Publications

The Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere (Regional-CES) is a guiding concept for environmental policies to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in urban and rural communities with maximum utilisation of local strengths and resources. To promote the Regional-CES concept as a useful guiding principle, a scoping...

Building on the preceding G20 processes, and based on the G20 Implementation Framework for Actions on Marine Plastic Litter, the Sixth G20 Report on Action against Marine Plastic Litter prepared under the leadership of Brazil, the G20 Presidency for 2024, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment, Japan provides latest snapshot of...

This report aims to capture a snapshot of the current status of implementation of the Paris Agreement Article 6, which allows for greenhouse gas emission reduction and other mitigation measures be implemented through international cooperation among countries. The report describes the implementation status and challenges of the Paris Agreement...

This paper attempts to measure the role of the mangrove ecosystem in minimizing coastal exposure using the InVEST (V3.9.0) Coastal Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) model in Tamil Nadu, India. The result depicts that the exposure value of the Tamil Nadu coastal stretch varies from 1.71 to 4.78 on a five-point scale. More than half of the coastal...

Key messages: 1. Climate change results in substantial loss and damage to societies and natural systems when it is not mitigated by reducing greenhouse gas emissions or averted through adaptation. Loss of life, extinction of species and ecosystem destruction are a few of the irreversible repercussions already attributed to unabated climate change...

This review article provides a thorough examination of the factors affecting energy consumption in India and around the world, focussing on suburban areas and their role in the broader context of building construction and energy efficiency. The study examines the switch from conventional energy sources to more diversified energy portfolios...

In this study, we extracted above-ground biomass (AGB) information for forests in different ecological zones of ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) by integrating freely-available global AGB, forest, and ecological zone map products. Our objective was to assess the suitability of the data and proposed approach for national reporting of...

Rampant urban sprawl has affected the structure and function of existing urban green and blue spaces, exposing developing cities to unexpected disaster events. Drawing on a mixture of secondary information supported by GIS and field-based studies, we assessed the impact of growing impervious surfaces on the dynamic zones of urban wetlands in Nagpur...

​​Introduced in 2015, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with their 169 specific targets, provide a comprehensive roadmap for nations to address urgent global challenges, from eradicating poverty and hunger to fostering sustainable communities and combating climate change. Since 2016, Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) have provided a...

The Guidebook on the State of the River Basin (SORB) Reporting System is intended for local governments and/or river basin organizations in the East Asian Seas region currently or planning to implement integrated river basin management (IRBM)/integrated water resources management (IWRM) programs. The Guidebook provides guidance to local governments...