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Millennium Development Goals: 2015 Progress Chart
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United Nations
2015
This chart presents the final assessment of progress towards selected key targets relating to each goal. The assessment provides two types of information: progress trends and l...
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Promotion of Climate Resilience for Food Security in ASEAN
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
ASEAN Technical Working Group on Agricultural Research and...
2015
This study made full use of existing information and data from official sources in Vietnam, such as government agencies that are responsible for or related to climate change pol...
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Asia-Pacific Conference: Taking Collective Action to Accelerate Transformation of Official Statistics for Agenda 2030
Cambodia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
UNESCAP
2016
Summary of National SDG Implementation Strategies of 19 countries within Asia.
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World Development Indicators
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
June 30, 2014
Source: http://wdi.worldbank.org/tables
World Bank, World Development Indicators (WDI), 2015.
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Sustainable Development Goals Delivery: Planning for Implementation
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Viet Nam
Conference/workshop proceedings and presentations
The Asia-Europe Foundation, ASEM SMEs Eco-Innovation Center...
2017
The ENVforum held a two-day workshop on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) entitled, “Sustainable Development Goals Delivery: Planning for Implementation” for policymakers fro...
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A new urban landscape in East-Southeast Asia, 2000-2010
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
A Schneider, C M Mertes, A J Tatem, B Tan, D Sulla-Menashe, S J...
2015
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 205...
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Making it happen: Technology, finance and statistics for sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asian Development Bank, United Nations Economic and Social...
2015
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 Asia-P...
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Low-Carbon Transport Policy in Four ASEAN Countries: Developments in Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Bakker, S.; Dematera Contreras, K.; Kappiantari, M.; Tuan, N.A.;...
2017
Emerging countries in Southeast Asia are facing considerable challenges in addressing rising motorisation and its negative impact on air quality, traffic, energy security, livea...
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Methane Recovery and Biogas Utilization Project, Lao Cai Province, Vietnam
Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
CDM Executive Board
2009
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 Utilizati...
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Failed Mechanism: How the CDM is subsidizing hydro developers and harming the Kyoto Protocol
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Barbara Haya
2007
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
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
2007
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
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Asia Development Bank and RECOFTC
2010
Reduced carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and associated actions to conserve and enhance forest carbon stocks, collectively referred to as REDD+...
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Total greenhouse gas emissions (% change from 1990)
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
December 3, 2017
Source: EDGARv4.3.2 website...
The EDGARv4.3.2 emissions dataset are calculated for the three main greenhouse gases per sector and country. For the energy related sectors the activity data are mainly based on...
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‘Resilience’ across the post-2015 frameworks: towards coherence?
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
Katie Peters, Lara Langston, Thomas Tanner and Aditya Bahadur.
2016
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
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Jennifer Huang and Irene Suarez
2015
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 cl...
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Global Environmental Fund Climate Change funded projects
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
December 3, 2017
Source: GEF: https://www.thegef.org/projects
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) is a partnership of 18 agencies - including United Nations agencies, multilateral development banks, national entities, and international N...
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Ecosystem-based approaches to address climate change challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion
Cambodia, China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
Asian Development Bank
2015
The brief summarizes the current state of Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) knowledge and experience on ecosystem-based approaches. It draws upon work of the GMS Core Environment P...
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Climate Change and Adaptation Initiative
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Thailand, Viet Nam
Advocacy and promotional materials
Mekong River Commission
Policy brief for a basin-wide initiative to strengthen adaptive capacity and resilience.
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The Paris Agreement
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Issue and policy briefs
UNFCCC
2015
The Paris Agreement builds upon the Convention and – for the first time – brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adap...
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United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (1992)
Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Viet Nam
Reports, journal articles, and research papers (including theses and dissertations)
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
1992
The ultimate objective of this Convention and any related legal instruments that the Conference of the Parties may adopt is to achieve, in accordance with the relevant provision...