Publications

PowerPoint Presentation outlining basic elements of REDD+ and forest carbon accounting

This paper argues that sustainable consumption and production (SCP) should play a prominent role in the formulation and implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and discusses how this could be practically done. Unsustainable patterns of consumption and production have been declared the primary cause of environmental deterioration...

-IGES Activities at COP19 -Declaration on Sustainable Forestry and Trade in Papua New Guinea -Proposal at the World Resources Forum for “Absolute Reductions” -Open Seminar on REDD+ Safeguards -Comparative Report on Climate Finance to Developing Countries -IPCC Open Symposium in Hokkaido -Researchers' Viewpoint: Can Myanmar Hold on to Being Green?...

This presentation describes finding of an ADB project on investigation of recycling business in developing Asian countries: China, India, Malaysia and Thailand. Remarks: For working group discussion only.

Biofuels can contribute to climate change mitigation by providing a substitute for fossil fuels, but biofuel production also impacts the livelihoods of farmers, in terms of both the financial benefits and the opportunity costs of alternative land uses. Biofuels production can also impact the local environment through the chemical inputs required to...