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The USAID Adapt Asia-Pacific 2nd Annual Meeting was held on 3-4 June 2013 in Nadi, Fiji, in collaboration with the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) and Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) and supported by UNDP, USAID and AusAID. This conference proceeding report outlines the discussions of the meeting that...

Rapid economic and population growth experienced in last decade has brought significant increase in amount of urban waste generation in many developing countries like Nepal. Increasing waste generation created many problems including littering and dumping in and around outskirts of urban areas. Main problems associated with waste management in most...

Implementing an effective solid waste management program has become a difficult challenge in many developing countries. In most cases, local authorities lack the capacity to collect all the waste generated, let alone facilitate appropriate disposal. Street littering, illegal dumping and associated health and amenity impacts exacerbate these...

Environmental policies are designed to deal with externalities either by internalizing environmental costs or imposing specific standards for environmental pollution. This study aims to examine the impact of environmental regulations related to End-of Life Vehicles (ELV) on innovation in Japan. We determined whether there is any statistical...

A unique GHG emission decline target was released by the Chinese government to facilitate the decrease in GHG emission per unit of GDP in China. In other words, an increase in GHG is permitted under a GDP reflecting a better quality environment quality. Therefore, technology promotion and policy evolution are necessary to realize this within a...

Rapid economic and population growth experienced in the few last decades has brought a significant increase in the amount of urban waste generation in many developing countries like Nepal. Rapid increase in waste generation has created many problems including littering and dumping in and around outskirts of urban areas.The main problems associated...

Each year, more than 25 million vehicles reach their end-of-life (ELV) throughout the world and this number is rising rapidly with time. Most of the developed countries like Japan and EU nations have strict policies to manage the ELV in efficient way. In this research we aim to clarify the impact of end-of life-vehicles (ELV) regulation on...

Economic analysis of environmental policy asserts that the negative impact of economic activities on the environment constitutes an externality. Environmental policies are designed to deal with externalities either by internalizing environmental costs or imposing specific standards for environmental pollution. In this research we aim to clarify the...

The First Phase Strategic Research Program

1. Introduction The main objectives of this Medium-to-Long Term Strategy 2016-2025 (hereafter, the MLS) are: - First, to elaborate the vision of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), reconfirming the basic principles prescribed in the Charter for the Establishment of IGES (hereafter, the Charter), and its mission taking into...