Asia-Pacific
TAP-AP
Technology Assessment Platform Asia-Pacific
Since 2018, ETC Group has been working with a wide array of partners across Asia-Pacific to build the foundation for TAP-AP by sharing information and analysis on developments and trends in new and emerging technologies and their potential impacts.
The vast cultural diversity and language differences that exist in the region require the establishment of sub-regional TAPs in order to ground the deliberations and actions on the basis of shared realities among groups of neighbouring countries.
UPDATES FROM THE REGION
Geoengineering: An illustration of the proposed manipulations of the Earth system
Geoengineering is the large-scale and intentional technological manipulation of the planet’s climate. Learn more about the different techniques represented in this infographic.
Nirvana or nightmare? Asia-Pacific’s new wave of disruptive technologies
Artists: Nemcy C. Cruz and Charley Hall It was long predicted that a pandemic like Covid-19 would take place sooner or later. Now it appears highly likely that the deployment of a range of new and disruptive technologies could sweep the world, potentially doing...
Understanding emerging technologies
In December 2020, ETC Group hosted four workshops drawing together civil society and academic expertise on the likely impact of emerging disruptive technologies on peoples and biodiversity in Asia-Pacific. The resulting analysis will be published soon and form an...