PEGAsia Monthly Update – July 2013

PEGAsia Monthly Update - July 2013

I. Regional/Local Updates

China

• Environmental Pollution Crimes to Be Severely Punished (20 Jun 2013)
• Plug the flow of e-waste (20 Jun 2013)
• Recycling the answer to China's junk dilemma (20 Jul 2013)
• One in 10 May Live in Climate Hotspots by 2100 (2 Jul 2013)
• Coal burning in N China shortens lifespan (9 Jul 2013)
• Beijing to Double Bicycles for Rent (18 Jul 2013)
• Global Efforts to Create Sustainable Chinese City (19 Jun 2013)

Japan

• FY2011 Annual Report of Environmental Health Surveillance for Air Pollution (May 2013)

South Korea

• S. Korea's electricity use higher than OECD average (20 Jun 2013)
• Save energy and raise productivity with Coolmaepsi (27 Jun 2013)
• MOTIE Implements Energy-Saving Measures for Summer (27 Jun 2013)
• A collection of essays of national park keepers to be published (1 Jul 2013)
• Seoul to raise minimum fuel efficiency standard for cars from 2020 (15 Jul 2013)
• Seoul to ban production, imports of incandescent lighting from next year (16 Jul 2013)

Taiwan

• 打造清新的農產市集 環保署補助西螺果菜市場蔬果運輸車電動化 (2 Jul 2013)
• 預告修正「交通工具空氣污染物排放標準」(3 Jul 2013)
• 環保機關將24小時連線監視廢水排放大戶 (9 Jul 2013)
• 環保署公告修正營建工程空氣污染防制費收費費率

Malaysia

• FRIM offers world class chemical-free wood treatment (20 Jun 2013)
• Apps available to check on air quality in Malaysia (25 Jun 2013)
• 80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged (17 Jul 2013)

The Philippines

• Survey: 8 of 10 Filipinos Personally Experience Impacts of Climate Change (19 Jun 2013)

Vietnam

• Efforts to save Dong Nai River (20 Jun 2013)
• The future of the Mekong Delta: Challenges and orientation for development (22 Jun 2013)
• Da Nang: high level of biodiversity (2 Jul 2013)
• VAST NANO Technology - solution for treatment of arsenic in water (10 Jul 2013)
• National Assessment Report on Coastal Erosion completes (18 Jul 2013)

India

• Hon'ble Minister of State I/C (E&F) releases three books on World Environment Day (5 Jun 2013)
• Global warming may cause extreme droughts in India, World Bank warns (19 Jun 2013)
• Rise in global temperatures may impact monsoon, farm yields: Report (20 Jun 2013)
• Part of Manipur's forests may be diverted for hydel project (7 Jul 2013)

Indonesia

• Illegal palm oil from an Indonesian national park used by Asian Agri, Wilmar, WWF report says By Diana Parker, Mongabay-Indonesia correspondent (5 Jul 2013)
• Billions lost to corruption in Indonesia’s forest sector, says report by Diana Parker, Mongabay-Indonesia correspondent (17 Jul 2013)

Hong Kong

• Waste Disposal (Amendment) Bill 2013 gazetted today (21 Jun 2013)
• 屯門區《廚餘消減活動》啟動禮 (3 Jul 2013)
• Green Transportation Boosted In Hong Kong (4 Jul 2013)
• Grading of beach water quality released (5 Jul 2013)
• Air pollution law upgraded (10 Jul 2013)
• WWF Launches Seafood Guide 2013 (11 Jul 2013)

International

• anging environment to impact global business: UN (22 Jun 2013)
• Climate Change Threatens Many 'Safe Species' by International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) (26 Jun 2013)
• Over 700 species added to the threatened categories on the IUCN Red List (photos) Jeremy Hance (3 Jul 2013)
• World's poorest will feel brunt of climate change (19 Jun 2013)

II. Books and Publications

Books

• Local Commons and Democratic Environmental Governance  Edited by Takeshi Murota and Ken Takeshita (Mar 2013)
• Environmental Governance for Sustainable Development: East Asian Perspectives  Edited by Akihisa Mori (Mar 2013)
• Transition to Sustainable Buildings --Strategies and Opportunities to 2050 by IEA (Jun 2013)
• The Role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction edited by Fabrice G. Renaud, Karen Sudmeier-Rieux and Marisol Estrella (Jun 2013)
• Water Governance for Sustainable Development Approaches and Lessons from Developing and Transitional Countries By Stefano Farolfi (1 Jun 2013)
• A Changing Environment for Human Security Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action Edited by Linda Sygna, Karen O'Brien, Johanna Wolf (14 Jun 2013)
• Redeeming REDD Policies, Incentives and Social Feasibility for Avoided Deforestation By Michael I. Brown (20 Jun 2013)
• Risk Edited by Ragnar Lofstedt, Frederic Bouder (25 Jun 2013)
• Environmental Policies (Routledge Revivals) An International Review Edited by Chris C. Park (26 Jun 2013)
• The Precautionary Principle in Marine Environmental Law With Special Reference to High Risk Vessels By Bénédicte Sage-Fuller (28 Jun 2013)
• Waste and Recycling Theory and Empirics By Takayoshi Shinkuma, Shunsuke Managi (30 Jun 2013)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Cities Edited by Hugo Priemus, Simin Davoudi (3 Jul 2013)
• Climate Change and Sustainable Cities  Edited by Hugo Priemus, Simin Davoudi (3 Jul 2013)
• Institutions, Regulatory Styles, Society and Environmental Governance in China By Carlos Wing-Hung Lo, Shui-Yan Tang (10 Jul 2013)
• Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk Beyond Fragmented Responses By Geoff O'Brien, Phil O'Keefe (8 Jul 2013)
• International Regimes in China Domestic Implementation of the International Fisheries Agreements By Gianluca Ferraro (15 Jul 2013)
• Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction Putting Research into Practice Edited by Carina Fearnley, Emily Wilkinson, Catherine J. Tillyard,Stephen J. Edwards (19 Jul 2013)

Other Publication

• Environmental and Social Policies in Overseas Investments: Progress and Challenges in China by Denise Leung, Yingzhen Zhao, Athena Ballesteros, Tao Hu (May 2013)
• 2012 Report on the State of Environment in China (in Chinese only) by China Water Risk (Jun 2013)
• Getting Every Ton of Emissions Right: An Analysis of Emission Factors for Purchased Electricity in China by Ranping Song, Jingjing Zhu, Ping Hou, Hongtao Wang (Jun 2013)
• Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Installment Two: Reducing Food Loss and Waste by Brian Lipinski, Craig Hanson, Richard Waite, Tim Searchinger, James Lomax, Lisa Kitinoja (Jun 2013)
• Guangdong’s Energy Outlook in China’s Context by Chi-Jen Yeng and Yuan Xu (18 Jun 2013)
• Turn Down the Heat : Climate Extremes, Regional Impacts, and the Case for Resilience by World Bank (19 Jun 2013)
• Growth in crop yields inadequate to feed the world by 2050 (20 Jun 2013)
• FAO Outlines Strategies for Livestock Production Emissions Mitigation (12 Jun 2013)
• FAO Statistical Yearbook Highlights Food Production’s GHG Emissions (19 Jun 2013)
• UN Reports GHG Emissions on Journey Towards Climate Neutrality (21 Jun 2013)
• Changing climates, moving people: Framing migration, displacement and planned relocation by UNU-EaHS ( 21 Jun 2013)
• New maps highlight global conservation priorities (25 Jun 2013)
• Quality-Of-Governance Standards For Carbon Emissions Trading. Developing REDD+ Governance Through A Multi-Stage, Multi-Level And Multi-Stakeholder Approach by Lopez-Casero Federico Tim CADMAN and Tek MARASENI (26 Jun 2013)
• Addressing the encroachment problem in Tesso Nilo National Park by WWF on 26 Jun 2013
• Renewables the Fastest-growing Power Generation Sector, IEA Reports (26 Jun 2013)
• Using Data Tools to Optimize Indonesia’s Land Resources: An Overview of Natural Capital Assessment by CPI (27 Jun 2013)
• Air Quality Management in Guangdong Province and Implications from the California Air Resources Board Experience By Junyu Zheng, Huan Liu, Qing Lu and Jiamin Ou (27 Jun 2013)
• FAD 2012 Annual Report Stresses Growth, Transparency and Response to Food Security Challenges (Jul 2013)
• Investment Incentives for Renewable Energy in Southeast Asia: Case study of Viet Nam » Nam Pham Khanh, Quan Nguyen Anh, Binh Quan Minh Quoc, IISD, 2012. (Jul 2013)
• WMO Report Concludes 2001-2010 Warmest Decade on Record (3 Jul 2013)
• Wind projects can adversely impact environment (6 Jul 2013)
• The Little Green Data Book 2013 by World Bank (8 Jul 2013)
• "Air pollution linked to over 2 million deaths each year" published in Environmental Research Letters (13 Jul 2013)
• Search for Quiet By Darlene Lee (15 Jul 2013)
• WorldFish Provides Economic Analysis of Adaptation in South-East Asia by WorldFish (18 Jul 2013)

III. Events and Conferences

Recent Events

• Future of Wetlands and the Role of the Ramsar Convention organized by UNU on 4 Jul 2013
• Efficiency: Low-hanging Fruit of the Energy Challenge organized by ADB on 10 Jul 2013
• 5th China Commercial Vehicle Summit 2013 organized by Commercial Vehicle Market on 11-12 Jul 2013
• Strengthening Policies and Practices for Low-Carbon Green Growth in Asia organized by ADB Institute from 16-19 Jul 2013
• From Sustainable Communities to Global Pollution Challenges: Twenty Years of U.S.-Taiwan Environmental Cooperation organized by the Wilson Center on 17 Jul 2013
• Seminar: Air Ventilation in Urban Areas organized by Department of GRM HKCU on 17 Jul 2013
• Seminar by Masayuki Komatsu: Fisheries Management and Trade in Fishery Products in Southeast Asia and the Pacific organized by ADB Institute on 18 Jul 2013

Forthcoming events:

• Breathe Life Arts Exhibition organized by The Breathe Life group on 5-29 Jul 2013
• Hong Kong Observatory - Under the Same Sky 130 Years organized by HK Observatory and LCSD from 9 Jul to 2 Sep 2013
• Cutting Edge Cases: Chinese Environmental Lawyers at the Forefront of Legal Reforms organized by THE WILSON CENTER on 25 Jul 2013
• “Challenges and Solutions to Plastic Recycling in Hong Kong” organized by FoE (HK) on 25 Jul 2013
• Oysters, Octopus, and Resilience organized by the Wilson center on 26 Jul 2013
• Summit: Hong Kong Environmental Industry Summit 2013 organized by JCI on 27 Jul 2013
• Asia: Urban Spaces, the Local Environment and Global Sustainability organized by WILSON CENTER on 29 Jul 2013
• Water Seminar II: Less is More organized by Civic Exchange on 30 Jul 2013
• Call for paper: Apply by 31 July for December E-waste Academy in Switzerland
• 海 岸 公 園 及 海 洋 生 態 資 源 講 座 2013 organized by AFCD in July and August 2013
• Eleventh International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant on 28 Jul - 2 Aug 2013
• Talks: Under the "Science in the Public Service" Campaign, a series of talks on popular science are organized from July to September 2013
• Call for papers: 2013 International Conference on Environment Pollution and Prevention (ICEPP 2013) (Deadline: 1 Aug 2013)
• Call for papers: ICCE 2013 : 2013 Fourth International Conference on the Constructed Environment (deadline: 15 Aug 2013)

Other

• World Water Week: Eye on Asia organized by ADB from 1-6 Sep 2013
• Conference:Transport Oriented Development Asia Conference 2013 organized by facility mediaon 10-11 Sep 2013
• Sustainable Building 2013 Hong Kong Regional Conference organized by Construction Industry Council and the Hong Kong Green Building Council from 12-13 Sep 2013
• International Symposium on Sustainable Cities: Empowering Local Governments through Capacity Building organized by UNOSD on 26-28 Sep 2013
• First International Conference on Global Food Security 29 Sep - 2 Oct 2013
• Call for Abstracts Open – IMBER Open Science Conference 2014 (Deadline: 15 Jan 2014)

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