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Slow-onset events such as increasing temperature, desertification, loss of biodiversity sea-level rise, and forest degradation constitute a significant part of climate change impacts that demand greater attention. Among these, ASEAN member states (AMS) are seriously concerned about sea-level rise and loss of biodiversity that can have important...

Research on transformers in remote sensing (RS), which started to increase after 2021, is facing the problem of a relative lack of review. To understand the trends of transformers in RS, we undertook a quantitative analysis of the major research on transformers over the past two years by dividing the application of transformers into eight domains...

Accounting for around 40 per cent of the world’s economy, 30 per cent of its energy demand and 25 per cent of energy system CO2 emissions, the G7 is called to play a leading role in building consensus towards implementing the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement. This policy brief argues for the urgency for the G7 to intensify its climate ambition...

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This research focuses on the urban expansion occurring in the Kamrup Metropolitan District—an area experiencing significant urbanization—with the aim of understanding its patterns and projecting future growth. The research covers the period from 2000 to 2022 and projects growth up to 2052, providing insights for sustainable urban planning. The...

国連が2023年9月に発表した「Global Sustainable Development Report 2023 “Times of Crisis, Times of Change: Science for Accelerating Transformations to Sustainable Development”」のエグゼクティブ・サマリー日本語暫定仮訳版。国連事務総長が任命する独立した専門家グループが、世界中のステークホルダーからのインプットをもとにSDGsの進捗を科学的に分析・評価し、持続可能な社会の実現に向けた課題と方策を示すものです。SDGサミットに合わせて4年に一度発表されます。 今回の2023年版では、SDGsの進捗に対する強い危機感が改めて示されました。そして、「変革...

Dynamic monitoring of reservoir water storage in arid areas is important for water resources assessment, hydroelectric power generation and agricultural irrigation. However, existing reservoir water calculation methods often rely on in-situ measurements, which limits their application in data scarce regionals and for regional scale analyses. Hence...

Environmental infrastructure is essential for the common good. Addressing sustainability crises and fostering environmental movements require accelerated deployment of environmental infrastructure. While such infrastructure is necessary, Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) attitudes have remained due to concerns such as air, water, and noise pollution. We...

For almost a decade, countries have been working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet progress on the SDGs across countries, as well as across the 17 goals, has proven frustratingly slow. Even countries that have performed relatively well on the SDGs may have done so by causing negative externalities, such as environmental...

This template is for the Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP) exercises. It is for practicing reporting of the information necessary to track progress made in implementing and achieving Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC). The MLP exercsies aim to enhnace the understanding of reporting for the preperation of the Biennial...