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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...

"CDM in Charts" is a booklet with a good reputation for providing a plain and easy-to-understand description of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). * This page stores the archived PDF. For the latest version, please download from: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=835 Remarks: Update log: ver. 1.0 (Apr. 2007) ver. 1.1 (May...

Coastal areas are the driver of economic development, yet, over the last decade, more than 60 % of disaster losses have been confined to the coastal area. While on the one hand, the world has witnessed some deadly geo-hydro hazards in the past decade, rapid onset of climate change is also likely to intensify a range of hydrometeorological disasters...

Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technologies seem to be an option to tackle the growing waste management problems in developing Asia. This paper presents a quantitative assessment of the environmental and economic attributes of two major WtE technologies: landfill gas to energy (LFG-to-energy) and incineration in Thai cities. Net greenhouse gas (GHG)...

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Asia and the Pacific countries are increasingly aware of the importance of a healthy environment for the sustainable development of their economies and societies. However, accelerating environmental degradation and natural resource depletion are undermining the region’s potential to achieve this ambition. The region’s great diversity offers an...