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Conference Paper

September 2018

An Overview of Septage Management in Asia – Challenges and Opportunities

The 6th Workshop on Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment in Asia

This presentation gives an overview on septage management situation in Asia, including its challenges and opportunities

Conference Paper

January 2019

Business Models for Septage Collection and Treatment in Indonesia – Case Study in Bandung and Denpasar City

National Workshop on Business Models for Septage Collection and Treatment in the Urban Areas of Indonesia

This presentation explains about the process and results of developing commercially viable business models for septage management, including emptying, collection & transport, treatment/disposal and/or reuse, through a case study in Bandung and Denpasar city of Indonesia

Policy Report

March 2018

Asia-Pacific Regional Process Report- Theme “People”-Integrated Sanitation For All

The Asia-Pacific region has problems related to both sanitation and wastewater management, having a large proportion of its population without access to basic sanitation, and pollution worsening in the rivers, lakes and coastal waters of a great majority of countries, which is particularly threatening the sustainable and healthy development of...

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March 2019

March 2019

Approach to Assessment of Policy Effectiveness

In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

This chapter introduces Part B of GEO-6: Policies, Goals, Objectives and Environmental Governance: An Assessment of Their Effectiveness.

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March 2019

March 2019

Policy Theory and Practice

In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

The importance of good policy design cannot be overstressed. Some common elements are: i. setting a long-term vision and avoiding crisis-mode policy decisions, through inclusive, participatory design processes; ii. establishing a baseline, quantified targets and milestones; iii. conducting ex ante and ex post cost–benefit or costeffectiveness...

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March 2019

March 2019

Air Policy

In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

The composition of Earth’s atmosphere is one of the major determinants of a healthy planet, influencing the climate, ecosystems and human health. This is highlighted by the existence of a direct or indirect link between the challenges of air pollution, climate change, stratospheric ozone depletion, persistent bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT)...

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March 2019

March 2019

Land and Soil Policy

In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the current Land and Soil policy framework and the related shortcomings, especially in terms of policy cohesion and implementation, as well as overall effectiveness. The subsequent sections present case studies of different sets of legal and policy instruments, economic tools and incentives, as well...

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March 2019

March 2019

Freshwater Policy

In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

Various policy approaches show that water quantity and quality have serious implications for human and ecosystem health, and that these interactions are driven by changes in multiple sectors. Governance is increasingly opened up to non-State actors, such as the private sector and civil society. Decision-making thus needs to consider the full range...

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March 2019

March 2019

Systemic Policy Approaches for Cross-cutting Issues

In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

This chapter evaluates the capacity of environmental policies to achieve transformational change in addressing cross-cutting global sustainable development challenges. To this end, the chapter addresses the major challenges of adapting socioeconomic systems to climate change, creating a sustainable agricultural and food production system...

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March 2019

March 2019

Conclusions on Policy Effectiveness

In Global Environment Outlook - GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People

This chapter presents a set of conclusions for Part B of the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6), reached through the findings of the previous chapters about policy effectiveness (Chapters 10-17). It summarizes for policymakers what is known to work best and why, including a synthesized discussion of the limitations of the evidence available...