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The Programme of National 3R Strategy Development was initiated as one of the outcomes of the Ministerial Conference on the 3R Initiative held in Tokyo, Japan, in March 2005. The project was funded by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan and the Asian Development Bank (for Viet Nam only) and jointly implemented by the United Nations Centre for...

The “PoA template” is an Excel sheet for developing a programme of activities (PoAs) in an intuitive and fully automated manner. This template consists of two parts: 1) PoA design document (SSC-PoA-DD) with pull-down menu for some technical sections, and 2) built-in automatic emission reduction (ER) calculation sheet fully integrated with SSC-PoA...

The “PoA template” is an Excel sheet for developing a programme of activities (PoAs) in an intuitive and fully automated manner. This template consists of two parts: 1) PoA design document (SSC-PoA-DD) with pull-down menu for some technical sections, and 2) built-in automatic emission reduction (ER) calculation sheet fully integrated with SSC-PoA...

The “PoA template” is an Excel sheet for developing a programme of activities (PoAs) in an intuitive and fully automated manner. This template consists of two parts: 1) PoA design document (SSC-PoA-DD) with pull-down menu for some technical sections, and 2) built-in automatic emission reduction (ER) calculation sheet fully integrated with SSC-PoA...

The Executive Summary of Research on Monitoring and Evaluation of Education for Sustainable Development in the Asia-Pacific Region presents an overview of the research, findings and recommendations from a collaborative research project that was initiated by the United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) and the Institute for...

This report provides a review of national REDD+ readiness processes in Lao PDR, covering a broad range of issues, from features of forest cover, drivers of deforestation and forest degradation, development of the REDD+ strategy, the organisational set up for REDD+ readiness, financing of readiness activities, MRV and REL, and demonstration...

Abstract Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from conventional solid waste management in developing Asian countries contribute significantly to global climate change. This paper argues that moving towards Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) offers a practical solution for mitigating these GHG emissions and for realising socio-economic as well as...

This paper aims to contribute to the debate on strengthening international environmental governance (IEG) architecture towards more effectively promoting environmental sustainability. To this end, the paper will analyse two broad reform options: 1) introducing universal membership of UNEP’s Governing Council, and 2) elevating the status of UNEP to...

National and sub-national policy for Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) is one of the powerful instruments to influence sustainable consumption (SC) behaviour at both individual and organisational levels. This report addresses how to improve the capacity of policy makers and governments in formulating ESC policy. It also addresses the...