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Transforming Finance and Investment for the SDGs

The Paris Agreement is now in the process of making specific rules, which are to be adopted as a package at COP24. Like the saying, “God is in the details”, the success of the Paris Agreement will depend on how these operational rules are designed. Nationally determined contributions (NDCs), which are the most significant feature of the Paris...

The NDC Guidance on the “formulation and communication of the NDC mitigation target(s)” (5-year cycle) and the Transparency Framework Guidelines dealing with the “reporting and review related to tracking progress of the NDC mitigation target” (2-year cycle) are essential in the detailed rule design of the Paris Agreement, scheduled for adoption at...

This presentation examines interlinkages between lifestyles change, water-energy saving practices at household level and GHG mission reduction. A number of good pratices and lesson learned from international case studies have been presented.

This paper estimates an internal carbon pricing of Korean companies under the Korean domestic emission trading scheme using firm-level data. Internal carbon pricing is a monetary value putting on GHG emissions, which enables companies to take a measurable approach of carbon management and investment strategy in business operations. The price of...

This paper proposes various elements to be specified in the rule book: “Modalities, Procedures and Guidelines for the Transparency Framework” (MPG) of the Paris Agreement, focusing on mitigation, based on the past experience of the national reports and their reviews/ assessments.The underlying motivation is the concern that the current arrangements...

This note provides the background information of ISAP (International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific) 2017 Thematic Tracks 7 (TT-7), ”Addressing the SDGs From Resource Perspectives”. The background note discusses the trends of global resource demand increase and its influencing factors and on-going international initiatives on...

This report presents a snapshot of REDD+ readiness in Indonesia, a country with forests of great importance to its people and the globe, and one that has been at the forefront of the international REDD+ movement.

This review article provides a thorough examination of the factors affecting energy consumption in India and around the world, focussing on suburban areas and their role in the broader context of building construction and energy efficiency. The study examines the switch from conventional energy sources to more diversified energy portfolios...

Using the available information sources and an econometric approach for the time series dataset, this study tests the price volatility of the national carbon market, and identifies the interactions between electricity, carbon and fossil fuel prices in China. The result confirms an overreaction of carbon market prices to the considered events. There...