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Food waste remains a critical issue in Japan, especially in light of the country's low food self-sufficiency rate and shortage of available landfill sites for waste disposal. In order to evaluate options for further preventing and mitigating food waste in Japan, we analyzed food waste trends by estimating the disparity between calorie/protein...

Food waste remains a critical issue in Japan, especially in light of the country's low food self-sufficiency rate and shortage of available landfill sites for waste disposal. In order to evaluate options for further preventing and mitigating food waste in Japan, we analyzed food waste trends by estimating the disparity between calorie/protein...

Mandalay City has been facing considerable challenges in addressing environmental issues. Through a city-to-city cooperation, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies collaborated with Kitakyushu City to develop a comprehensive environmental education program to increase Mandalay citizens’ environmental stewardship.

This presentation-- delivered at the Symposium and Scoping Workshop for Mainstreaming Disaster Waste Management, held 13-15 February 2017 in Osaka, Japan-- co-organized by the UN Environment's International Environmental Technology Centre and Osaka City, offers an overview of waste and resource-related challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region...

In order to address waste management challenges of Phnom Penh City, development of waste management strategy is imperative to create among stakeholders common understandings on necessary policy interventions, draw demarcations of roles and responsibilities among them, and guide the actions. Waste management strategy as a package of policies...

The Silang-Sta. Rosa subwatershed has undergone massive land use changes in the past two decades, brought about by rapid urbanisation and industrialisation. Since it is ideally strategically located for economic development, further conversion of forest and agricultural land for industrial, residential and commercial activities is planned in the...

In this study, we assessed the relationship between land cover change and changes in water quality in the Laguna de Bay area of the Philippines. Land cover changes occurring between 2007 and 2015 were mapped using a combination of optical (Landsat-7/-8) and synthetic aperture radar (ALOS Palsar-1/-2) satellite imagery, and time-series water quality...

The overall objective of IBAQ is to improve air quality, mitigate climate change (including reducing carbon dioxide (CO2)) and contribute to more livable and healthy cities in Asia. The focus is on cities with high impact potential to leverage wider change.

This study uses a spatially-explicit land-use/land-cover (LULC) modeling approach to model and map the future (2016–2030) LULC of the area surrounding the Laguna de Bay of Philippines under three different scenarios: ‘business-as-usual’, ‘compact development’, and ‘high sprawl’ scenarios. The Laguna de Bay is the largest lake in the Philippines and...

This paper goes through the three historical experiences of carbon taxation in France and provides a detailed overview of the past attempts and current challenges to effectively put a price on carbon. By analysing the characteristics of each case, it explains the reasons for failure and success in adopting such tax and tries to help the reader...