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Presentation

December 2019

Policy options for the decarbonisation of the power sector (DPS) through “Just transition” in Japan-Estimation of direct and indirect employment impact at the local level-

Twelfth Annual Meeting of the IAMC

Contents of this presentation - Application of model results for transition analysis; An approach for feasibility studies - Focusing job issue (ca. Just Transition) to enhance the mitigation targets - Analyzing job impact at the national/sub-national context under the decarbonization of the power sector

Book Chapter

December 2019

Emission Gap Report

In Emission Gap Report 2019

This chapter assesses the latest trends in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as progress of G20 economies towards both the Cancun pledges for 2020 and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for 2025 and 2030. Report can be download from here. https://www.unenvironment.org/resources/emissions-gap-report-2019

Book Chapter

April 2020

Numerical Simulation to Quantify Present Statusand Future Prediction of Water Quality of To-Lich River, Hanoi, Vietnam

A few decades ago, the surface waterbodies in Hanoi, Vietnam, were an important source of water for various usages. However, because of the rapid global changes, the current status of most of the river system is very critical from the environmental, aesthetic and commercial usage points of view. Henceforth, this research work focused on assessing...

Training or Learning Material

April 2020

Transformational Change Methodology: Assessing the transformational impacts of policies and actions

The Transformational Change Methodology is part of the ICAT (Initiative for Climate Action Transparency) series of guides for assessing the GHG, sustainable development and transformational impacts of policies and actions in an integrated way. This methodology helps policymakers and other users understand the relationship between policies and...

Peer-reviewed Article

January 2020

Modelling of sectoral emissions of short-lived and long-lived climate pollutants under various control technological strategies

In Science of The Total Environment

In India, air pollution from the burning of fossil fuels in industries, biomass burning, agricultural residue burning and transportation is the fifth greatest cause of mortality. India's Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) region is one of the greatest source of emissions in India. The region is not only home to significant emissions of conventional...

Peer-reviewed Article

September 2019

Exploring the usefulness of scenario archetypes in science-policy processes: Experience across IPBES assessments

In Ecology and Society

Scenario analyses have been used in multiple science-policy assessments to better understand complex plausible futures. Scenario archetype approaches are based on the fact that many future scenarios have similar underlying storylines, assumptions, and trends in drivers of change, which allows for grouping of scenarios into typologies, or archetypes...

Submission to Policy Process

May 2020

Implications of COVID-19 for the Environment and Sustainability

In a few short months, COVID-19 has morphed from a dangerous regional health threat to an all-consuming global pandemic and economic disaster. COVID-19’s rapid spread has had far-reaching implications on the everyday lives of people in nearly all corners of the world, and underlines the need for governments at all levels to coordinate cross-cutting...

Submission to Policy Process

January 2020

January 2020

National Waste Management Strategy and Master Plan for Myanmar (2018-2030)

Myanmar has had to face tremendous challenges in waste management in the recent past, due to a number of factors – its growing population and economy, increasing complexity of waste streams, and lack of effective waste management systems, proper infrastructure, capital investment, financial and human resources, as well as effective policy and...

Policy Brief

May 2020

Policy Brief on “The Future of River Management” - Exploring how the COVID-19 crisis can help shape river management strategies of the future

On 1 May 2020, the National Institute of Urban Affairs, NIUA, (autonomous body under India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) and the National Mission for Clean Ganga, NMCG, (under India’s Ministry of Jal Shakti) organized an Ideathon on “The Future of River Management”. The purpose of this Ideathon was to use the current COVID-19 crisis as a...

Working Paper

May 2020

Impact of COVID-19 on Japan and India: Climate, Energy and Economic Stimulus

While the initial pieces of evidence indicate that COVID-19 induced economic slowdown and lockdown present short-term benefits to air quality and the environment, these also pose a double-edged challenge in the long-term. On one side, the slowing down of the economy can have an adverse impact on countries’ ongoing efforts towards climate mitigation...