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Climate Change and Its Impact on the Lao and Cambodian People
As climate change intensifies, so do the threats to the environment and ecosystems because they are affected by variations in the weather such as temperature, rainfall and river...
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Sustainable Development Goals Delivery: Planning for Implementation
The ENVforum held a two-day workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) entitled, “Sustainable Development Goals Delivery: Planning for Implementation” for policymakers...
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Indicators and a Monitoring Framework for the Sustainable Development Goals
This report is offered as a contribution to the multi-stakeholder debate in support of the SDGs. It outlines how a comprehensive indicator framework might be established to...
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Water Supplier Monitoring System (WSMS)
Water license datasets were published via Water Supplier Monitoring System (WSMS), a web-based application that owned and operated by the Department of Potable Water Supply, the...
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators proposed for Lao PDR
Localised Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators proposed for Lao PDR. 21 August 2016 and revised in the baseline data process, 30 March 2017. Linkages made to the...
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Women’s inclusion in REDD+ in Cambodia, lessons from good practices in forest, agriculture and other natural resources management sectors
The study is a part of the Joint Initiative of WOCAN, the UN-REDD Programme and USAID-funded LEAF Project to investigate practical entry points for women’s inclusion in Reducing...
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A new urban landscape in East-Southeast Asia, 2000-2010
East–Southeast Asia is currently one of the fastest urbanizing regions in the world, with countries such as China climbing from 20 to 50% urbanized in just a few decades. By...
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Making it happen: Technology, finance and statistics for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
This 2014/15 report, Making It Happen, assesses the state of progress on the MDGs, but then considers how we can move towards the SDGs. The report is based on a series of...
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Low-Carbon Transport Policy in Four ASEAN Countries: Developments in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Emerging countries in Southeast Asia are facing considerable challenges in addressing rising motorisation and its negative impact on air quality, traffic, energy security,...
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Selection of nationally appropriated mitigation action (NAMA) for Thailand’s land transport sector
A presentation about NAMA and sustainable transport in Thailand. The presenter discusses criteria for NAMA facilities and the selection process. They also discuss Thailand’s...
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Compilation of Information and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions to be Implemented by Developing Country Parties
This document presents a compilation of the information on all nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) communicated by developing country Parties to date. The...
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Introduction to REDD+ governance in Cambodia: Briefing Paper of the Overcoming the Legal Barriers to REDD+ Implementation Project
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation and the role of conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks in...
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UN-REDD Viet Nam Phase II Programme: Operationalising REDD+ in Viet Nam
Viet Nam is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to the adverse effects of climate change, facing potential extensive economic damage and loss of life. The country...
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Rice husk based Power project in Nakhonratchasima, Thailand
The Rice husk based Power project in Nakhonratchasima, Thailand (hereafter referred to as the “Project”) developed by TRC Clean Energy Co., Ltd. (hereafter referred to as the...
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Methane Recovery and Biogas Utilization Project, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
This is a Project Design Document (PDD) under the UNFCCC Clean Development Mechanism Simplified Small Scale Projects - for development of a Methane Recovery and Biogas...
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Failed Mechanism: How the CDM is subsidizing hydro developers and harming the Kyoto Protocol
FIVE YEARS AGO International Rivers started monitoring the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism, concerned that funds marked for climate change mitigation would be used...
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The Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms: International Emissions Trading Clean Development Mechanism Join Implementation
The central feature of the Kyoto Protocol is its requirement that countries limit or reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. By setting such targets, emission reductions took on...
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National REDD+ Strategies in Asia and the Pacific: Progress and Challenges
Reduced carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and associated actions to conserve and enhance forest carbon stocks, collectively referred to as...
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‘Resilience’ across the post-2015 frameworks: towards coherence?
This paper takes as its starting point the international frameworks negotiated and agreed by the world’s governments in 2015 and 2016. These include (in chronological order) the...
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Addressing adaptation in a 2015 climate agreement
With the adverse effects of climate change becoming more frequent and intense, all countries face increasing climate risks and adaptation needs. The negotiations toward a new...