Publications

Archive of a booklet with a good reputation for providing a plain and easy-to-understand description of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and other Kyoto mechanisms. This book has been newly published as "CDM in Charts". http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=835 Remarks: This book is published by IGES as part of the Integrated...

- IGES holds international symposium: Towards a sustainable Asia - IGES establishes a Beijing Office to Strengthen Research Activities Jointly Conducted with China - IGES activities at ECO ASIA 2006 - RISPO II Technical Summary - Handbook of Eco Action 21 FY2006 Japanese Edition Remarks: IGES News Letter in English.

Currently economic integration in East Asia is accelerating along with a political movement towards the creating of an East Asia Community. Regional economic integration could promote sustainability through generating higher incomes and facilitating clean technology transfer on one hand, but equally it could cause natural resource degradation and...

Remarks: IGES supported drafting the chairmans summary.

Featured article: IGES Activities at the 4th World Water Forum (WWF4) Report: Senior Officials Meeting on the 3R Initiative and Future Prospects / Japan - US Cooperation: To Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and its Ancillary Benefits / Discussing Options for Encouraging Asia to Participate in the Future Climate Regime / Enhancing the...

IGES attended an international workshop on Trade in Wood Products in South-East Asia in Kuala Lumpur from 24-25 May. The workshop was organised within the Trans-Regional EU-ASEAN Trade Initiative (TREATI) framework, designed to enhance trade relations between ASEAN and the EU. On behalf of the Directorate General Trade of the European Commission...

Remarks: Presentation given at the Resources Saving Society and Green Growth, May 24-25, 2006, Beijing, China