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This brief aims to classify the MRV (Measuring or Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) system of GHG emissions/reductions according to its object, aim, methodology and implementation body to demonstrate that there are significant differences between each type of MRV system. It also suggests the need to develop of new type of MRV system for...

This edition of IRES presents expert reviews on a diverse range of environmental topics of direct relevance to Asia including environmental education, global climate policy, urban growth management, financing renewable energy, balancing trade and environmental concerns in free trade agreements. EDITOR'S NOTE http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, IGES, completed its second research project phase in March 2004. This three-year period has been a time of growth for IGES; relocation to a new, larger research facility, expanding research staff, and strengthened research activities. In accordance with this growth, the International Review for...

The Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development has identified green economy as one of the important tools for achieving sustainable development, which can provide a significant opportunity to the shift to a new global economic paradigm. Mobilising investments at the economy-wide level towards green sectors and to the greening of...

Development of markets for, and large-scale use of, renewable energy products and technologies have been hindered by their high up-front capital costs; the renewable energy industry's inadequate access to credit; subsidies for fossil fuels; and low purchasing capacity among potential consumers. While conventional funding and financial instruments...

Since 1999/2000, the Asia-Pacific region has been experiencing a boom in regional and bilateral free trade agreements, with the result that trade regimes are increasingly taking place in the context of FTAs and regional economic integration. Consequently, many of the key issues in the ever-growing interface between trade and environment have...

Dust (yellow) storms are becoming a serious environmental problem in the Asia-Pacific region.1 Being part of this region, Mongolia is beginning to experience the consequences of global warming and climate change, as well as having its own impact on the natural environment. With the transition to a market economy, the number of livestock-the main...

In Making Microchips Jan Mazurek provides not only a broad overview of the environmental challenges facing the semiconductor industry and its regulators, but also gives insights on new-style regulatory initiatives. Mazurek's goal is not to propose a grand solution to the difficult problems the chip industry faces, but to provide the background...