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This study estimates the effect of carbon pricing for CO2 mitigation in China’s cement industry. The statistics and prediction show that cement production initially experienced accelerated growth and is now expected to plateau out over the next few years. The energy saving and carbon mitigation technologies considered in this estimation are at...

Under the Paris Agreement in 2015, the Korean government pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 37 percent below business-as-usual (BAU) level by 2030, a goal that is considered ambitious compared to other countries’ commitments in their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). Alongside the 2030 national target, the government has...

Lao PDR and Japan signed a bilateral document for the introduction of the JCM on 7 August, 2013. The first JCM meeting was held on 16 May 2014 to discuss (1) rules of implementation for JCM and JCM rules of procedures for the Joint Committee, (2) JCM project cycle procedure and ten forms related to the procedure, and (3) including REDD+ in the...

The presentation was presented at a training program on Japanese low carbon technologies and best practices which was held on 20 January 2017, Pune, India. It highlighted the key findings from IGES-TERI efforts to promote the application of Japanese low carbon technologies in India. It emphasized mainly IGES-TERI's initiative to launch Japan-India...

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...