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In 2005, IGES launched the consultation "The Asia-Pacific Consultations on Climate Regime Beyond 2012" to promote new and constructive thinking in the Asia-Pacific region on future actions against climate change beyond 2012, and to contribute to the shaping of a future climate regime that adequately reflects the concerns and developmental...

Asia-Pacific Forum for Environment and Development (APFED) Final Report: Paradigm Shift towards Sustainability for Asia and the Pacific -Turning Challenges into Opportunities

"Compact city" in this policy option refers to land planning focusing on higher density and better accessibility which reduces automobile dependency. "Smart growth" is a general term for land use practices that create more accessible land use patterns which reduce the amount of travel needed to reach goods and services (Litman, 2003a). Experiences...

IGES published its first white paper entitled, "Sustainable Asia 2005 and Beyond - In the pursuit of innovative policies," which consolidates the primary outcomes of its policy research for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific region since its establishment in 1998. Driven by buoyant economic development and continuous population growth...

Recent catastrophic events, such as Tsunami in the Indian Ocean, Hurricane Katrina in the United States and tropical storm Damrey in northern Vietnam, received great attention in the public media due to their extensive human and infrastructure-related losses. While such events cannot be attributed solely to climate change, the Third Assessment...

気候変動への適応：アジアの開発へ向けた重要課題 気候政策プロジェクト上席研究員　アンチャ・スリニヴァサン 2005年11月 最近、インド洋の津波や米国を襲ったハリケーン「カトリーナ」、ベトナム北部を襲った熱帯性暴風雨「ダムレイ」など、大きな自然災害が世界各地で甚大な人的被害や都市基盤の損壊をもたらしたことがマスメディアで大きく取り上げられた。こうした自然災害はすべてが気候変動に起因するわけではないとされているが、「気候変動に関する政府間パネル第三次評価報告書（TAR）」によると、今後は気候変動が原因で異常気象の頻度や強度が増す恐れがあるといわれている。残念なことに、これまで全世界の気候変動に関連する災害の九割はアジア太平洋地域で起きており、1970年代以来、50万人以上の人命が失われている。...

IGES has been announcing the top news on the environment in the Asia-Pacific region every year since 1998 in order to collect and organise information about environmental issues and policy trends in this region, and to report on how this region addresses environmental problems and how it works to create a sustainable society. For this year' s top...