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April 2012
"Water Governance" Starting Up in Asia
Dr. Masahisa NAKAMURA
(Professor, Research Center for Sustainability and Environment, Shiga University,
Chairman, Scientific Committee, Board of Directors of the Internaitonal Lake Environment Committee (ILEC))
we hear from Dr. Masahisa Nakamura, an expert in water resource management, about lake basin governance and the importance of this issue.
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March 2012
The Clock is Ticking for Natural Resources
Dr. Heinz Schandl
(Senior Science Leader
The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) division for Ecosystem Sciences
Adjunct Associate Professor
The Australian National University (ANU) Crawford School of Economics and Government
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Dr. Heinz Schandl, the lead author of the Resource Efficiency: Economics and Outlook for Asia and the Pacific (REEO) report, and asked for his views on sustainability and resource efficiency.
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February 2012
“Disaster Management: Moving Forward”
Ms. Wan Portia Hamzah
(Senior Fellow
Institute of Strategic and Internaitonal Studies (ISIS) Malaysia)
We hear from Ms. Wan Portia Hamzah who studies disaster management from the environmental prospect and governance point of view....
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January 2012
“Can Myanmar Biodiversity Survive the Swell of Political Transformation?”
Mr. U Tin Than
(Myanmar Program Coordinator / Myanmar Conservation Liaison Regional / Sub-regional Conservation Unit WWF-Thailand, WWF International Greater Mekong Program)
U Tin Than, a field biologist with WWF Thailand, has devoted the last 14 years to the survey of wildlife and the wildlife trade in Burma/Myanmar to help protect the precious habitats and wildlife in this country....
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December 2011
A Crisis is a Chance
- Energy Supply in Japan -
Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs
(Director of the Environmental Policy Research Institute,
The Freie Universität Berlin)
We continue here with the interview from our November issue, about the nuclear crisis with Prof. Dr. Schreurs, who also lived in Japan for a total of about five years. ...
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November 2011
A Crisis is a Chance
- Energy Supply in Germany -
Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs
(Director of the Environmental Policy Research Institute,
The Freie Universität Berlin)
Prof. Dr. Schreurs is one of seventeen members on the Ethics Commission for a Safe Energy Supply which was formed by German Chancellor Merkel two weeks after the Fukushima nuclear accident...
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October 2011
Towards COP17
- Common but Differentiated Responsibilities -
Mr. Saleemul Huq
(Senior Fellow, Climate Change Group Internaitonal Institute for Environment and Development)
The up-coming United Nations Climate talks in Durban, South Africa is expected to deliver future mechanism to work around the Kyoto Protocol to set up acceptable legally bind agreement from as many countries in the globe....
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September 2011
Waste is a Resource
A.H.Md. Maqsood Sinha
(Co-Founder and Executive Director)
The Waste Concern Group is a Social Business Enterprise (SBE) comprising both “For Profit” and “Not-for Profit” enterprises. Waste Concern was founded in 1995 with the motto “Waste is a Resource”........
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August 2011
Biodiversity Conservation in Asia
Akira Tanaka
(Professor, Department of Environmental and Information Studies, Tokyo City University)
With advancing urbanisation due to the rapid pace of economic growth in Asia, biodiversity conservation has become a pressing environmental issue......
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July 2011
Co-benefit Approaches: Building Sustainable Transport InfrastructureSophie Punte (Executive Director,
Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities (CAI-Asia) Center)
Many Asian cities are experiencing rapidly increasing motorisation. This leads to a plethora of worsening problems, such as increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, air pollution and traffic congestion......
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June 2011
The Sustainable Cities in the
Asia-Pacific Region:
Progress Made and Challenges Remaining
Allen Kearns
(Theme Leader - Sustainable Cities and Coasts, Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO)
Sustainable urban environmental management is an urgent issue in Asia, where urbanisation is rapidly progressing.....
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May 2011
The Great East Japan Earthquake:
Japan at a Crossroads and Hints for Asia
Jusen Asuka (Director, Climate Change Group, IGES)
Following the Great East Japan Earthquake and accidents at Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, Japan is called upon to reevaluate its energy policy to date and to promote a shift in policy......
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April 2011
India's Innovative Action towards Climate Change Mitigation: PAT Scheme
Sasanka Thilakasiri
(Associate Fellow, Earth Science and Climate Change Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI))
As an energy-saving certification scheme, PAT is a revolutionary measure aiming to increase energy efficiency within the industrial sector.....
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March 2011
Forest Conservation in Asia: Progress Has Been Made, but Challenges Remain
Henry Scheyvens (Director, Natural Resources Management Group, IGES)
A joint World Bank-UNDP review of 10 protected forest areas in developing countries found that most were under threat due to weak and unclear tenure rules, insufficient budgets to promote development opportunities.....
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February 2011
Korea's Fast-Moving Strategy on Green Growth
Mr. Ki-Jong Woo
(Secretary General, Presidential Committee on Green Growth, Republic of Korea)
Korea's situation is more serious because the average temperature rise for the past 100 years (1912~2008) has been recorded at 1.8°c, which is much higher than the world's average. This situation requires Korea to address the challenge of climate change more actively.....
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January 2011
The Outlook from COP16:
Challenges in International Negotiations and the Role of Japan
Shuzo Nishioka (Senior Research Advisor, IGES)
The countries at COP16, however, made repeated compromise and adopted the Cancun Agreement, guidelines for negotiations working towards the next framework agreement.....
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