effects of climate change. Economic growth has traditionally been driven by tourism, public spending on infrastructure, private sector construction activities, and aid flows. The largely rural population is engaged in subsistence farming and limited production of copra, beef, cocoa, and kava for export.

Asian Development Bank Member Factsheet - Tuvalu

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Tuvalu is a small island developing States comprising nine atolls in the South Pacific. It is geologically isolated and highly vulnerable to climatic and economic shocks. With a small private sector and limited resources to support socioeconomic development, the public sector is its main driver of growth.

Asian Development Bank Member Factsheet - Tonga

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Tonga is a small island economy with the challenges of geographic isolation, limited human and financial resources a small domestic market, and high costs of doing business. The country relies significantly on official development assistance and remittances increasing its vulnerability to external shocks.

Asian Development Bank Member Factsheet - Nauru

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As a single island measuring only 21 square kilometers, Nauru faces the challenge of developing new sources of growth amid significant resource constraints. The Government of Nauru’s income derives mainly from a regional processing center for asylum seekers and revenues from selling fishing licenses. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and associated trade and travel disruptions have affected Nauru’s supply chains—compounding challenges the country already faced because of its small size, distance from markets, and dependence on imports.

Asian Development Bank Member Factsheet - Kiribati

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Although Kiribati is physically vulnerable to external shocks (including pandemics and climate change), its sustained fishing revenues and low reliance on international tourism have helped insulate it from the economic impacts of the covid-19 disease pandemic.

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