The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the report Gender and waste nexus: Experiences from Bhutan, Mongolia and Nepal, co-authored by GRID-Arendal, at the 8th ISWA World Congress in Bilbao, Spain. The Gender and waste nexus report provides a detailed analysis of the gendered nature of the waste sector in these countries.The report is one of the products of the Waste and Climate C...

How to finance the 2030 Agenda at the country level has emerged as a key issue since world leaders adopted the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in September 2015. Governments’ abilities to mobilize, sequence and make effective use of a wide variety of both financing sources and financing instruments and strategies will be central to their ability to achieve the ambitious new sustainable develo...

The Wastewise Cities (WaCT) Data Portal is the data portal for UN-Habitat’s Waste Wise Cities initiative: it gathers standardized municipal solid waste (MSW) data from cities that have used the Waste Wise Cities Tool (WaCT). Specifically, it reports on quantities of waste generated, collected, and — crucially — how much of that waste is managed in controlled facilities (a key part of the SDG 11.6....

Open-burning of municipal solid waste (MSW) is a major source of PM emissions in developing world cities, but few studies have characterized this phenomenon at the city and intra-city (neighborhood) scale relevant to human health impacts. This paper develops a consistent field method for measuring the spatial frequency of the incidence of MSW-burning and presents results in three neighborhoods of ...

Clean Cooking Alliance’s User Insights Lab (UIL) is unlocking the sector’s growth by helping clean cooking organizations tackle critical market challenges that must be addressed to achieve universal access and sustained use. The UIL combines the latest thinking in consumer insights, behavioral sciences, and design to support enterprises, non-profits, and governments that need to deliver more value...

Clean, efficient, affordable, and reliable technologies and fuels are fundamental to building a global market for clean cooking solutions. Consistent testing methods and reporting metrics, as defined by international standards, help consumers and suppliers alike navigate this market.With standardized protocols, established regional testing and knowledge centers can evaluate and communicate how sto...

Laboratory-based tests evaluate stove performance and quality under controlled, repeatable settings, allowing testers to quantify differences between stoves. Field-based tests demonstrate how stoves perform with local cooks, foods, practices, and fuels. The Clean Cooking Alliance (CCA) maintains this list of protocols for a range of stove and fuel types.Both laboratory- and field-based protocols h...

This Guidebook on Best Practice Monitoring, Verification and Enforcement (MV&E) for Appliance Standards & Labelling provides practical information on compliance frameworks based on the experiences of existing S&L programmes. It complements the previous guidebook and is designed as a manual for policy makers, programme administrators, and others involved in the design and implementation...

Guidance document by CLASP on best practices of cookstoves certification programmes. Provides information on: The benefits of Standards and labeling for cookstoves, requirements for Standards and labelling programs, programme development, data needs, efficiency standards, test procedures, compliance, product registration and enforcement....

This SNAP guidance document outlines a tried and tested process for developing national planning to improve air pollution and mitigation climate change through reduction of SLCPs within the context of ongoing activities for climate change mitigation, air pollution abatement and sustainable development. It is designed to provide advice and help to countries that wish to identify and implement actio...