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Peer-reviewed Article

March 2021

March 2021

Enhancing synergies in nature’s contributions to people in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes: lessons learnt from ten site-based projects in biodiversity hotspots

In Sustainability Science

Trade-offs in nature’s contributions to people (NCP), particularly in material NCP versus regulating and non-material NCP, continue to rise. Socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) represent harmonious human-nature interactions resulting in positive outcomes for both biodiversity and human well-being, thus implying synergies...

Peer-reviewed Article

March 2021

Agroforestry to Achieve Global Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Targets: Are South Asian Countries Sufficiently Prepared?

In Forests

Traditional agroforestry systems across South Asia have historically supported millions of smallholding farmers. Since 2007 agroforestry has received attention in global climate discussions for its carbon sink potential. Agroforestry plays a defining role in offsetting greenhouse gases, providing sustainable livelihoods, localizing Sustainable...

Working Paper

March 2021

Challenges and Opportunities of Source-Segregated Waste Collection in Sri Lanka

This report presents the challenges faced and opportunities revealed through a study of two cases of source-segregated waste collection by local authorities in Sri Lanka; Moratuwa Municipal Council, in Colombo, and Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha, in Monaragala for the purpose of raising planning and decision making capacities not only in Sri Lanka but...

Policy Brief

March 2021

Integrating Clean Air, Climate, and Health Policies in the COVID-19 Era: The Role of Co-benefits and the Triple R Framework

Key Messages A reason COVID-19 has had such far-reaching impacts is it stems from multiple interconnected risks. The difficulties that policymakers face in managing related risks not only deepen vulnerabilities to COVID-19 but other planetary crises. Explicitly recognizing and acting to achieve the co-benefits of integrated air pollution, climate...

Briefing Note

March 2021

A virtual UNEA governance session made some progress but revealed the limitations of online negotiations.

The 2021 United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.1) took place on February 22-23 2021. As the United Nations Environment Programme's (UNEP) universal-membership governing body, UNEA plays an important role in international environmental governance. Held biennially, UNEA brings together the UN’s 193 member states and other stakeholders to...

Peer-reviewed Article

March 2021

Geochemical modeling to infer genetic origin of groundwater and associated health risks in desertic aquifers

In Groundwater for Sustainable Development

Lower rainfall coupled with higher evapotranspiration leads to enhanced salinity and inorganic contamination of groundwater in arid and semi-arid regions. In this study, 100 groundwater samples were collected from a part of the Thar Desert of India and analysed for various physico-chemical water quality parameters for quality assurance for potable...

Submission to Policy Process

March 2021

IGES Key Messages on “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific” Prepared for the Asia Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development (APFSD)

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has developed the following key messages to share at the Asia Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD 2021). The messages are organized around six APFSD 2021 agenda items, and outline how policymakers can preserve a harmonious relationship between nature and humanity in the COVID-19...

Presentation

March 2021

Key risks and adaptation options in Asia - An extract of recent global assessments

APAN Forum Special Session

The presentation summarizes key climate risks and sectoral adaptation options for Asia from the synthesis of multiple global and regional assessments, including recent assessment reports of IPCC and IPBES. The talk was delivered on a special session on Adaptation Gaps in APAN Forum hosted by IGES and the Ministry of Environment.

Policy Brief

March 2021

Local Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (LBSAPs) to accelerate actions for biodiversity by local governments

A Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is currently under consideration and will be adopted at the next meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD (CBD COP 15). In Japan, discussions are underway to revise the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). Local governments are expected to develop new, or revise existing, Local...

Book

February 2021

Renewable Energy Transition in Asia: Policies, Markets and Emerging Issues

The Asian countries have diverse economic profiles, energy consumption patterns, greenhouse emissions, climatic conditions and socio-political landscapes. These dynamics bring into focus that drawing a uniform framework to define the energy transition process for the region is a difficult task. Keeping in view of this reality, this book identifies...

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