Publications

Wetlands play a vital role in ecosystem sustainability by regulating atmospheric temperature and enhancing human comfort levels. This study aims to evaluate the temperature regulation function of the Nawabganj Wetland, Uttar Pradesh (India), a Ramsar site designated in January 2020, located in a semi-arid region vulnerable to increasing heat waves...

IGES's GHG emissions database aims to compile the latest information on GHG and CO2 emissions, as reported annually by UNFCCC Annex I countries. The data covers the period from from 1990 up to two years before the submission date of the reports. This database also provides information on target compliance, in order to compare historical emission...

IGES CDM Project Database aims at providing information to be utilized for research and analysis on the process of CDM project development, credit issuance, and the status of its procedures. The information of relevant items are extracted from the publicly available sources on the UNFCCC web-site. The UNFCCC Secretariat and IGES have signed a...

IGES's CDM Programme of Activities (PoA) Database aims at providing comprehensive and organised information on PoAs in an easy-to-understand way. It also compiles information on Component Project Activities (CPAs). The database allows users to search for specific data on each project in the pipeline more easily and enables them to use relevant...

IGES CDM Monitoring and Issuance Database aims at providing comprehensive, organised information on the CDM projects registered by UNFCCC EB. The listed information helps users to organise the results of the CER issuance procedures for project activities after monitoring. All the information is extracted from publicly available sources on the...

Forest fire is a major calamity that jeopardizes property and human safety while posing a significant threat to forest resources and the natural ecosystem. Anticipating the likelihood of forest fires and mapping the forest fire vulnerable areas can offer valuable guidance for effective forest fire control and preventive measures. In recent years...

This presentation explores how Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) are transforming local follow-up and review (FUR) processes . It highlights the importance of FUR for local governments, showcases Santa Rosa’s VLR as a model of peer-to-peer collaboration, and frames VLRs as powerful tools for policy integration, continuous learning, and inclusive...

Climate change adaptation and loss and damage associated with climate change impacts are often confused at the practical level. These two concepts developed through negotiations under the UNFCCC mechanisms with certain political backgrounds, and they have been discussed separately since the Paris Agreement was adopted. However, apart from...

Although the performance of firefighting agents is high, they are not always cost-effective in all situations. However, there are cases where the cost-effectiveness is considered to be sufficiently high, such as aerial firefighting, extinguishing deep peat fires, and emergency firefighting before important events. In order to use the firefighting...

Rapid global changes (industrialization, climate change, population growth, land use land cover changes etc.) putting an enormous pressure on different natural resources particularly fresh water resource which is already finite. Diligent monitoring for deciphering hydrological and hydrogeochemical process is key to manage this. This monitoring...