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Being the two most populous and rapidly growing economies, China and India will have significant role in the global efforts towards climate change mitigation. Indeed, both countries are making various efforts to control their rapidly growing greenhouse gas emissions and energy use in line with their national developmental priorities. Simultaneously...

1. The Time for Fundamental Policy Reform is Now Formulation of energy and climate policy following the recent earthquake disaster will have a big impact on the fate of Japan henceforth. Reasons behind policy reform are not limited to energy security or climate security. The present time offers Japan a good opportunity to make great changes in the...

The Partnership for Education and research about Responsible Living (PERL) held their first international conference “Enabling Responsible Living” on 14-15 March 2011 at Maltepe University in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference focused on the role of partnerships in enabling responsible living along with the contributions that can be made through...

This study explores the motivation of domestic and international interregional collaboration on climate change mitigation through carbon crediting by Japanese local governments, using a social survey. In particular the authors evaluate the current state and difficulties in promoting climate change mitigation in developing countries through...

In the Asia-Pacific region, millions of people live within or dwell near forests. For many of them, their wellbeing is dependent upon access to forest lands and forest resources, yet their customary rights and rights to basic human needs are often denied by national forest regulatory frameworks. This report brings together four studies that...