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The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has been releasing a collection of the top news items on the environment in the Asia-Pacific region every year since 1998. This has been with the aim of collecting and organising information about environmental issues and policy trends in the region, and to report on how the region addresses...

Recently global environmental issues, in particular climate change, have been gaining so much attention worldwide that they have become the main issues at the G8 summit conferences. In the light of economic development and population growth, greenhouse gas emissions look set to increase in the region headed by China and India. Overcoming serious...

-Partnership between Japan and India towards a Low-Carbon Economy - Business Opportunities in India: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy -IGES at UNFCCC COP14: Policy Proposals from Asian View Point -IGES Global Environment Seminar Series on Prospects of Climate Change Strategies -Research towards Sustainable Development in East Asia...

Focussing on energy conservation and on renewable energy sectors whose markets are expected to expand in the future, the symposium informed the audience of the latest policies and market trends in India, as well as to introduce notable business strategies of Japanese and Indian businesses in the two fields. This symposium provided a chance to...

-IGES Celebrates its 10th Anniversary: Proposing Strategies to Combat Climate Change in Asia -Consultations on the Post-2012 Climate Regime from an Asian Viewpoint -CDM Development in Asia: The Current Situation and Issues in China and India -New Paradigm in Sustainable Regional Development: Opportunities and Challenges for "Eco-Industrial Clusters...

Biofuels have been promoted in many Indian states as part of their rural development strategies, long before the recent finalisation of India’s national policy on biofuels, in order to generate employment and produce fuel locally using existing wastelands. To promote employment, some states have promoted biofuels using nationally sponsored...

Outline of the IGES research projects for 4th Phase Research (2007.04-2010.03) including Climate Policy Project, Market Mechanism Project, Biofuels Project, Forest Conservation Project, Freshwater Project, Waste and Resources Project, Business and the Environment Project, Capacity Development and Education Project and Economic Analysis Team...

Remarks: Japanese version: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=1814

-IGES Efforts towards the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (Contributions to the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting/ "Special Symposium in Commemoration of the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting - Climate Change and Water"/IGES' Contribution to the Blair Initiative/Symposium on "Actions against Global Warming: Japan's Role in the World") -International...