Ways to Achieve Green Asia
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the environment and climate change in Asia. It first gives an overview of the environmental challenges facing the region and summarizes the economic impacts
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The Paris Climate Agreement and beyond: linking short-term climate actions to long-term goals
This report discusses possible ways to enhance the Parties’ contributions to climate mitigation and finance, and draws lessons for the international negotiations leading up to the Paris climate agreement.
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Greening integration in Asia: how regional integration can benefit people and the environment
<p>This book by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) introduces the concept of Green Integration and makes the case that countries in Asia should make sustainability the main objective of their integration efforts. </p>
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Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: from agenda to action
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are the centrepiece of a new global agreement on what society seeks to become over the next fifteen years. This agreement envisages a world free from poverty and
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Comparative assessment of GHG mitigation scenarios for Japan in 2030
This study conducted a comparative assessment of 48 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction scenarios for 2030 reported in seven studies published since 2011 based on bottom-up energy system analyses.
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The role of microfinance and microfinance institutions in climate change adaptation: learning from experiences in Bangladesh
This report aims to: conceptualise and analyse the relationships between microfinance and adaptation, map out what could be considered good microfinance practice for adaptation, or “adaptation-oriented
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Climate change, changing rainfall and increasing water scarcity: an integrated approach for planning adaptation and building resilience of smallholder subsistence livelihoods in Nepal
This research report assesses water scarcity and its impacts on smallholder subsistence livelihoods in the context of climate change in Nepal, a mountainous country located entirely within the Ganges River
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Effectiveness of insurance for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: challenges and opportunities
Agrarian and poor communities in general in the Asia-Pacific region are highly vulnerable to climate change. Effective reduction of vulnerabilities requires aligning sustainable development (SD), climate
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Bringing development and climate together in Asia
This paper discusses the potential co-benefits, such as additional local air quality and improved public health, from climate change policies implemented in Asia. Following a discussion of different findings
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Designing and implementing an energy goal: delivering multi-benefits for sustainable development
Since the Rio+20 meetings in 2012, policymakers and experts have engaged in nearly two years of discussion on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This dialogue is expected to culminate in September 2015
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Japan’s medium- and long-term GHG mitigation pathways under the carbon budget approach
This paper assessed Japan’s fair carbon budget consistent with the 2 °C target between 1990 and 2100 under three frequently referred effort-sharing approaches: Converging Per Capita Emissions (CPE); Common