PEGAsia Monthly Update

I. Regional/Local Updates

China

PM2.5 Kills Thousands, Researchers Say (19 Dec 2012)
http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/201212/t20121219_244017.htm

Beijing Phases out Old Vehicles to Curb Pollution (19 Dec 2012)
http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/201212/t20121219_244014.htm

China faces a flooding crisis as natural disasters triple in 30 years (1 Jan 2013)
http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5510-China-faces-a-flooding-crisis-as-natural-disasters-triple-in-3-years

Greenpeace: Taxi drivers are exposed to three22 times as much PM2.5 air pollutants to an ordinary person in China (3 Jan 2013)
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5558-Taxi-drivers-in-China-have-highest-PM2-5-air-pollutant-exposure/en

New Monitoring Standards Join Quest to Fight Pollution (4 Jan 2013)
http://english.mep.gov.cn/News_service/media_news/201301/t20130104_244603.htm

China's carbon intensity falls over 3.5 percent in 2012: official (11 Jan 2013)
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/67586

China Working to Cut Idled Wind Farm Capacity, Official Says (11 Jan 2013)
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-11/china-working-to-cut-idled-wind-farm-capacity-official-says.html

Japan

Japan's Bilateral Carbon Finance: A New Opporunity For India (Dec 2012)
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4218

International Collaboration Towards Sustainable Resource Circulation And Management (Dec 2012)
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4219

Great East Japan Earthquake Information Page by NIES (20 Dec 2012)
http://www.nies.go.jp/shinsai/index-e.html#title01

Results of FY 2011 Survey of the Implementation of the Agricultural Land Soil Pollution Prevention Act by Ministry of the Environment (25 Dec 2012)
http://www.env.go.jp/en/headline/headline.php?serial=1900

India

India joins hands with S Asian neighbours to protect wildlife
http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/india-joins-hands-with-s-asian-neighbours-to-protect-wildlife_784798.html

Joint Statement Issued At The Conclusion Of The 11th Basic Ministerial Meeting On Climate Change
http://moef.nic.in/assets/Joint%20Statement%20at%2011th%20BASIC%20Ministerial%20Meeting%20on%20Climate%20Change.pdf

South Korea

KECO to register ‘Municipal Waste Compost Programme in Sri Lanka’ asP-CDM (17 Dec 2012)
http://eng.me.go.kr/board.do?method=view&docSeq=11104&bbsCode=new_news&currentPage=1&searchType=&searchText=&categoryCode=04

Taiwan

鼓勵資源回收創新研發，環保署提供經費補助 (22 Dec 2012)
http://ivy5.epa.gov.tw/enews/fact_Newsdetail.asp?InputTime=1011222143443

Report of the Committee Headed by Shri A.K. Bansal Addl. Director General (FC) on the Regulatory Regime Regarding Felling And Transit Regulations for Tree Species Grown on Non Forest/Private Lands (27 Dec 2012)
http://envfor.nic.in/assets/Rep_Committee_Trees_on_Private_land-27122012.pdf

High air pollution choking Indore (29 Dec 2012)
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-12-29/indore/36050810_1_air-pollution-premature-deaths-aparna-bapat

Release of Report on Greening Rural Development in India (4 Jan 2013)
http://envfor.nic.in/assets/MEF-04012013.pdf

Nepal

Flame Retardant Pollutants Found at Far-Flung Locations, Including Indonesia, Nepal and Tasmania by Science Daily (8 Jan 2013)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130108083854.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate%2Fair_quality+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News+--+Air+Quality%29

Hong Kong

香港首座零碳建築「零碳天地」(Dec 2012)
http://www.hkdailynews.com.hk/news.php?id=265040

Tree care ensures a greener Hong Kong (6 Jan 2013)
http://www.news.gov.hk/en/categories/environment/html/2013/01/20130104_145845.shtml

2012 Sees Second Worst Roadside NO2 Pollution in Hong Kong's History Government and Industry must take action (11 Jan 2013)
http://www.hongkongcan.org/eng/2013/01/press-release-2012-sees-second-worst-roadside-no2-pollution-in-hong-kongs-history-government-and-industry-must-take-action/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=press-release-2012-sees-second-worst-roadside-no2

II. Events and Conferences

PEGAsia Event Online Calendar:

Forthcoming events:

Thirteenth Dialogue on Forests, Governance and Climate Change --- "Status of Tenure Reforms in West and Central Africa and Impacts of Large-Scale Land Acquisitions, Extractive and Infrastructure Sectors," organized by RRI, COMIFAC, MINFOF and IUCN, 22-25 Jan 2013
http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/twelfth-dialogue-on-forests-governance-and-climate-change/

Breakfast Meeting with Under Secretary for the Environment orgainzed by Business Environmental Council (BEC), 29 Jan 2013
http://www.bec.org.hk/eng/form_event_signup.aspx?id=820

Events: Emerging China Carbon Market Seminar orgainzed by Cleanbiz Asia, 29 Jan 2013
http://www.bec.org.hk/eng/form_event_signup.aspx?id=817

APN/IGES/Hyogo Symposium on Low Carbon Society in Asia through Dissemination of Renewable Energy Technology organized by IGES, Hyogo Prefectural Government and APN, 18 Feb 2013
http://www.apn-gcr.org/2012/12/20/apn-iges-hyogo-symposium-2/

CITES (The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) CoP 16 (The 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties) at Bangkok (Thailand), 3-14 March 2013
http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/cites-cop-16/

Third Mediterranean Forest Week the Governments of Algeria, France, Germany, Tunisia and Turkey, 7-21 Mar 2013
http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/third-mediterranean-forest-week/

HKIE Annual Seminar: Green Building - Challenges for Innovation and Excellence? Organized by Business Environmental Council (BEC), 22 Mar 2013
http://www.bec.org.hk/eng/form_event_signup.aspx?id=818

Latin American Carbon Forum 2013: The Seventh Latin American and Caribbean Carbon Forum (LACF) organized by IDB, CAF, IETA, OLADE, UNEP and UNFCCC, 25-27 Mar 2013
http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/latin-american-carbon-forum-2013/

Call for papers: ACSEE 2013: The Asian Conference on Sustainability, Enegery & the Environment 2013 (1 Feb 2013 Deadline)
http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=25132&copyownerid=16152

Call for paper: ICGES 2013: 2013 2nd International Conference on Geological and Environmental Sciences (28 Feb 2013 Deadline)
http://www.icges.org/cfp.htm

Call for papers: ECSEE 2013: The Inaugural European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment 2013 (1 Mar 2013 Deadline)
http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=26777&copyownerid=16152

Call for Papers: 2013 3rd International Conference on Environmental and Agriculture Engineering ICEAE 2013 Hong Kong (5 March, 2013 Deadline)
http://www.iceae.org/cfp.htm

Call for papers: Special Issue on: "Air Quality Modelling" (31 Mar 2013 Deadline)
http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=2081

Call for papers: AR 2014: Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research: Environmental Intersections: Climate Change, Capitalism and Prospects for Change (31 May 2013 Deadline)
http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=27603&copyownerid=45709

Recent events:

Dialogue with China’s Environmental Experts organized by Civic Exchange and CUHK, 5 Jan 2013
http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/130105china_greendialogue_en/

The Politics of Water Resources Governance in the Indus Basin, 9-10 Jan 2013
http://unu.edu/events/upcoming/water-resources-governance-in-indus-basin.html

Mercury Convention To Be Finalised in Geneva, organized by Geneva, 13-18 Jan 2013
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=2702&ArticleID=9367&l=en&t=long

No Impact Week at ADB organized by ADB, 14-18 Jan 2013
http://www.adb.org/news/events/no-impact-week-adb

World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2013 organized by Masdar, 15-17 Jan 2013
http://climate-l.iisd.org/events/world-future-energy-summit-wfes-2013/

Call for proposals: Sustainable Development Goals Creation in ASEM Countries (15 Jan 2013 Deadline)
http://www.sustainability.hku.hk/news-event/detail/sustainable-development-goals-creation-in-asem-countries

A Comparative Advantage Strategy for Fast Pollution Mitigation in China by Prof. Xu Yuan, 18 Jan 2013
http://www.iseis.cuhk.edu.hk/eng/events/public_lecture_seminar.htm

III. Books and Publications

Books

Climate Change, Forests and REDD Lessons for Institutional Design Edited by Joyeeta Gupta, Nicolien van der Grijp, Onno Kuik (Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415526999/

Frontiers of Energy and Environmental Engineering Edited by Wen-Pei Sung, Jimmy C.M. Kao, Ran Chen (Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415661591/

Skills Development for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific, edited by Rupert Maclean • Shanti Jagannathan, Jouko Sarvi (Dec 2012)
http://www.adb.org/publications/skills-development-inclusive-and-sustainable-growth-developing-asia-pacific

Environmental Governance in Europe and Asia: A Comparative Study of Institutional and Legislative Frameworks by Jona Razzaque (Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415496544/

Architectural Theories of the Environment edited by Ariane Lourie Harrison (3 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415506199/

Governing International Watercourses: River Basin Organizations and the sustainable governance of internationally shared rivers and lakes by Susanne Schmeier (5 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415623582/

Globalization, Political Institutions and the Environment in Developing Countries by Gabriele Spilker (8 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415638494/

Green Buildings Pay --- Design, Productivity and Ecology, 3rd Edition by Brian Edwards, Emanuele Naboni (19 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415685351/

Ecological Economics from the Ground Up, Edited by Hali Healy, Joan Martínez-Alier, Leah Temper, Mariana Walter, Julien-François Gerber (19 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781849713993/

Eco-Innovation and Sustainability Management by Bart Bossink (18 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415818728/

Environmental Commodities Markets and Emissions Trading --- Towards a Low-Carbon Future by Blas Luis Pérez Henríquez (20 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781617260957/

Water Resources Policies in South Asia, Edited by Anjal Prakash, Sreoshi Singh, C. G. Goodrich, S. Janakarajan. (31 Dec 2012)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415811989/

Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment. The Case of India by Manu Mathai (4 Jan 2013)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415629164/

Enough Is Enough. Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources by Rob Dietz, Dan O'Neill (4 Jan 2013)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415820950/

Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions. Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation, 2nd Edition by John Handmer, Stephen Dovers (4 Jan 2013)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781849713511/

Nuclear Power, Economic Development Discourse and the Environment The Case of India by Manu Mathai (8 Jan 2013)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415629164/

Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions by John Handmer, Stephen Dovers (9 Jan 2013)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781849713511/

The Hungry Dragon --- How China’s Resource Quest is Reshaping the World by Sigfrido Burgos Cáceres, Sophal Ear (10 Jan 2013)
http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781857436860/

Other Publications

World Energy Outlook 2012 by International Energy Agency (Dec 2012)
http://www.iea.org/W/bookshop/b.aspx

Energy Policies of International Energy Agency Countries - The Republic of Korea --- 2012 Review by International Energy Agency (IEA) (Dec 2012)
http://www.iea.org/W/bookshop/add.aspx?id=442

Green Economy Scoping Study: Azerbaijan by Jason Dion, Philip Gass, David Sawyer (UNEP 2012)
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?id=1733

A Mirage in the Deserts of Doha? Assessing the outcomes of COP 18 by Jessica Boyle (Dec 2012)
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1728

Solutions for Improved Human Well-Being by Dave Wilkins, by International Institute for Sustainable Development (Dec 2012)
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1620

Towards More Sustainable Consumption and Production Systems and Sustainable Livelihoods by Zinaida Fadeeva, Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana and Roger Petry (6 Dec 2012)
http://portal.unu.edu/calendar/?go=event.page&id=5851

Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2012 --- Market Trends and Projections to 2017 by International Energy Agency (IEA) (17 Dec 2012)
http://www.iea.org/W/bookshop/b.aspx

UNEP Global Environment Outlook, Chapter 16: Scenarios and Sustainability Transformation by UNEP (19 Dec 2012)
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1727

Capacity Assessment and Awareness Raising on Climate Change in Tajikistan by Livia Bizikova, World Bank, UNDP Tajikistan, 2012 (19 Dec 2012)
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1726

Energy Intensive Industries: Decision making for a low–carbon future – The case of steel by Peter Wooders, by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (18 Dec 2012)
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1725

Support Of The Capacity Development On Low Carbon Development Policies At The Sub-National Level Through NAMAs In Thailand by Thailand Environment Institute (21 Dec 2012)
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4212

Support Of The Capacity Development On Low Carbon Development Policies At The Sub-National Level Through NAMAs In The Philippines by Ateneo School of Government (18 Dec 2012)
http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4211

Developing a Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Hong Kong by Lisa Hopkinson (20 Dec 2012)
http://www.civic-exchange.org/wp/201212bsap_en/

Publication: PM2.5 air pollution blamed for "more than 8,000" deaths in four Chinese cities by Greenpeace (19 Dec 2012)
http://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/5518-PM2-5-air-pollution-blamed-for-more-than-8-deaths-in-four-Chinese-cities/en

Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Internet and Telecommunications by Chien A. Chan, André F. Gygax, Elaine Wong, Christopher A. Leckie, Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, and Daniel C. Kilper
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140452.htm

Publication: Accessing Asia: Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Road Transport and Electricity by CAI-Asia
http://cleanairinitiative.org/portal/node/11573

UNEP Studies Show Rising Mercury Emissions in Developing Countries by UNEP (10 Jan 2013)
http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=2702&ArticleID=9366&l=en&t=long

Exposure of Chinese Exports to Border Carbon Adjustments by Qiu Wei, Peter Wooders, Lucy Kitson, by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) 2012.
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?id=1731

Publications: Measuring Progress Towards Sustainable Development Goals by László Pintér by International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2013
http://www.iisd.org/publications/pub.aspx?pno=1729

ESMAP Report Outlines Models to Formalize Commercial Wood Energy Sectors in Developing Countries by The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) (9 Jan 2013)
http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/esmap-report-outlines-models-to-formalize-commercial-wood-energy-sectors-in-developing-countries/177044/

UNCTAD Review of Maritime Transport Highlights Measures to Reduce Freight Emissions by UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (3 Jan 2013)
http://climate-l.iisd.org/news/unctad-review-of-maritime-transport-highlights-measures-to-reduce-freight-emissions/176997/

Articles Publications: Salinization of Rivers: A Global Environmental Problem by Environmental Pollution Journal (11 Jan 2013)
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130111092529.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fearth_climate%2Fair_quality+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Earth+%26+Climate+News+--+Air+Quality%29

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