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8 November 2024

Project Activity

City of Parañaque Develops its First Clean Air Action Plan

Under the ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme Phase 2, the City Government of Parañaque in the Philippines received support to develop the city’s first Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) with technical assistance from Clean Air Asia (CAI-Asia). The...

Peer-reviewed Article

October 2024

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 forest biomass estimates from Earth Observation

In Scientific Data

Aboveground biomass density (AGBD) estimates from Earth Observation (EO) can be presented with the consistency standards mandated by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This article delivers AGBD estimates, in the format of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 values for natural forests, sourced from...

Working Paper

December 2024

Assessing the Alignment of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Climate Mitigation & Adaptation Policies with the Outcome of the First Global Stocktake (GST1) under the Paris Agreement: A Case Study of Malaysia

The outcome of the first Global Stocktake (GST1), concluded at COP28, is expected to firmly inform countries’ next nationally determined contributions (NDCs), due in early 2025, so as to ensure that global efforts are on track to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Taking Malaysia as a case study country, the objective of this study is to...

Keywords:

Global Stocktake

NDC

Malaysia

Book

December 2024

Urban Water Ecosystems in Africa and Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for Conservation and Restoration

This book examines urban water ecosystem management and restoration through selected case studies in Asia and Africa. Employing a socioecological approach, this volume presents insights on the interlinkages between water, humans, and environmental conservation in an urban context. Topics include human health risks, population displacement and...

Peer-reviewed Article

November 2024

Adaptation: is securing funding really the top priority for COP negotiations?

In Sustainability Science

This article critically examines UNEP's Adaptation Gap Report 2023 (AGR2023) as a foundational source in the narrative that insufficient adaptation finance is the primary barrier to climate change adaptation and, based on this analysis, offers suggestions for future Conference of the Parties (COP) discussions on the adaptation framework. This...

Keywords:

Climate Change Adaptation

adaptation finance

GAP report

national adaptation plans

adaptation policy

climate justice

Peer-reviewed Article

December 2024

Community level vulnerability of groundwater fluoride contamination and exposure by the application of multi-criteria model

In Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances

Elevated fluoride (F⁻) levels in groundwater, primarily due to geogenic processes, pose significant health risks, including dental and skeletal fluorosis and neurological disorders. This study aimed to quantify source-dependent F⁻ exposure at the community level in selected tropical dry regions of Andhra Pradesh, India. These locations include...

PR, Newsletter or Other

November 2024

Reflection Note of the SDGs Global Human Resource Development Program 2024

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies organized "the SDGs Global Human Resource Program that Connects Learning and Society through Environmental Issues" in FY2024 under UNESCO Activity Grant by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Total of seventeen university and graduyate school students...

Keywords:

localizing SDGs

Circular Economy

renewable energy

environmental education

Peer-reviewed Article

October 2024

India's pathway to net zero by 2070: status, challenges, and way forward

In Environmental Research Letters

The announcement of India's 2070 net-zero target has demonstrated the power of a credible policy signal and changed the course of India's climate debate. While the Government of India (GoI) has not specified whether this target refers to carbon-dioxide or all greenhouse gases, the announcement has been a watershed moment in India's climate policy...

Keywords:

Co-innovation

India

net-zero

Technology transfer

Project

Updated: December 2024

G20 (2024) Special webpage

Led by the Brazilian Presidency, the G20 Summit in 2024 is due to be held on 18-19 November in Rio de Janeiro. The world is now facing simultaneous and interlinked crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. Moreover, prolonged...

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Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere (Regional CES) - Outline of Speech at the STS Forum (7 October 2018, Kyoto)

Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI President The 15th Annual Meeting of the Science and Technology in Society forum was held at the Kyoto International Conference Center from 7 to 9 October, 2018. The forum focused on lights and shadows of science and technology, and...