PEGAsia Monthly Update – May 2013

PEGAsia Monthly Update

Governance in Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong – May 2013

I. Regional/Local Updates

China

 

• Smoking, Air Pollution Major Health Threats in China (16 Apr 2013)


• New Air Pollution Law to Set Limits for Emissions (19 Apr 2013)


• China Monitors Air Pollution with 'Eyes' in Sky (27 Apr 2013)


• UN to Support China to Phase out Ozone-Depleting Substances, with Major Climate Benefits (23 Apr 2013)


• Excess Heavy Metal in Beijing PM2.5 (27 Apr 2013)


• Will 'white pollution' reappear in China? (1 May 2013)


• China Pilots Trans-provincial Eco-compensation Scheme (2 May 2013)


• Beijing to Boost Household Waste  Treatment Capacity (2 May 2013)


• Govt environmental transparency in doubt (9 May 2013)

 

Japan

 

• Japan’s National Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Fiscal Year 2011 (Final Figures) (12 Apr 2013)


• Results of survey of the proportion of thyroid ultrasound findings (12 Apr 2013)

South Korea

 

• NIER to improve ‘Clean Air Policy Modeling System’ (5 Apr 2013)


• Landization prevention to be taken at Yongneup of Mt. Daeam (16 Apr 2013)


• Gov't to strengthen inspection of imports for radiation (18 Apr 2013)


• Forensic science for identifying environmental pollutants (18 Apr 2013)


• Save standby power, cut GHG emissions (22 Apr 2013)


• Seoul to diversify natural gas imports, build more storage facilities (30 Apr 2013)


• S. Korea to cut margin of error of vehicles' fuel economy to minus 3 pct (30 Apr 2013)

Taiwan

 

• 環保署調查飲用水中17種新興污染物 濃度極低 結果安全 (23 Apr 2013)


• 環保署加嚴固定污染源粒狀污染物排放標準提升空氣品質 (25 Apr 2013)


• 環保署與交通部中央氣象局合作，共同提供紫外線資訊服務 (30 Apr 2013)


• 環保署「列管污染源資料查詢系統」擴增資料，公開民眾上網查詢 (7 May 2013)


• 環保署發布2013年環保車車型，提供民眾購車參考(9 May 2013)

Singapore

 

• Singapore To Improve Energy Efficiency Of The Industry Sector (22 Apr 2013)


• PUB Adopts Holistic Approach to Stormwater Management (22 Apr 2013)


• New Early Turnover Scheme From 24 April 2013 (24 Apr 2013)


• PUB explores groundwater in western and southern Singapore (26 Apr 2013)

The Philippines

 

• DENR LAUNCHES NEW CODE OF PRACTICE TO CURB CARBON FOOTPRINT (19 Apr 2013)


• DENR BEGINS GROUNDWORK FOR MASSIVE REFORESTATION IN CDO (8 May 2013)

Vietnam

 

• Social mobilization- a solution to the environmental protection (9 Apr 2013)


• The fight against sea erosion in the West (10 Apr 2013)


• Heavy metal pollution remain a major challenge (18 Apr 2013)


• Protecting Truong Son primeval forest (21 Apr 2013)


• Restoring mangrove forest - a blue wall in coastal area (22 Apr 2013)


• Peatlands in Vietnam in context of sustainable management in Southeast Asia (23 Apr 2013)


• Vietnam's Surface Water Largely Polluted (27 Apr 2013)


• Dioxin Decontamination to save the earth, save the people (4 May 2013)

India

 

• China represents 68% of increase in global CO2 emissions, India represents 8%: Study (15 Apr 2013)


• 'Desertification affects over 1/4th area of India' (28 Apr 2013)


•  Existing buildings can now go Green with Indian Green Building Council rating (25 Apr 2013)


• Climate change may reduce crop output by 18% in 2020: Sharad Pawar (26 Apr 2013)


• Toxic waste sites detrimental to health in India: Research  (5 May 2013)


• National green tribunal bans burning of plastic, tyres in Delhi's scrap market (8 May 2013)

Indonesia

 

• Improving community healthcare helps protect rainforests in Borneo (14 Mar 2013)


• Not Much Protection and No Commitment to Restoration in APP Forest Promises (3 Apr 2013)

Hong Kong

 

• Hong Kong greenhouse gas inventory for 2010 released (16 Apr 2013)


• Grading of beach water quality released (26 Apr 2013)


• Pearl River Delta Regional Air Quality Monitoring Network results for 2012 announced today (29 Apr 2013)

UNEP

 

• Reducing Air Pollution, Chemical Coolants Can Quickly Cut Sea-Level Rise (15 Apr 2013)


• UEBT: New Report Highlights Growing Biodiversity Awareness Worldwide (19 Apr 2013)


• Asia Overtakes Rest of the World in Consumption of Materials (24 Apr 2013)


• Greening Trade Imperative for Sustainable Development (8 May 2013)

Asia

 

• Asia's Future Prosperity Requires Major Change in Energy Use (9 Apr 2013)

II. Books and Publications

Books

 

 

• Emissions, Pollutants and Environmental Policy in China Designing a National Emissions Trading System By Bo Miao (25 Mar 2013)


• Adapting to Sea Level Rise in the Coastal Zone Law and Policy Considerations By Chad J. McGuire (26 Mar 2013)


• The Water Footprint of Modern Consumer Society By Arjen Y. Hoekstra (8 Apr 2013)


• Observatory essay book published by Hong Kong Observatory (9 Apr 2013)


• Learning From China? Development and Environment in Third World Countries Edited by Bernhard Glaeser (12 Apr 2013)


• Women and the Environment in the Third World Alliance for the future By Irene Dankelman, Joan Davidson (12 Apr 2013)


• International Environmental Law and the Conservation of Coral Reefs By Edward J. Goodwin (12 Apr 2013)


• Energy and Electricity in Industrial Nations The Sociology and Technology of Energy By Allan Mazur (15 Apr 2013)


• Business Models for Renewable Energy in the Built Environment  By Iea-Retd (18 Feb 2013)


•  Developing Sustainable Agriculture and Community Edited by Lionel J. "Bo" Beaulieu, Jeffrey Jordan (19 Apr 2013)


• Towards Disaster Risk Reduction A Policy-Focused Approach to Natural Hazards and Disasters Edited by Jason K. Levy, Chennat Gopalakrishnan (30 Apr 2013)


• Environmental Justice and the Rights of Ecological Refugees by Laura Westra (1 May 2013)


• Environmental Justice and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples International and Domestic Legal Perspectives by Laura Westra (1 May 2013)

Publication

• GHG Calculator For Solid Waste by Menikpura, Nirmala and Sang-Arun,Janya (Feb 2013)
• A Forum for South East Asian Policy-Makers on Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Challenges and opportunities – Meeting Report by Kerry Lang (2013)
• The Future of Sustainable Development: Rethinking sustainable development after Rio+20 and implications for UNEP by Mark Halle, Adil Najam, Christopher Beaton (Mar 2013)


• Science-Policy Dialogue on Challenges of Global Environmental Change in Southeast Asia — A Policy Brief by Marwaan Macan-Markar, Linda Anne Stevenson, Xiaojun Deng (Apr 2013)


• Mainstreaming climate change into community development strategies and plans: a case study in Thailand by S.Chinvanno (Apr 2013)


• A holistic approach to climate change vulnerability and adaptation assessment: pilot study in Thailand by S.Chinvanno (Apr 2013)


• Climate resilience and disaster risk management: stories of change from CDKN by M. Dupar (Apr 2013)


• Asian Development Outlook 2013: Asia's Energy Challenge by Asian Development Bank (Apr 2013)


• Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India by P. Amerashnghe (Apr 2013)


• Study: Sea Level Rise Threatens Biodiversity in the Pacific by Veterinary University of Vienna in conjunction with Yale University (10 Apr 2013)


• The Policy Climate published by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) (15 Apr 2013)


• Biofuels—At What Cost? A review of costs and benefits of EU biofuel policies by Chris Charles, Ivetta Gerasimchuk, Richard Bridle, Tom Moerenhout, Elisa Asmelash, Tara Laan (17 Apr 2013)


• Putting the pieces together for good governance of REDD+: an analysis of 32 REDD+ country readiness proposals by L. Goers Williams (19 Apr 2013)


• Annual Market Update by Global Wind Energy Council (18 Apr 2013)


• Protecting carbon to destroy forests: land enclosures and REDD+ (19 Apr 2013)


• A Citizens’ Guide to Energy Subsidies in Thailand (19 Apr 2013)


• The social and environmental implications of urbanization strategies and domestic land grabbing in China: the case of Chongming island by G. Siciliano (19 Apr 2013)


• The social and environmental implications of urbanization strategies and domestic land grabbing in China: the case of Chongming island by G.Siciliano (20 Apr 2013)
• Comparative Analysis of Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments: Lessons from Tunisia and Indonesia (20 Apr 2013)
• International Conference on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation for Food and Environmental Security by Domingo, I. V., Cadiz, M. C., Saguiguit Jr., G. C., & Ticsay, M. V in May 2013
• Towards Engagement in the United Nations Regular Process for Global Assessment of the Marine Environment: Strengthening Capacity of Developing Countries in the Seas of East Asia by Ward, T. J. (May 2013)
• The benefits of gender balance in climate change mitigation investments and sustainable energy initiatives by G. Karlsson (May 2013)

III. Events and Conferences

Forthcoming events:

 

• Seminar: Technical Seminar “Energy Geotechnology: Phenomena” organized by HKUST and conducted by Prof. Carlos Santamarina on 21 May 2013 
• Call for abstracts: GREENHOUSE 2013: The science of Climate Change (Deadline: 24 May 2013)


• BEC Luncheon Talk - Approaching the Requirements of the Latest Sustainability Reporting Guidelines organized by BEC on 27 May 2013


• Workshop: Experiences and Lessons of Dynamic Conservation and Sustainable Development from Asian GIAHS Pilot Sites organized by UNU-IAS on 28 May 2013
• Call for Papers Now Open for 2013 International Symposium on Tropical Forest Ecosystem Science (Deadline: 31 May 2013)
• Call for paper: 5th conference on experience exchange and results of the implementation of SEA and EIA in Korea and Vietnam (Deadline: 31 May 2013)


• Events:  Seminar on Waste Management cum Inauguration ceremony of Hong Kong Green Strategy Alliance (HKGSA) supported by BEC on 11 Jun 2013


• National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) Public  Symposium 2013: A Borderless Global Environment – movement of atmosphere, life, water and natural resources organized by NIES on 14 Jun and 21 Jun 2013


• CALL FOR PAPERS - Disaster Governance: The Urban Transition in Asia (Deadline: 28 Jun 2013)


• Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems： Croucher Summer Course, 17-21 June 2013, Hong Kong


• Events: GREENHOUSE 2013: The Science of Climate Change organized by Australian and New Zealand on 8-11 Oct 2013


• 9th Pacific Islands Conference on Nature Conservation And Protected Areas organized by SPREP on 2-6 Dec 2013

 

Recent events:

 

• New Open Access Journal Now Accepting Submissions: Earth Perspectives – Transdisciplinarity Enabled (2 Apr 2013)


• Water lecture series launches organized by various departments and organizations (13 Apr 2013)


• Indicators for Resilience in Socio-ecological Production Landscapes organized by UNU-IAS on 22 Apr 2013


• The Green Revolution in China organized by WILSON CENTER on 30 Apr 2013


• Call for Papers: The 12th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies(SET2013) organized by Research Institute for Sustainable Urban Development and Faculty of Construction and Environment, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Deadline: 30 Apr 2013)


• APEC Climate Center (APCC) Climate Prediction Training Program 2013 organized by APEC Climate Center (APCC) (Deadline: 30 Apr 2013)


• The Thirsty Triangle: The Water Footprint of Energy Trade Between China, Canada, and the United States organized by Woodrow Wilson Center on 3 May 2013


• Integrate 2013 Facility Management Conference organized by the Hong Kong Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) on 9 May 2013
• 2013 HKAEE Experience Sharing Seminars organized by the Environmental Campaign Committee from 26 Apr to 31 May 2013
• CPI Webinar: The Policy Climate organized by CPI on 14 May 2013
• 5th NARBO General Meeting organized by NARBO on 15 - 18 May 2013
• RO Membrane Is Not the Best Solution for Water Reclamation -- Nano Gives the Answer – organized by UST on 16 May 2013
• Events: The Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol: Why Intellectual Property Still Matters organized by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on 17 May 2013
• Event: "「臺灣2050年零碳及再生能源百分百之可行性與必要性」全民論壇"organized by 行政院環境保護署 on 18 May 2013
• 2nd Asia-Pacific Water Summit organized by Asia-Pacific Water Forum (APWF) on 19-20 May 2013

 

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PEGAsia Monthly Update - March 2013

PEGAsia Monthly Update –  Mar 2013

by Governance in Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong

I. Regional/Local Updates

China

• Pollution May Make Economy Splutter (15 Jan 2013)
• Levels of Greenhouse Gases Reach Record High (15 Jan 2013)
• 中国东南沿海珊瑚丰度30年减少80% (21 Jan 2013)
• China key in move to green economy, global leaders told at Davos (21 Jan 2013)
• Residents Near Chinese E-Waste Site Face Greater Cancer Risk (22 Jan 2013)
• Shanghai Issues 1st Free Plate for New Energy Cars (24 Jan 2013)
• Tibet to Invest $563m to Protect Environment (25 Jan 2013)
• China Lacks Quality Environment Assessment Agencies (29 Jan 2013)
• Less is more at annual meets by China Daily (USA) (30 Jan 2013)
• PM2.5 Used in Weather Alert System (30 Jan 2013)
• 'Joint Effort' Urged to Clear the Air (30 Jan 2013)
• Global Centre for Ecosystem Management Established by UNEP and China (1 Feb 2013)
• UNEP Inks Wildlife Protection Deal with Shanghai (18 Feb 2013)
• Emission Limits Enhanced to Cut Pollution (21 Feb 2013)
• Emissions from transportation and industry have increased faster than those from agriculture (22 Feb 2013)
• Shanghai to Curb Air Pollution (6 Mar 2013)
• Shanghai to Pilot PM2.5 Forecast Mechanism (6 Mar 2013)

Japan

• facilities reduce emissions by 23 percent in fiscal year 2011 (22 Jan 2013)
• Economic Survey of Environmental Industries in December 2012 (22 Feb 2013)

South Korea

• Cell phone recycling rate to be less than 40%, freezing environment and resource (16 Jan 2013)
• Special management plan for prohibition of food waste leachate dumping in the sea (17 Jan 2013)
• All SMEs to receive 50% exemption on certification fee for carbon footprint labelling (31 Jan 2013)
• Energy Review Monthly - January 2013 (Summary) (31 Jan 2013)
• (New Focus) S. Korea's plan to build more power plants   threatens emissions - reducing goal (12 Feb 2013)
• S. Korea's renewable energy industry expected to shrink in 2013 (20 Feb 2013)
• S. Korea to build 18 new thermal power plants by 2027 (22 Feb 2013)
• (LEAD) S. Korea's industrial output drops 1.5 pct on-month in Jan (28 Feb 2013)
• National GHG Emissions Increased by 9.8% in 2010 (28 Feb 2013)

Taiwan

• 立法院今初審毒管法，創立我國化學品源頭登錄法源 (10 Jan 2013)
• 廢鉛蓄電池廢酸液綠色處理技術新思維 (15 Jan 2013)
• 環保署啟動細懸浮微粒常規手動監測 (15 Jan 2013)
• 環保署預告修正「電力設施空氣污染物排放標準」 (21 Jan 2013)
• 環保署執行國家重要濕地保育成果 (22 Jan 2013)
• 環保署與業者攜手合作推動廢手機回收 (31 Jan 2013)
• 回收廢車迎新春 索取聯單領獎金 (7 Feb 2013)
• 環保署預告修正「地下水污染管制標準」(21 Feb 2013)
• lang="ZH-HK">環保署修正發布「公私場所違反空氣污染防制法應處罰鍰額度裁罰準則」 (4 Mar 2013)
• lang="ZH-HK">環保署大幅修正「水污染防治措施及檢測申報管理辦法」，強化廢污水管理 (8 Mar 2013)

Malaysia

• Low Carbon Society Blueprint for Iskander Malaysia 2025 Summary for Policymakers (SPM) (Jan 2013)

The Philippines

• DENR NAMES SIX NEW WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AREAS (31 Jan 2013)
• Diesel-powered motor vehicles blamed for most of PH’s air pollution by Jerry E. Esplanada (5 Feb 2013)

Vietnam

• Wind energy in Vietnam (16 Jan 2013)
• Vietnam's fishery industry to be world's greatest damage by climate change (16 Jan 2013)
• Due to climate change, Hanoi to suffer from seawater intrusion in 50 years (16 Jan 2013)
• Charge of forest environmental services – a sustainable revenue source for forest protection and development (3 Feb 2013)
• Conservation and development of coral reefs in Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) (4 Feb 2013)
• Hanoi: Turning waste into electricity (20 Feb 2013)
• Environmentally friendly building materials must be used from 2013 (28 Feb 2013)
• Vietnam’s Sea: the world’s centre for marine biodiversity (4 Mar 2013)

India

• New transport policy to focus on minimising vehicular emission (10 Jan 2013)
• C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and World Resources Institute Partner to Promote City Transit-Solutions (17 Jan 2013)
• Birds affected by climate change, says international study (5 Feb 2013)
• Institutional Framework for Implementing REDD+ in India. (18 Feb 2013)
• RAILWAY MINISTER ANNOUNCES A SPECIAL CHAIR AT TERI UNIVERSITY TO PROMOTE RAILWAY RELATED RESEARCH (26 Feb 2013)

Hong Kong

• Eligible environment-friendly vehicle models to meet more stringent qualifying standards in April 2013 (14 Jan 2013)
• 88k diesel vehicles to be scrapped (18 Jan 2013)
• Press Release: Government’s general air quality monitoring stations do not accurately reflect residents’ exposure levels by CAN (26 Jan 2013)
• Shippers renew low-sulphur fuel pact (26 Jan 2013)
• Participation key to conservation --- Injection of $5 billion into the Environment & Conservation Fund (30 Jan 2013)
• Public consultation begins on new producer responsibility scheme for glass beverage bottles (7 Feb 2013)
• Amended environmental order to regulate dumping at new sediment disposal facility south of the Brothers gazetted (15 Feb 2013)
• Funds earmarked for green initiatives (27 Feb 2013)

Pakistan

• Report Exposes Pakistani E-Waste Recycling Workers' Plight (Feb 2013)

UNEP

• Minamata Convention Agreed by Nations in Geneva to address mercury-a notorious heavy metal (19 Jan 2013)
• Countries of the Asia Pacific Region Chart Course to Put Brakes on Short Lived Climate Pollutants (8 Feb 2013)

II. Books and Publications

Books

• Managing Forests as Complex Adaptive Systems edited by Christian Messier, Klaus J. Puettmann, K. David Coates (22 Jan 2013)
• CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION BEST PRACTICES IN THE PHILIPPINES (24 Jan 2013)
• Post-Kyoto Climate Governance: Confronting the Politics of Scale, Ideology and Knowledge by Asim Zia (28 Jan 2013)
• The Climate Bonus: Co-benefits of Climate Policy by Alison Smith (28 Jan 2013)
• Good Governance, Scale and Power. A Case Study of North Sea Fisheries by Liza Griffin (29 Jan 2013)
• Climate Economics. The State of the Art by Frank Ackerman, Elizabeth Stanton (29 Jan 2013)
• Federalism of Wetlands by Ryan Taylor (30 Jan 2013)
• A campaigner's book asks us to consider the value of our hard-working planet by Tony Juniper (Feb 2013)
• Lose Less Instead of Win More: The Failure of Decoupling and Perspectives for Competition in a Degrowth Economy by Mauerhofer, Volker (1 Feb 2013)
• Land Use: Planning, Regulations & Environment by Sergio Freire, Klaus Steinnocher, Christoph Aubrecht (2 Feb 2013)
• China, India and climate change --- Take the lead, Greenprint: A New Approach to Cooperation on Climate Change by Aaditya Mattoo and Arvind Subramanian (2 Feb 2013)
• Harmful Natural Chemicals and Radiation in the Environment: Stories, History and What You Need to Know by Raymond Poon (5 Feb 2013)
• Taking Sustainable Cities Seriously: Economic Development, the Environment, and Quality of Life in American Cities - American and Comparative Environmental Policy Series by Kent E. Portney (8 Feb 2013)
• Sustainability for Healthcare Management by Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa (13 Feb 2013)
• Acid Earth The Global Threat of Acid Pollution, 2nd Edition by John McCormick (14 Feb 2013) Ecosystem Services and Global Trade of Natural Resources Ecology, Economics and Policies Edited by Thomas Koellner (15 Feb 2013)
• Environmental Regulation and Public Disclosure: The Case of PROPER in Indonesia - Environment for Development by Shakeb Afsah, Allen Blackman, Jorge H. Garcia, Thomas Sterner (18 Feb 2013)
• International Law for Energy and the Environment, Second Edition by Patricia Park (1 Mar 2013)
• Low Carbon Development Key Issues edited by Frauke Urban, Johan Nordensvärd (7 Mar 2013)
• Energy, Environment and Economic Transformation in China by Shiyi Chen (7 Mar 2013)

Publication

• NAMA Concepts for Bangladesh by Jason Dion, Deborah Murphy, Melissa Harris, David Sawyer, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISS), 2012. (Jan 2013)
• Incheon Communiqué: Strengthening planning and implementation capacities for sustainable development in the post Rio context by UNOSD, United Nations Office for Sustainable Development, 2012. (Jan 2013)
• Local perceptions and responses to climate change and variability: the case of Laikipia district, Kenya by S. A. Ogalleh; C. R. Vogl; J. Eitzinger; M. Hauser  (Jan 2013)
• Coastal biodiversity management in Japanese satoumi by Joannès Berque and Osamu Matsuda (Jan 2013)
• CDM Benefits Report 2012 by Dr. Adam Bumpus (Jan 2013)
• CDM In CHARTS by Koakutsu, Kazuhisa and Fukui, Akiko. (Jan 2013)
• Global Risks 2013 - Eighth Edition (Edited by Lee Howell, World Economic) (Jan 2013)
• World Headed for Perfect Storm: Climate Change, Income Disparity, Economic Weakness by World Economic Forum (WEF) (17 Jan 2013)
• Pacific Environment and Climate Change Outlook Report by Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (17 Jan 2013)
• EPA Releases New Report on Children's Health and the Environment in America by EPA (25 Jan 2013)
• Indoor Air Puts Chinese Women Nonsmokers at Risk in the journal Cancer Causes & Control by University at Buffalo (29 Jan 2013)
• New Project Publications by Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) (31 Jan 2013)
• Innovation in Local and Global Learning Systems for Sustainability: Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity – Learning Contributions of the Regional Centres of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development edited by Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana and Zinaida Fadeeva (Feb 2013)
• Climate Risk Management for Water and Agriculture in the Dominican Republic: Focus on the Yaque Del Sur Basin by Marius Keller, Alice Natalia Zamudio-Trigo, UNDP, 2013 (Feb 2013)
• UNEP 2012 Annual report by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Feb 2013)
• Services Trade Liberalization and Food Security: Exploring the links in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) by Alexander Chandra, Herjuno Kinasih, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) (Feb 2013)
• aUnderstanding relationships between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people: the key to achieving REDD+ objectives. A global assessment report by J. A. Parrotta (ed); C. Wildburger (ed); S. Mansourian (ed) (Feb 2013)
• LCS-RNet complied the latest research results and findings in Climate Policy (international journal) edited by Jim Skea, Jean-Charles Horcade, S. Lechtenbohmer (Feb 2013)
• Canadian Carbon Policy Year in Review and Emerging Trends, 2012 by David Sawyer, Dale Beugin, Philip Gass (Feb 2013)
• Existing Efforts And Lessons Learned: Japan's MSW Recycling Policy And A Climate Friendly Waste Management Practice For Developing Asia by Hotta, Yasuhiko; Sang-Arun,Janya and Menikpura, Nirmala (Feb 2013)
• Meeting India's renewable energy targets: the financing challenge by D. NELSON; G. SHRIMALI; S. GOEL (Feb 2013)
• Regional Air Pollution Frameworks In East Asia And Potential For Linkage With Co-Benefits by Elder, Mark (Feb 2013)
  Mitigation Co-Benefits Of Adaptation Actions In Agriculture: An Opportunity For Promoting Climate Smart Agriculture In Indonesia by  Prabhakar, SVRK (Feb 2013)
• New study highlights impact of environmental change on older people by Researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute at the University of York and Simon Fraser University's Gerontology Research Centre in Canada (1 Feb 2013)
• Air pollution linked to low birth weight: study published in the US journal Environmental Health Perspectives (6 Feb 2013)
• UNEP Year Book 2013: Strengthened Governance and Management Required to Prevent Rush for Resources from Damaging Fragile Arctic Environment by United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (18 Jan 2013)
• When disasters and conflicts collide: improving links between disaster resilience and conflict prevention by K. Harris; D. Keen; T. Mitchell (18 Feb 2013)
• Strengthened Governance and Management Required to Prevent Rush for Resources from Damaging Fragile Arctic Environment, Says UNEP Year Book 2013 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (19 Feb 2013)
• Clean Air Asia and GIZ Jointly Release Sustainable Urban Freight in Asia Publication by giz and Clean Air Asia (19 Feb 2013)
• Study: Where Air Pollution Is Bad, Heart Attacks Are More Deadly by Cathryn Tonne and Paul Wilkinson (22 Feb 2013)
• Climate Risks, Vulnerability and Governance in Kenya: A review by Jo-Ellen Parry, Daniella Echeverría, Julie Karami-Dekens, Joseph Maitima, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), 2012 (23 Feb 2013)
• BioTrade: Harnessing the potential for transitioning to a green economy - The Case of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in Nepal by UNEP (28 Feb 2013)
• Clean Air Asia with Partners Jointly Release Low-Carbon Land Transport Policy Handbook (28 Feb 2013)
• Case studies on flash flood risk management in the Himalayas: in support of specific flash flood policies by A. B. Shrestha and S. R. Bajracharya (Mar2013)
• IGES Policy Report: Measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) for low carbon development: learning from experience in Asia edited by Kazuhisa Koakutsu, Kenta Usui, Aya Watarai, Yusuke Takagi (Mar 2013)
• Sustainable Communication: How communication technology and the internet create both opportunities for and threats to sustainable development (1 Mar 2013)

III. Events and Conferences

Forthcoming events:

March 

• Roving exhibition on glass bottle recycling opens organized by The Environmental Protection Department in March 2013
• 2013 Hong Kong CDP Climate Change workshop organized by CDP and BEC on 11 Mar 2013
• China’s Climate Change Challenge by China Environment Forum on 13 Mar 2013
• 6th Diesel Emissions Conference & AdBlue Forum Asia on 13-15 Mar 2013 at Beijing China
• Environmental Film Fest: “Beijing Besieged by Waste” organized by Woodrow Wilson Center on 14 Mar 2013
• Shale Gas Revolution in China: Game Changer for Coal? organized by Woodrow Wilson Center on 15 Mar 2013
• 3rd APAN Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Forum organized by APAN on 18-20 Mar 2013
• Call for papers:  Second International Conference on Solid Waste Management (18 Mar 2013 Deadline)
• 低碳管理‧卓越成效研討會 (Chinese version only) organized by Business Environment Council (BEC) on 19 Mar 2013
• Public Participation in Environmental Matters in East Asia: Access to Information, Administrative Procedures and Justice organized by UNU-IAS on 19 Mar 2013
• Earth Hour 2013 organized by WWF on 23 Mar 2013
• Balancing Act on the Mekong: Building Linkages for Sustainable Dam Development organized by Woodrow Wilson Center on 25 Mar 2013
• UNU Interactive Seminar: Extending Environmental Governance Across Borders on 29 Mar 2013
• Call for Applications: EMBARQ India 2013 Internship Program (31 Mar 2013 Deadline)
• FHKI Hang Seng Pearl River Delta Environmental Award organized by Federation of Hong Kong Industries and (until 31 Jul 2013)

April

• CALL FOR PAPERS – Indigenous People and Nature Conservation (1 Apr 2013 Deadline)
• Inter-University Seminar on Asian Megacities: Asian Urbanism and Beyond organized by CUHK (4 Apr 2013 Deadline)
• The Devouring Dragon: How China’s Rise Threatens Our Natural World organized by Woodrow Wilson Center on 4 Apr 2013
• 7th International Conference on Community-Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change organized by International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) on 18-25 Apr 2013
• Call of Papers: Food and Environment 2013 --- 2nd International Conference on Food and Environment on 22-24 Apr 2013
• Call for papers: Environmental Health Risk 2013: 7th International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health on 23-25 Apr 2013
• Seventh Regional EST Forum in Asia and Global Consultation on Sustainable Transport in the post 2015 Development Agenda in Bali, Indonesia on 23-25 Apr 2013

Recent Events

January, February and March

• Think, Eat, Save: UNEP, FAO and Partners Launch Global Campaign to Change Culture of Food Waste launched by UN Environment Programme (UNEP) on 22 Jan 2013
• Fishing for Families: Reporting on Population, Environment, and Food Security in the Philippines organized by Wilson Center on 28 Jan 2013
• Green Innovation in China: Book Launch and Panel Discussion organized by Wilson Center on 29 Jan 2013
• Sixth International Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) Summer School, Xiamen, China (1 Feb 2013 Deadline for application)
• Strengthening Responses to Climate Variability in South Asia organized by The Wilson Center on 7 Feb 2013
• Planning from a Regional Perspective organized by Chinese University of Hong Kong on 7 Feb 2013
• International River Festival 2013 in Bandrabhaan(Bhopal), India on 8-10 Feb 2013
• MRV'ing Transport NAMAs and Projects organized by Global Environmental Strategies and Clean Air Asia on 12 Feb 2013
• Beyond global warming: World trends and Japan's policies on low-carbon societies organized by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) on 18 Feb 2013
• "The Seminar for Promoting Japanese Wastewater Treatment Technology in Vietnam" to be held on 20 February, 2013
• Industry Visit to North East New Territories (NENT) Landfill organized by Business Environment Council (BEC) on 20 Feb 2013
• A Property-led Approach to Cluster Development: "Creative Industry Clusters" and Creative Industry Networks in Shanghai organized by Chinese University of Hong Kong Geography Resource Management on 21 Feb 2013
• Global Trends 2030: Demographic and Environmental Changes and the Future of International Security organized by Wilson Center and Global Sustainability and Resilience Program on 26 Feb 2013
• Learning and Leading on LEDS Workshop organized by LEDS Global Partnership on 27 Feb - 1 Mar 2013
• 17th meeting of the Ramsar Scientific & Technical Review Panel (STRP17) organized by Ramsar Secretariat on 25 Feb to 1 Mar 2013
• Call for Poster Presentation Abstracts in Global Change Research (3 March 2013 Deadline)
• Southeast Asian Marine Mammal Symposium (SEAMAM III) co-hosted by the MareCet Research Organization along with the Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University Malaya from 4 Mar to 10 Mar 2013
• Industry Visit to Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO) and Megaman Showroom organized by Business Environment Council on 5 Mar 2013
• “How to Make Asia into Low Carbon Society: the role of measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) and opportunity for partnership” organized by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) on 5 Mar 2013
• Mekong Environmental Symposium 2013 by organized by the German Aerospace Center, DLR and the WISDOM Project on 5-7 Mar 2013
• Improving Health and the Environment Through Integrated System Approaches organized by Wilson Center on 6 Mar 2013

Others

• International Conference on Solid Waste 2013: Innovation in Technology and Management supported by Business Environment Council (BEC) on 5-8 May 2013
• BEC EnviroSeries 2013 organized by Business Environmental Council (BEC) on 24 May 2013
• Inter-University Seminar on Asian Megacities: Asian Urbanism and Beyond (15-17 Aug 2013) (registration before 31 May 2013 free of charge) organized by CUHK
• 8th Asia Clean Energy Forum 2013 at ADB Headquarters organized by ADB and USAID on 25 Jun - 28 Jun 2013
• 6th International Conference on Atmosphere, Ocean and Climate Change (19-21 Aug 2013) organized by COAA and CUHK

IV. Useful websites

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