Dr.

Magnus BENGTSSON

A key but contentious aspect of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the means of implementation (MOI). Many developing countries emphasize the importance of international assistance while developed countries focus more on domestic financing and the private sector. The text of the SDGs includes a broad range of MOI. However, a discussion has...

Drawing from papers in this special volume (SV), this introductory paper on absolute reductions argues that the magnitude, scope and urgency of the sustainability challenge require a drastic change in global civilisation, including a radical transformation of the institutional arrangements and socio-technical systems that facilitate the pursuit of...

Remarks: [Related Link] Readiness in South Korea: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=6682 Readiness in India: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=6683 Readiness in Bhutan: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=6684 Readiness in the Philippines: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php...

The “Fundamentals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” training took place on 6th and 7th of June 2016. During those two days three virtual training sessions of 90 minutes each were held in Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters in Tokyo. Altogether more than 50 JICA offices from around the world registered and...

Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technologies seem to be an option to tackle the growing waste management problems in developing Asia. This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the environmental and economic attributes of two major WtE technologies: landfill gas to energy (LFG-to-energy) and incineration in Thai cities. Net greenhouse gas (GHG)...