Monthly Updates (27 Oct 2013)

PEGAsia Monthly Update

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

I. Regional/Local Updates

China

• 5 cities barred from water-polluting projects (1 Oct 2013)
• China to issue air pollution warnings in Beijing, Tianjin (2 Oct 2013)
• Ecological safety urged for sustainable development (2 Oct 2013)
• Beijing to replace coal-burning power plants (5 Oct 2013)
• Beijing targets polluting cars to clean up air (9 Oct 2013)
• Hurdles remain for vehicle curbs (10 Oct 2013)

South Korea

• International Workshop on IUCN Green to be held (1 Oct 2013)
• S. Korea recommended to keep ratio of nuclear power below 30 pct by 2035 (13 Oct 2013)

Japan

• The 11th Environmental Research Symposium –“The frontline of environmental research on the hydrosphere and oceans” (10 Oct 2013)
• Public Comments Invited Regarding the "Proposal for the Registration Withholding-Standards for Agricultural Chemicals Concerning Water Pollution" (17 Oct 2013)

Taiwan

• APEC保護海洋資源國際會議 (13 Oct 2013)
• 聯合國通過水俣公約，將控制和減少汞的全球排放 (11 Oct 2013)

Vietnam

• ASEAN urges more eco-system protection (8 Oct 2013)
• People feel strange to green production and consumption (11 Oct 2013)
• Turning scrap into cash: still a long way to go (14 Oct 2013)

India

• Oil spill near Mumbai: Show cause notice issued to ONGC (10 Oct 2013)
•  Intense, destructive storms may occur frequently as global warming intensifies, Greenpeace warns (12 Oct 2013)
• Constitution of a Team for immediate site inspection off the Uran coast near Mumbai, Maharashtra (13 Oct 2013)
• First National Taxonomic Congress (13 Dec 2013)

Indonesia

• Camera traps produce first ever hard evidence of Sumatran rhino population in Kalimantan forests (2 Oct 2013)
• Asia’s first Rhino Range States meeting secures government-level agreement to bolster conservation efforts (4 Oct 2013)
• Pulp and paper giant gets $1.8B loan from China for Indonesia's largest mill (11 Oct 2013)

Hong Kong

• Converter subsidy to end ( 1 Oct 2013)
• HK's Updates: Landfill leak data to go online (2 Oc 2013)
•  Release of water quality monitoring of the Kong Yiu Channel and relevant information on this website weekly (9 Oct 2013)
• 「市民對超市蔬果過度包裝」之意見調查,85%市民認為蔬果包裝完全沒必要或可以不要 (9 Oct 2013)
• 百佳、惠康等7大超市蔬果包裝率至少達70%，過度包裝問題嚴重 (10 Oct 2013)
• Food Wise Hong Kong Campaign promotes food waste reduction at source in food and beverage industry  (22 Oct 2013)
• New regulation to phase out pre-Euro IV diesel commercial vehicles (23 Oct 2012)
• Hong Kong News: Garbage truck upgrades broached (25 Oct 2013)
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World

• CDM Executive Board Adopts Two-Year Business Plan (4 Oct 2013)
• African Stakeholders Discuss Green Climate Fund at AfDB Meeting (7 Oct 2013)
• EU Over-Delivered on Kyoto Commitments: EEA Assessments (9 Oct 2013)

II. Books and Publications

Books

• Estonia  2013 -- Energy Policies Beyond IEA Countries (11 Oct 2013)
• CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion -- 2012 Edition (13 Oct 2013)
• Water Security:Principles, Perspectives and Practices (15 Oct 2013)
• World Energy Outlook 2013 (12 NOV, 2013)

Publication

• Written submission to LegCo Panel on Environmental Affairs regarding mandatory retirement of pre-Euro IV diesel commercial vehicles by Civic Exchange (2 Oct 2013)
• Industrial Policy for a Green Economy, Johannes Schwarzer (10 Oct 2013)
• Performance and Environmental Emissions of a Gasoline Spark Ignition Engine (12 Oct 2013)
• Biofuels At What Cost? A review of costs and benefits of Spain's biofuel policies (13 Oct 2013)
• Biofuels - At What Cost? A review of costs and benefits of U.K. biofuel policies (13 Oct 2013)
• Green Revenues for Green Energy: Environmental fiscal reform for renewable energy technology deployment in China
• Toward a Binding Climate Change Adaptation Regime A Proposed Framework by Mizan. R. Khan (30 Oct 2013)
• Routledge International Handbook of Social and Environmental Change (30 Oct 2013)

III. Events and Conferences

Recent Events

• Public Lecture by HKU: Marine Biodiversity and Conservation of Hong Kong: Past, Present and Future on 5 Oct 2013
• 4th Diesel Emissions Conference India (8 to 10 Oct 2013)
• Swedish Clean-Tech Solutions Seminar in Hong Kong (9 Oct 2013)
• Hong Kong Association of Property Management Companies Seminar 2013 (17 Oct 2013)
• High Performance Building Facades and Net Zero Energy Buildings ，PCE Public Lecture （17 Oct 2013)
• 2013 SharingValueAsia Forum (23 Oct 2013)
• On the Path to 2050 Exciting Possibilities to Address a High Challenging Future in the Global Provision of Water to Planet Earth (25 Oct 2013)
• Event: BEC Eco Expo (28-31 Oct 2013)
• 2013 Eco Expo Asia (28 Oct- 31 Oct 2013 )
• 2nd Regional Forum for Waste Charging Scheme in Hong Kong (31 Oct 2013)

Forthcoming events:

• Call forpapers: 2014 4th International Conference on Environment and IndustrialInnovation (ICEII 2014) (deadline: 20 Oct 2013)
• IGES Side Event at Smart City Week 2013 "Introducing Low Carbon Cities in Asia" organized by IGES on 22 Oct 2013
• On the Path to 2050 Exciting Possibilities to Address a High Challenging Future in the Global Provision of Water to Planet Earth (25 Oct 2013)
• 2013 Eco Expo Asia (28 Oct- 31 Oct 2013 )
• Outcomes of Satoyama-Satoumi Conferences and Further Perspectives from OUIK (1 Nov 2013)
• The 11th Environmental Research Symposium – “The frontline of environmental research on the hydrosphere and oceans” (10 Nov 2013)
• Lecture byHKU: SERVICE 100 Lecture Series - Food (25 Sep, 29 Oct, 6 Nov and 20 Nov, 2013)
• India, First National Taxonomic Congress (13 Dec 2013)

Other

• Call for papers: IEEA 2014 : 2014 The 3rd International Conference on Informatics, Environment, Energy and Applications (Deadline: 1 Nov 2013)
• Conferences and Workshops: Disaster Governance: The Urban Transition in Asia organized by NUS from 7 to 8 Nov 2013
• Walk For Nature organized by WWF (HK) on 9, 10 Nov 2013
• World Forum on Natural Capital organized by the Scottish Wildlife Trustin association with the United Nations Environment Programme and others started from 21 to 22 Nov 2013
• Conference: 8th International Conference on Urban Regeneration and Sustainability organized by Wessex Institute of Technology, UK Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia from 3-5 Dec 2013
• Training workshop: Sustainability Reporting and Communications organized by CSR Asia on 4 Dec 2013
• ICF National Conference 2014: Trees, People and the Built Environment from 2-4 Apr 2014

IV. Useful websites

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