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Climate change policies for Asia in the context of the
global climate regime
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Addressing global climate change in Asia is a challenging task, not only because of the region's growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but also due to the fact that its people and ecosystems are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The mission of the IGES Climate Policy Project is to recommend pragmatic climate policies for sustainable development in the region in an era of evolving global climate regime.
The Project aims to propose suitable approaches to engage Asian countries in formulating the future climate regime, effectively implement the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), facilitate adaptation to climate change, and maximise developmental and climate benefits of policies and measures in sectors of high importance to the region. |
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The Project seeks to strengthen the knowledge base and capability for climate change-related governance in Asia through identification, assessment and dissemination of effective policies that lead to stabilisation of the global climate while simultaneously contributing to sustainable development. To achieve this goal, the Project will conduct action-oriented research with four objectives:
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To promote sustainable development benefits of CDM and other market mechanisms through developing effective policy frameworks for their implementation, especially in sectors which have received inadequate attention from investors to date; |
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To enhance adaptive capacity of vulnerable communities through recommending ways to mainstream adaptation concerns in development planning of agriculture and water sectors at local and national levels; |
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To engage Asian developing countries proactively in formulating the future climate regime through identifying suitable means to reflect their concerns and developmental aspirations more adequately than before, and in developing an inclusive institutional framework for climate regime beyond 2012, and |
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To maximise developmental co-benefits of GHG mitigation policies in key sectors of importance in Asia. |
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These objectives proceed from a broad outline of key imperatives on national, regional and international strategies on climate change emerging from our research in previous phases. |
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| Adaptation |
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The Project carries out research on policies for facilitating community-based and national level adaptation in the most vulnerable sectors, such as agriculture and water management, and identifies quantitative or semi-quantitative indicators of effectiveness of adaptation actions.
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UNFCCC COP13 Side Event on Financing and
Mainstreaming of Adaptation to Climate Change |
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| Post-2012 climate regime |
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The components under this theme include:(a) identification of ways for effective participation of major Asian developing countries in the future regime; (b) analysis of the role of Asian businesses and the current non-Kyoto Annex I Parties in the future climate regime; and (c) organising a working group of experts on the future climate regime.
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Asia-Pacific Consultations on Climate
Regime Beyond 2012 in India |
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| Co-benefits |
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The Project assesses developmental co-benefits as an approach to mainstream climate concerns in sectoral development especially in transportation, agriculture and waste management, with emphasis on energy use and conservation measures.
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The Third German - Japanese Workshop
on Climate Change and Corporate Strategy |
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