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Presented at the UNESCO Experts Meeting on Climate Change Education for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific, 10-12 February 2014 in Manila, Philippines

The electronics industry leads the world’s largest and fastest growing manufacturing sector. Consequently the management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) or end-of-life Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE) has become a prominent problem in the modern world. WEEE contains many toxic and potentially hazardous substances which...

Presented at Asia-Pacific Regional Consultation to Support Planning for an ESD Programme Framework to follow the UN DESD in 2014, 16-17 May 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand

The poster presents the study on adaptation effectiveness indicators both in top-down and bottom up processes in a concise manner. For more details on this work, please refer to these reports: Report on top-down indicators: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4550 Report on bottom-up indicators and adaptation decision making...

Climate change will have significant impact on rural livelihoods and poverty undermining the developmental gains made by countries in Asia, as is evident from the literature reviewed. The review suggests that these impacts will vary widely from region to region and communities within a region and country depending on the existing vulnerability and...