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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Adaptation decision making frameworks and tools: multi-criteria decision making tools for prioritizing adaptation actions at community level
There is a lack of holistic frameworks to help climate change adaptation practitioners identify and implement CCA (climate change adaptation) actions. Keeping this in view, several frameworks for CCA decision
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Major developments in China’s national air pollution policies in the early 12th Five‐Year Plan
This report reviews recent developments in China’s formal national air pollution policies from late 2011 to late 2013. It also reviews the related legal framework and administrative structure of implementation
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Low-carbon business guide: India
The guidebook aims to provide private sector to enhance their low-carbon businesses in India. As India aims to regain its economic growth momentum at the rate of about 9%, the demand for energy, particularly
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Water availability for sustainable energy policy: assessing cases in South and South East Asia
This study by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) focuses on the impacts of water scarcity on long-term energy supplies up until 2050 based on case studies in India and Thailand.
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One hundred questions and answers about MRV in Developing Countries
The aim of this book is to help those who work, or are beginning to work, with MRV in climate change issues to understand MRV in a practical way, and learn the lessons and good practices that are available
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Urban development with climate co-benefits: aligning climate, environmental and other development goals in cities
The achievement of any meaningful development goals needs to change how develop and manage our cities. Rapid urbanization in developing countries demands a massive provision of infrastructure, public transportation,
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Measurement, Reporting and Verification (MRV) for low carbon development: learning from experience in Asia
MRV – Measurement/Monitoring, Reporting and Verification - is commonly understood as a series of processes to quantify GHG emission and their change over time. It is a key instrument to understand the
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Towards the CDM 2.0: lessons from the capacity building in Asia
While the form of new framework including new market mechanisms with participation from all the Parties under the UNFCCC will be further discussed and elaborated in order to be agreed upon by 2015 and
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How access to irrigation influences poverty and livelihoods: a case study from Sri Lanka
This study combines a livelihoods approach with a regression approach to quantify the effectiveness of irrigation infrastructure investment on improving people’s livelihood strategies. Using a unique dataset
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Adaptation effectiveness indicators for agriculture in the Gangetic basin
Measuring the effectiveness of adaptation to climate change has assumed significance for the reasons that huge amount of resources are being made available for climate change adaptation and it is important