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Monthly Update
Governance
in Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong – September 2013
I. Regional/Local Updates
China
- US, China Agree on Climate Change Mitigation Actions (10 Jul 2013)
- China in Action to Ensure Safety of Drinking Water (22 Jul 2013)
- China Resorts to Judicial Protection in Green Push (22 Jul 2013)
- Tougher plan to reduce air pollution (25 Jul 2013)
- Cleaner Fuel on the Way for Shanghai Motorists (31 Jul 2013)
- Beijing at center of China's worst area for poor air quality (1 Aug 2013)
- Ozone adds to dangers of pollutants (1 Aug 2013)
- Chinese cities heavily polluted in first half (3 Aug 2013)
- Pollution blamed for drop of 14% in Beijing tourism (3 Aug 2013)
- Beijing's 1,000 electric taxis could help smog (6 Aug 2013)
- Natural disasters kill 461 in July (8 Aug 2013)
- Study reaffirms 'cancer villages' (8 Aug 2013)
- A New Way To Measure Emissions From China’s Coal-Fired Power Plants (14 Aug 2013)
- Endangered Chinese monkey population recovering (14 Aug 2013)
- Air pollution takes toll on China's tourism (14 Aug 2013)
- Five-year plan to treat water, soil losses (16 Aug 2013)
- Fish ecosystem on Yangtze 'on verge of collapse' (16 Aug 2013)
- Beijing toughens pollution rules for cleaner air (3 Sep 2013)
- China to charge more to subsidize green energy (3 Sep 2013)
- Beijing reveals annual vehicle emissions load (10 Sep 2013)
South Korea
- Go eco-friendly camping and cut food waste with food bank! (23 Jul 2013)
- Mandatory verification for new environmental technologies on water quality (31 Jul 2013)
- Result of crackdown on pollutant-emitting facilities shows local governments’ lukewarm attitude (8 Aug 2013)
- Public-sector greenhouse gas emissions drop 8.1 pct in 2012 (16 Aug 2013)
Taiwan
- 公告平板電腦、外接硬碟及含汞燈納入回收項目 (5 Aug 2013)
- 加嚴各類音源管制 提昇生活環境品質 環保署修正發布「噪音管制標準」 (6 Aug 2013)
- 環保署與美國太空總署(NASA)合作，監測南海大氣品質 (13 Aug 2013)
- 環保署推動資源循環零廢棄 規劃建置二手物交換資訊整合平台 (20 Aug 2013)
Malaysia
- Palm oil drives Malaysian rainforest tree to extinction (30 Jul 2013)
- Malaysian NGOs form alliance to address palm oil concerns (31 Jul 2013)
- FRIM develops DNA markers for karas species identification (2 Sep 2013)
- Malaysia to launch palm oil certification scheme to compete with RSPO (6 Sep 2013)
The Philippines
- CAGAYAN DE ORO RIVER BASIN NAMED NEW WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT AREA (3 Aug 2013)
- DENR OKAYS GUIDELINES FOR ECOTOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN PROTECTED AREAS (5 Aug 2013)
Vietnam
- National Strategy on Biodiversity in 2020 (8 Aug 2013)
- Vietnam faced many barriers in clean production (14 Aug 2013)
- Impacts of climate change on natual resources in Vietnam (15 Aug 2013)
- Hai Phong: France supports doing research on clarifying pollution in Bach Dang estuary (16 Aug 2013)
- Regulation on retrieval and processing of waste products (16 Aug 2013)
- Vietnam initially succeeded in protecting the ozone layer (22 Aug 2013)
India
- Mumbai to get pollution information on 15 screens (5 Aug 2013)
- Explore use of bio-degradable plastic bags: NGT to states (9 Aug 2013)
- Scientists map human-wildlife conflict in India (15 Aug 2013)
- Delhi govt plans incentive for green power (18 Aug 2013)
- Mumbai, Kolkata to suffer huge damage from sea flooding by 2050: Study (19 Aug 2013)
- Indian cities less NO2 polluted than other major global counterparts (20 Aug 2013)
- Exotic shark fins soup industry comes under environment ministry's radar (23 Aug 2013)
Indonesia
Hong Kong
- Country park enclaves of Tai Long Sai Wan, Kam Shan and Yuen Tun to be incorporated into country parks (17 Jul 2013)
- BirdLife International Award Recognizes WWF’s Conservation Achievements (24 Jul 2013)
- Application for replacement subsidy for catalytic converters and oxygen sensors on petrol and LPG taxis and light buses to begin soon (31 Jul 2013)
- 8 valuable trees added to register (6 Aug 2013)
- Task Force on External Lighting organises stakeholder and public engagement exercise (19 Aug 2013)
- 6 sustainable projects win funding (26 Aug 2013)
Singapore
World
- Forests: Near real-time deforestation monitoring system to go global (25 Jul 2013)
- WWF: Global Tiger Day: Are we on track towards doubling wild tiger numbers? (29 Jul 2013)
- Google: Google Earth presents fish-eye view of coral reefs (20 Aug 2013)
- UN food agency: 'One third of food wasted, costs world economy $750 bn' (11 Sep 2013)
II. Books and Publications
Books
- Resource Efficiency:Economics and Outlook for China by UNEP (Jul 2013)
- Climate Change and the Private Sector Scaling Up Private Sector Response to Climate Change By Craig Hart (24 Jul 2013)
- Measuring and Evaluating Sustainability Ethics in Sustainability Indexes By Sarah Fredericks (26 Jul 2013)
- Environmental Ethics and Sustainability A Casebook for Environmental Professionals By Hal Taback, Ram Ramanan (29 Jul 2013)
- Globalization of Water Governance in South Asia Edited by Vishal Narain, Chanda Gurung Goodrich, Jayati Chourey, Anjal Prakash (31 Jul 2013)
- Climate Change And The Oceans - Gauging the Legal and Policy Currents in the Asia Pacific and Beyond Edward Elgar 2013 (Aug 2013)
- Energy Statistics of Non-OECD Countries -- 2013 Edition (Aug 2013)
- Energy Balances of Non-OECD Countries -- 2013 Edition by IEA (Aug 2013)
- Governance of Natural Resources: Uncovering the Social Purpose of Materials in Nature Edited by Jin Sato (1 Aug 2013)
- Searching for Resilience in Sustainable Development Learning Journeys in Conservation By John Blewitt, Daniella Tilbury (6 Aug 2013)
- The Capability Approach and Sustainability Edited by Ortrud Lessmann, Felix Rauschmayer (13 Aug 2013)
- The Ecotourism-Extraction Nexus Political Economies and Rural Realities of (un)Comfortable Bedfellows Edited by Bram Büscher, Veronica Davidov (6 Aug 2013)
- Environmental Justice in Developing Countries Perspectives from Africa and Asia-Pacific By Rhuks Ako (7 Aug 2013)
- Sustainability If It's Everything, Is It Nothing? By Heather M. Farley, Zachary A. Smith (7 Aug 2013)
- Exploring Climate Change through Science and in Society An anthology of Mike Hulme's essays, interviews and speeches By Mike Hulme (8 Aug 2013)
- Feeding India Livelihoods, Entitlements and Capabilities By Bill Pritchard, Anu Rammohan, Madhushree Sekher, S. Parasuraman, Chetan Choithani (9 Aug 2013)
- Effective Risk Communication Edited by Joseph Arvai, Louie Rivers III (13 Aug 2013)
- Social and Economic Benefits of Protected Areas An Assessment Guide Edited by Marianne Kettunen, Patrick ten Brink (14 Aug 2013)
- Anthropology and Nature Edited by Kirsten Hastrup (15 Aug 2013)
- A Global Environmental Right By Stephen J. Turner (16 Aug 2013)
- The UN Watercourses Convention in Force Strengthening International Law for Transboundary Water Management Edited by Flavia Rocha Loures, Alistair Rieu-Clarke (16 Aug 2013)
- Game Theory and Fisheries Essays on the Tragedy of Free for All Fishing By Ussif Rashid Sumaila (21 Aug 2013)
- Environmental Economics An Integrated Approach By Philip E. Graves (21 Aug 2013)
- Values in Sustainable Development Edited by Jack Appleton (21 Aug 2013)
- Values in Sustainable Development Edited by Jack Appleton (21 Aug 2013)
- Land Change Science, Political Ecology, and Sustainability Synergies and divergences Edited by Christian Brannstrom, Jacqueline M. Vadjunec (22 Aug 2013)
- Climate Change and Cultural Heritage A Race against Time By Peter F. Smith (22 Aug 2013)
- Sustainable Stockholm Exploring Urban Sustainability in Europe’s Greenest City Edited by Jonathan Metzger, Amy Rader Olsson (26 Aug 2013)
- The Political Economy of Global Warming The Terminal Crisis By Del Weston (27 Aug 2013)
- Frontiers of Environmental Input-Output Analysis By Shigemi Kagawa (30 Aug 2013)
- Climate-Resilient Development Participatory solutions from developing countries Edited by Astrid Carrapatoso, Edith Kürzinger (10 Sep 2013)
- The Coming of Age of the Green Community My neighbourhood, my planet By Erik Bichard (12 Sep 2013)
Publication
- Collaboration and Innovation: The Future of Leadership for Sustainable Development — 2012-13 IISD Annual Report by William H. Glanville, Nona Pelletier, Joel Trenaman, IISD 2013
- Water and Food Security – Experiences in India and China by The Global Water Partnership (2013)
- Challenges Of Decontamination, Community Regeneration And Livelihood Rehabilitation by MORI Hideyuki; OTSUKA Takashi; TOTOKI Yoshiaki; CHIBA Yohei (Jul 2013)
- Climate Risks in the Mekong Delta: Ca Mau and Kien Giang Provinces of Viet Nam by ADB (Jul 2013)
- The Millennium Development Goals Report 2013 by UN (1 Jul 2013)
- UNFCCC Releases Annex I GHG Inventory Documents on 15 Jul 2013
- UNFCCC Publishes Reviews of Individual Annual Submissions (24 Jul 2013)
- UN APCICT Launches ICT, Climate Change and Green Growth Publication and Toolkit by UN-APCICT (24 Jul 2013)
- DB Releases Review of Stakeholder Participation in Climate Investment Funds by ADB (29 Jul 2013)
- Hong Kong’s Water Resources Management under “One Country, Two Systems” By Su Liu (30 Jul 2013)
- ITP Water Risk Assessment 2013 by Kyungmee Kim, Andreas Lindström and Josh Weinberg (Aug 2013)
- 2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report (Aug 2013)
- Collaboration and Innovation: The Future of Leadership for Sustainable Development — 2012-13 IISD Annual Report by William H. Glanville, Nona Pelletier, Joel Trenaman, IISD (Aug 2013)
- 2011 Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Sustainability Report by Amanda Stevens, Laura Draucker (Aug 2013)
- Climate Resilience and Food Security: A framework for planning and monitoring by IISD (Aug 2013)
- CIFOR Database Provides Insights into Forest Carbon Pools (1 Aug 2013)
- Phase VII IT Industry Investigative Report - Who is Polluting the Taihu Basin? published by IPE (1 Aug 2013)
- A Review of the Hong Kong Inspection and Maintenance Programme for On-road Vehicles by Freda Fung and Bryan Suen (6 Aug 2013)
- WWF releases Hong Kong Ecological Footprint Report 2013: If everyone in the world lived a Hong Kong lifestyle, 2.6 Earths is needed to fulfil our needs (20 Aug 2013)
- ICARDA Annual Report Stresses Innovations on Climate Resilience (29 Aug 2013)
- Poverty and Food Security in India by ADB (Sep 2013)
- Designing Greenhouse Gas Reporting Systems: Learning from Existing Programs by Neelam Singh, Avipsa Mahapatra (Sep 2013)
- Rice Trade and Price Volatility: Implications on ASEAN and Global Food Security by ADB (Sep 2013)
- “Climate Change, Water Conflicts and Human Security” Report Released (2 Sep 2013)
- PROVIA Identifies Research Priorities on Vulnerability (2 Sep 2013)
- World Bank Report Identifies Ways to Reduce Short-lived Climate Pollutants (3 Sep 2013)
III. Events and Conferences
Forthcoming
events:
- Symposium: Sustainability Science: Promoting Integration and Cooperation organized by UNU-ISP on 13 Sep 2013
- Eco-city forum sets to explore green urbanization organized by Binhai New Area from 15-19 Sep 2013
- 8th Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems – SDEWES Conference organized by University of Zagreb and Instituto Superior Tecnico from 22-27 Sep 2013
- Workshop: Asia-Pacific Workshop on Forest Hydrology --- Water and Forests – Beyond Traditional Forest Hydrology organized by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, INDIA on 23-25 Sep 2013
- BUGS Kick-off Ceremony cum Oh! Low Carbon Concert organized by HKBU on 24 Sep 2013
- Call for Applications: South Asian Youth Camp on Climate Agriculture and Water from 26 to 28 Sep 2013
- PHILIPPINES TO HOST 4TH ASEAN HERITAGE PARKS CONFERENCE from 1 to 4 Oct 2013
- How Many Light Bulbs Does it Take to Change China? — China’s Strategies for Lowering Energy’s Environmental Footprint organized by the Wilson Center on 3 Oct 2013
- BUGS - Beach Cleaning Competition organized by HKBU BU Greenies on 5 Oct 2013
- International Developments in Carbon and Environmental Footprinting organized by PEF from 8-9 Oct 2013
- Conference: 4th Diesel Emissions Conference India organized by Integer from 8th to 10 Oct 2013
- Global Energy Essay Contest 2013 organized by global energy initiative (deadline: 28 Oct 2013)
Other
- Conference on Forestry and Forest Products 2013 organized by Forest Research Institute Malaysia and Forest Department Peninsula Malaysia from 11-12 Nov 2013
- Events: Clean Air Ride-Manila organized by Clean Air Asia 28-29 Nov 2013
- Event: 2014 International Conference and Utility Exhibition on “Green Energy for Sustainable Development” organized by Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand from 19-21 Mar 2014
Recent Events
- 長春社: 廚餘酵素工作坊 (3 Aug 2013)
- China Environment Forum: Beijing Energy & Environment Roundtable (BEER) organized by the Wilson Center on 7 Aug 2013
- IN BEIJING: Global Choke Point: Water-Energy-Food Confrontations in the World’s Two Largest Economies organized by the Wilson Center on 7 Aug 2013
- Youth Square ‘Book Crossing Festival 2013’ organized by youth square from 17-18 Aug 2013
- Environment and Climate Change Forum Series―Climate Change: A Global Challenge and Its Latest Situation organized by CUHK on 21 Aug 2013
- Workshop: Developing Farming Systems for Climate Change Mitigation organized by ADB from 26-30 Aug 2013
- Call for proposals: NAMA Facility Issues First Call for Project Proposals (Deadline: 2 Sep 2013)
- The New Normal: What every HK busines should know about climate risk organized by BEC on 3 Sep 2013
- Public Lecture organized by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University on 6 Sep 2013
- Call for abstracts: Earth From Space --- The Most Effective Solutions organized by ScanEx Research and Development Center, The Russian Federal Space Agency, Transparent World and CSJC CITD (Deadline: 10 Sep 2013)
- Harvesting Peace: Food Security, Conflict, and Cooperation (Report Launch) organized by the Wilson Center on 12 Sep 2013
- Seminars: Atmosphere-biosphere Interactions: Impacts of Global Environmental Change on Air Quality, Food Security and Public Health organized by CUHK on 12 Sep 2013
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