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Policy Report

March 2014

Governance and National Sustainable Development Strategies: Implications for the SDGs

This policy report surveys the National Sustainable Development Strategies (NSDS) of five countries (Bhutan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Republic of Korea, and Thailand) in the larger Asia-Pacific region. Summarizing countries' existing governance mechanisms and processes can be of use as countries gear up to translate future sustainable...

Data or Tool

March 2014

Machine learning data set for forest monitoring

UCI Machine Learning Repository

Data set for monitoring Japanese forest health using satellite imagery and machine learning techniques. Published in the UCI Machine Learning Repository (http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Wilt), the largest machine learning database worldwide. Researchers can use the data set to learn, develop, and improve methods for forest monitoring using...

Discussion Paper

March 2014

二国間クレジット制度（JCM）のレビュー: 日本政府、途上国政府、国連気候変動枠組条約(UNFCCC）の三者の視点から

日本政府は2013年より、二国間クレジット制度(Joint Crediting Mechanism、以下JCM)を積極的に推進しており、2014年3月現在、10カ国がJCMに署名している。JCMは、優れた技術、システム、インフラ等や資金を日本が途上国に提供してGHG削減を行い、その削減量の一部を日本の削減として計上するというものである。JCMは実質的にその運用が開始されたばかりであるが、制度自体が常に変化を続けていることを考えると、現段階でのJCMに関する情報を整理、かつその情報に基づいたレビューが有用である。本ペーパーでは、JCMは日本政府、途上国政府、国連気候変動枠組条約の三者による「期待」を満たすことが必要であるという考えに基づき、三者によるJCMへの期待が何であるか、また...

Book Chapter

March 2014

Water use efficiency in thermal power plants in India

In World Water Development Report 2014

Presentation

March 2014

Recent Improvements in Unsustainable Use of Water Resources in Thermal Energy Generation in India

World Water Day 2014

Conference Proceeding

March 2014

A Critical Review of Long Term Water Energy Nexus in India

Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference

Research Report

March 2014

Community-based forest biomass monitoring: Action research in PNG, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Vietnam

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), together with some of our key partners and local communities, launched an action research project in five countries – Papua New Guinea, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR and Vietnam – beginning in 2010 to develop and test approaches to engage local communities in forest biomass monitoring. This...

Presentation

March 2014

A Critical Review of Long Term Water Energy Nexus in India

Nexus 2014: Water, Food, Climate and Energy Conference

Research Report

March 2014

REDD+ projects: Snapshots of REDD+ project designs - 2013

REDD+ projects are invariably complex. There is a need to extract and present the knowledge and lessons that are being generated by them in a systematic and accessible manner. The IGES publication REDD+ Projects: Snapshots of selected REDD+ project designs aims to contribute to meeting this need. This report aims to present a succinct overview of...

Research Report

March 2014

Community based forest biomass monitoring: A manual for training local level facilitators

Community Based Forest Biomass Monitoring (CBFBM) is the monitoring of forest biomass by communities. It is a form of monitoring that ultimately aims to be “driven” and “owned” by the local communities and “guided” and “facilitated” by outside experts. The information that is generated from the monitoring aids the communities in making wise...