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Rapid global changes (industrialization, climate change, population growth, land use land cover changes etc.) putting an enormous pressure on different natural resources particularly fresh water resource which is already finite. Diligent monitoring for deciphering hydrological and hydrogeochemical process is key to manage this. This monitoring...

IGES CDM Project Database aims at providing information to be utilized for research and analysis on the process of CDM project development, credit issuance, and the status of its procedures. The information of relevant items are extracted from the publicly available sources on the UNFCCC web-site. The UNFCCC Secretariat and IGES have signed a...

IGES CDM Monitoring and Issuance Database aims at providing comprehensive, organised information on the CDM projects registered by UNFCCC EB. The listed information helps users to organise the results of the CER issuance procedures for project activities after monitoring. All the information is extracted from publicly available sources on the...

IGES's GHG emissions database aims to compile the latest information on GHG and CO2 emissions, as reported annually by UNFCCC Annex I countries. The data covers the period from from 1990 up to two years before the submission date of the reports. This database also provides information on target compliance, in order to compare historical emission...

Wetlands play a vital role in ecosystem sustainability by regulating atmospheric temperature and enhancing human comfort levels. This study aims to evaluate the temperature regulation function of the Nawabganj Wetland, Uttar Pradesh (India), a Ramsar site designated in January 2020, located in a semi-arid region vulnerable to increasing heat waves...

This book entitled presents a comprehensive view on various mining activities and a wide spectrum of environmental challenges associated with it. Case studies presented across global south such as Asia, Africa, and Latin America, are the first of its kind which presents a holistic and deep insight about this pressing environmental issue. In this...