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Remarks: Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment: Successful & Transferable Practices Database http://www.iges.or.jp/kitakyushu/sp/over/over.html

The objective of this report is to facilitate local governments in decision making and implementation of urban organic waste utilization projects that can contribute to sustainable solid waste management and national agendas on food, energy, and climate change. This report provides an overview municipal solid waste management in Lao PDR. In the...

・ Synergising PAT with International mechanisms is expected to face methodological challenges and raise concerns about double counting. ・ Stakeholders observe possibility of stringent MRV measures if linked with international mechanisms. ・ PAT scheme may make necessary methodological adjustments and procedural modifications to fit into...

Asia could accrue significant air quality, public health, and climate co-benefits from mitigating short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as black carbon and tropospheric ozone (O3). Realizing these co-benefits will require bridging a research-policy divide. This policy brief outlines pragmatic steps to help narrow that divide in Asia.

Japan’s fast-start finance (FSF) commitment is one of the largest amongst developed countries, but it is important to consider the contents of this commitment. Japan has played a significant role in global efforts to finance climate change activities in developing countries, and its FSF commitments account for almost half of the FSF that developed...