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The International Human Dimensions Programme
on Global Environmental Change (IHDP) held its sixth open
meeting at the University of Bonn from 9 to 13 October
2005 with IGES as a co-organiser along with four other
institutions.
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IGES
Contributions to the 6th IHDP Open Meeting
with two special sessions on climate
policy and urban environmental management
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This
year's meeting focussed on the theme
of "Global Environmental Change, Globalisation
and International Security". With about
600 participants, the plenary sessions,
together with about 130 parallel sessions,
covered diverse topics.
| From the
session on Urban Environmental
Management (11 Oct. 2005)
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IGES hosted two
special sessions on urban environmental
management and climate policy. During
the session 'Urban
Transformation and Reform for Sustainability
- Local solutions for global change',
held by the Urban Environmental Management
Project on 11 October, through presentations
and a panel discussion, the participants
discussed how global environmental concerns
can be integrated with local management
in a developing urban context. Topics
discussed included: greenhouse gas mitigation,
urban transportation and solid waste
management.
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The session 'Mainstreaming
Climate Change Concerns in Development
Policy: Issues and challenges for Asian
countries', was held by the IGES
Climate Policy Project on 12 October.
It discussed various options for integrating
climate policies and measures in the
national and local development plans
of selected Asian countries and took
into account such diverse aspects as
the Clean Development Mechanism, adaptation
policies, technology transfer and capacity
building.
The presentations at both sessions will
be published after a further review
by relevant experts. |
| What
is the IHDP? |
Open Meeting
held at IGES in 1999
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The IHDP, supported
by the International Social Sciences
Council (ISSC) and the International
Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU),
has conducted research on the
human dimensions of global environmental
change. The open meetings started
at Duke University in 1995 with
the aim to share and exchange
the latest interdisciplinary expertise.
The third meeting was held at
IGES in Japan in 1999.
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| IGES Sessions at Open Meeting |
| IGES held the two parallel
sessions listed below: |
Session
No. 94
Urban Transformation and Reform for Sustainability:
Local Solutions for Global Change |
11
October 2005, 14:00 - 17:30
Organised by IGES Urban Environmental Management
Project
Details
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conceptual and empirical papers on the following: |
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New
urbanization trends and industrial transformation
in Asia and other regions and its impacts
on global change |
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New
realms of urban environmental management policies
and their relevance to global change, such
as sound material cycle (circular economy),
GHG mitigation, energy efficiency, and sustainable
mobility |
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Reforms
of urban environmental management and their
relevance to global change: financial reforms,
institutional and regulatory reforms, community
based approaches and public private partnerships
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Comparative
analyses of matured cities in Europe vs. developing
cities in Asia |
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Session
No. 102
Mainstreaming Climate Change Concerns in Development
Policy: Issues and Challenges for Asian Countries |
12
October 2005, 14:00 - 17:30
Organised by IGES Climate Policy Project
Details
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session examined the substantive linkages between
climate change policies and development policies
for Asian countries, assess the barriers, and propose
suitable countermeasures. The panel invited contributions
on the following topics: |
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Challenges for
Financing Clean Development Mechanism Project
in Asia: Case Studies from Indonesia and India |
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Mainstreaming
adaptation to climate change in developmental
policy at national and local levels in Asia |
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Motivating Developing
Countries toward Climate Change Efforts: A
perspective from Japan's International Cooperation
Experiences |
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Implications
of carbon tax and energy efficiency improvement
on Thai economy |
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How CDM Helps
to Sustain Energy Projects and Integrate Climate
Change Issues in Development Policies: A Case
Study of Nepal |
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Development,
Energy and Climate - Case Examples from Asian
Countries |
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A Clean Coal
Future: A Critical Issue for Energy and Environment
in China |
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Mainstreaming
Co-benefits of Urban Air Quality Management
and Climate Change Mitigation in ADB |
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