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Botswana relies mainly on imports of energy sources, especially petroleum products and electricity, to meet local demand. However, it has abundant indigenous energy resources: coal reserves (200 billion tonnes), sunshine (3,200 hrs at 21 MJ/m2), biogas (2.2 million cattle, 3 kg dung/LSU/day), and fuel wood (200 tonnes/annum), which remain underutilized. Solar energy is mainly used for water heating and lighting. Small photovoltaic (PV) systems have been installed in households and government institutions where there is no connection to the electricity grid. However, poor quality and lack of maintenance of solar water heating and PV systems has led to non-performance. The contribution of bioenergy to the energy mix is also minimal; biodiesel production stands at 15,000 litres/month; while no guidelines have been developed to promote production and utilization of bio-energy.

With the aim of responding to increasing global environmental challenges and the water shortage in Israel, the Government launched Israel NewTech national programs in 2006 and 2008, focused on water and renewable energy technologies respectively

The Government has developed a policy towards converting Suriname into a major food producer and supplier of the Caribbean. The strategy is to increase the export of agricultural products by first increasing the agricultural production in a sustainable way. The effort to achieve this strategic goal is a shared responsibility between the private sector and the government. The Government has decided to create conditions to support the agricultural sector, which are necessary if we want to become a major food provider of the Caribbean.

Three major African and global changes are likely to affect the Guinean digital sector:
• The Millennium Development Goals have been replaced by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which now prioritize climate-change prevention ahead of combating poverty, which involves mobilizing digital technology among half of the world's population;
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A new policy released by the Department of Minerals and Energy and Eskom in January 2008 in response to the country’s electricity shortages outlines, inter alia, the importance of promoting energy efficiency.

The Green Aviation Research and Development Network (GARDN), a business-led network of centres of excellence (BL-NCE) with an initial budget of approximately Can$23 million for 2009-13, aims at promoting aerospace technologies for the protection of the environment

Under the new Mining Code, mining title holders are required to observe the norms in force for the protection of the environment, and an environmental impact assessment by the Ministry of the Environment is required.

Government is also granting incentives to encourage the use of solar and photovoltaic systems in both commercial and residential sectors in its efforts to reduce the high fuel import bill of the country.

On services, the GSFTA (GCC-Singapore Free Trade Agreement) builds on the commitments made by Singapore and the GCC countries at the multilateral level, in particular, the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). Specifically, Singapore and the GCC have committed to liberalize various services sectors beyond its WTO commitments. Broadly, the schedule of specific commitments include the following sectors: (...) environmental services; (...)

(…) Malaysia seeks to gradually restructure the foundation and the drivers of growth, in order to occupy a higher position in the global value chain by shifting from low-end manufacturing toward activities that better leverage its strengths and natural advantages (e.g. agriculture, agri-based industries, and biotechnology) to take advantage of its fertile bio-resources. (…)