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This article describes the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) policy of India, provides estimates of potential for a few sectors, and voices India’s concern about the CDM. In particular it covers the problems of determining CDM baseline, transaction costs, and risks that have to be borne by the developing countries and determining a fair price for...

Despite good intentions to get a solid grasp of various technical issues and put in place policy instruments related to the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, Indonesia’s government still faces tremendous challenges in terms of disseminating information on the progress of climate treaty negotiations and gaining as wide public support as possible...

The Kyoto Protocol was signed at the third Convention of the Parties (COP 3) in 1997, and its participating nations are now formulating national and international guidelines to achieve the protocol’s goals as they wait for it to come into force. At the same time, nations not participating in the protocol are taking measures to achieve parallel...

After seven years since the Kyoto meeting, this special issue of IRES surveys the various effects of the Kyoto Protocol at the national, regional and global levels to ascertain the effectiveness of the Kyoto Protocol as well as its major issues and barriers and to offer alternative options for future frameworks. EDITORS NOTE http://enviroscope.iges...

IGES Annual Report for FY2003 in Japanese. この「IGES 2003年度年報」は、2003年4月1日から2004年3月31日にわたる地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES)の活動をまとめたものです。 [目次] はじめに I.IGESのあらまし II.各研究プロジェクトの活動報告 　気候政策プロジェクト（CDM含む） 　森林保全プロジェクト 　都市環境管理プロジェクト 　淡水資源管理プロジェクト 　企業と環境プロジェクト 　環境教育プロジェクト 　長期展望・政策統合プロジェクト（EI含む） III.戦略研究の具現化に向けた活動 　COP9 サイドイベント1（CP） 　COP9 サイドイベント2（CDM） 　地球大気管理-ベター・エア・クオリティ（BAQ...

Global climate change has been one of the most contentious issues in international negotiations since the 1980s. At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro - popularly known as the Earth Summit - most countries of the world adopted the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

The Pacific Island Countries (PICs) are highly vulnerable to climate change and sea- level rise and often experience extremely damaging climate-related events (tropical cyclones, droughts, floods, etc.). Their heavy reliance on the productivity of one or two economic sectors (fisheries, tourism, etc.) that are highly sensitive to climate and...

Climate change is a worldwide threat that affects global ecosystems and human life over the next several centuries. While adverse effects of climate change are likely to spread out over many decades and centuries, actions to minimize such impacts are required immediately. The challenge we face is to decide on short-term actions while thinking from...