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The presentation outlines the current climate change impacts on agriculture and water sectors in the Asia Pacific region, assesses the vulnerabilities, and provides an update of what is happening in terms of response to the current and projected impacts including adaptation. Drawing from the analysis of current approaches, the presentation provides...

There is a risk that economic integration in East Asia and increasing trade of secondary materials driven by demands of materials in industrializing countries can undermine nation-based recycling systems (e.g. Hotta and Elder et.al. 2008). A trade model is used to analyse the impact of further economic integration on trade in secondary materials...

Biofuels have attracted much attention due to the exciting potential opportunities for them to contribute to increasing energy security, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, economic development and poverty reduction in developing countries. However, there are also fears that, in practice, these opportunities may not be realised, and biofuels may...