New publication: Liquid Assets IIIA：Dongjiang Overloaded – 2011 Dongjiang Expedition Report

Liquid Assets IIIA：Dongjiang Overloaded – 2011 Dongjiang Expedition Report by Civic Exchange DATE: 30 May 2012  This publication reports on a field investigation that was undertaken along the Dongjiang River in late 2011, and is the third publication in our water resource management series entitled “Liquid Assets”. The purpose was to investigate the ecological and hydrological impact of agricultural and infrastructure developments, mining...

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Call for papers: Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference: Complex Architectures, Multiple Agents

Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference: Complex Architectures, Multiple Agents 28-01-2013 - 31-01-2013 Tokyo, Japan Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference: Complex Architectures, Multiple Agents United Nations University Head Quarters, Tokyo, 28-31 January 2013 We invite you to the Earth System Governance Tokyo Conference, to be held 28-31 January 2013 at the United Nations University Headquarters in Tokyo, Japan. This event is part...

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Conference on Low Carbon and Eco-Cities in East Asia, 7-8 June 2012, Hong Kong

Date : 7 - 8 June 2012 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Venue : Conference Room 2, Block 2, To Yuen Building, City University of Hong Kong Sponsored by : Governance in Asia Research Centre Language: English A very limited number of seats will be made available at the workshop. Please email to ga@cityu.edu.hk for registration. SPEAKERS Prof. MYUNG-RAE CHO, Dankook University, Korea Dialogue for Making a Low-Carbon Green City : the Case of Suwon...

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Seminar on ECONOMICS OF LOW CARBON CITIES, 09 Jun 2012, Hong Kong

ECONOMICS OF LOW CARBON CITIES Seminar organized by British Council and University of Leeds, UK Date:09 Jun 2012 Time:10:30 Location: Room 307, British Council Hong Kong, 3 Supreme Court Road, Admiralty, Hong Kong Introduction What is the most effective and efficient way to decarbonise a city? There are thousands of low carbon options available and, although they present a significant opportunity to reduce energy bills and carbon foot-prints,...

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2012 Social Justice and Management Education International Corporate Social Responsibility Forum, 2012/07/02, Taiwan

2012 Social Justice and Management Education International Corporate Social Responsibility Forum Date: 2012/07/02 Location: Cardinal Tien Cultural Foundation, located at 4F, No. 22 Xinghai Road, Chung Cheng Dist., Taipei 100 Sponsor: The Social Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Taiwan (SEIETW), and the Social Enterprise Research Centre of Fu Jen Catholic University Date: June 29, 2012 through July 2, 2012           ...

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Carbon Footprints of Products to Promote Sustainable Operations and Energy Management Seminar, June 15, 2012, Taiwan

Carbon Footprints of Products to Promote Sustainable Operations and Energy Management Seminar Date: June 15, 2012 Location: Delta Electronics Inc., R&DBuilding, International Conference Hall, Taiwan Sponsor: SGS Taiwan Limited Co-Sponsor: Industrial Sustainable DevelopmentCenter, NationalCheng-KungUniversity Information: “Low Carbon Economy” has arrived and industries around the world has followed suit to lower its carbon footprint. Big...

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Sustainability in Action: The World’s Tallest Green Building and Global Trends, 05 Jun 2012, Hong Kong

The World’s Tallest Green Building and Global Trends Introduction Organized by the University of Hong Kong and Siemens Ltd. Sustainability in the Built Environment Date: 05 Jun 2012 Time: 13:00 - 16:00 Venue: Concourse, G/F KK Leung, HKU (map & direction) Sustainability in Action - Informal Lunch and Presentation Presentation: "The Green Wave and Global Trends"-- Bob Dixon, SVP & Global Head...

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The Joint University Environmental Innovation Forum, (Hong Kong, 2ndJune 2012)

The Joint University Environmental Innovation Forum (Hong Kong, 2ndJune 2012) Objectives  •To provide a diverse platform for multidisciplinary intellectual exchanges on environmental issues; •To encourage interactions amongst stakeholders; •To increase public awareness of development in the field of environmental innovation. Organizing Committee  * Organizer: University of Hong Kong Master’s students in Environmental Management *...

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New Book: Transnational Environmental Governance: The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries By Lars H. Gulbrandsen

Transnational Environmental Governance: The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries By Lars H. Gulbrandsen Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Published: 12 May 2012 Format: Paperback 224 pages ISBN 13: 9781781007105 ISBN 10: 1781007101 Description‘Incisive and nuanced, Transnational Environmental Governance significantly advances our understanding of the capacity of certification to influence the environmental...

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New Book: On Environmental Governance: Sustainability, Efficiency, and Equity Oran R. Young

On Environmental Governance: Sustainability, Efficiency, and Equity by Oran R. Young Description In On Environmental Governance, Oran R. Young examines a variety of efforts to meet the challenge of governing human interaction with the environment in the interest of sustainability. At the same time, he considers measures to minimize restrictions on human actors in using their natural resources. Young looks at issues including climate change,...

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Advanced Workshop on Building Energy Efficiency, 30 May 2012

Organized by CUHK Date: 30 May 2012 Venue: Fok Ying Tung Remote Sensing Science Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Introduction Energy is a critical issue for the sustainable development of human society. Using renewable energy resources to replace the traditional ones is one solution at supply side. Reducing energy use is the other fundamental and more effective solution at demand side. Buildings are the major consumers....

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New Book: Economic Growth, the Environment and International Relations: The Growth Paradigm by Stephen J. Purdey

Economic Growth, the Environment and International Relations: The Growth Paradigm By Stephen J. Purdey Published 8th May 2012 by Routledge – 192 pages The ubiquity of the commitment to economic growth, which Purdey refers to as the growth paradigm, is extraordinary. National governments around the world are seized of the same objective. Major international institutions such as the UN, the WTO, the World Bank, IMF and OECD, powerful international...

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Biodiversity Asia 2012: Science, Policy, and Governance, August 7-10, 2012

Biodiversity Asia 2012: Science, Policy, and Governance The 2nd Asia Regional Conference of the Society for Conservation Biology - Asia Section August 7-10, 2012, JN Tata Auditorium, IISc Campus, Bengaluru (Bangalore), India Biodiversity Asia 2012 will include important updates on conservation research in Asia in lectures, plenary sessions, symposia and poster sessions by leading scientists and students. Biodiversity Asia 2012 will also...

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New Publication: Hong Kong’s Participation in the Carbon Intensity Reduction Activities and Carbon Trading Pilots in the PRD Region by Civic Exchange

Hong Kong’s Participation in the Carbon Intensity Reduction Activities and Carbon Trading Pilots in the PRD Region DATE: 18 May 2012  This report summarises the findings from an interview conducted in February 2012. Taking place in Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, the interview aims to gather insights relevant to study Hong Kong’s participation in the carbon intensity reduction activities and carbon trading pilots in the Pearl River...

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New Publication: Measuring Well-being in Cities – Indices Reviewed by Civic Exchange

Measuring Well-being in Cities – Indices Reviewed By Civic Exchange Civic Exchange collected 165 indices as part of our project to develop a Wellbeing Index for Asian Cities. We studied how these indices are constructed so as to understand how we may eventually design and construct a new index. Having collected and studied these indices, and having prepared a report, we believe publishing what we have collected may also be useful to other researchers....

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「香港環境論壇」之「香港想要幾環保？香港可以幾環保？」

香港環境論壇之香港想要幾環保？香港可以幾環保？ 日期：     2012年6月6日（星期三） 時間：     晚上7時至9時30分 地點：     香港公開大學郭得勝樓地下楊雪姬演講廳 報名：     網上登記（費用全免，額滿即止） 查詢：     香港公開大學科技學院朱小姐（電話：2768 6823） 香港公開大學科技學院與環球天道傳基協會將於6 月6日晚上7:00-9:00 pm舉辦「香港環境論壇」，並邀請多個環保團體代表及各界關注環保人士出席參與及交流商討。為使討論更為集中，主辦單位設計了12條近期較受大眾關注的環境議題，以問題形式作問卷調查，希望藉此收集各界人士的回應。香港公開大學科技學院將會在論壇前對調查結果作深入的分析，並將統計結果及當晚討論內容綜合提交新一屆特區政府作跟進。 已答允出席當日論壇的人士及團體代表包括： A.      環保團體：世界自然基金會（余遠騁博士）、綠色力量（文志森博士）、地球之友（陳美玲女士）、 綠色和平（張韻琪女士）、長春社（蘇國賢）、...

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New Publication: Reducing Vessel Emissions – Science, Policy and Engagement in the HK-PRD Region By Veronica Booth & Christine Loh

Reducing Vessel Emissions – Science, Policy and Engagement in the HK-PRD Region DATE: 30 Apr 2012    By Veronica Booth & Christine Loh This report describes the journey led to the creation of the Fair Winds Charter. It also explains the importance of stakeholder engagement in increasing policy understanding and acceptance, the value of data and cross-disciplinary research in air quality and public health for developing...

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International Symposium on Decontamination of Radioactive Materials

"International Symposium on Decontamination of Radioactive Materials" will be held on May 19, 2012 in Fukushima city, aiming to share relevant information internationally, to enrich citizen's understanding on the related resks, and to contribute the further development of technologies. (Sponsored by Kankyo Hoshano Josen Gakkai, co-hosted by Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan) Please refer to the following web-site for further information: http://kh-josen.jp/...

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[S. Korean Updates] Korea-Australia to hold a ministerial meeting for cooperative plan against climate change

Minister of Environment Yoo Young-sook and Greg Combet, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Australia, are having a bilateral meeting on 27 and discuss on cooperation plans between the countries against climate change. The meeting held by Minister Yoo’s invitation is a follow-up after bilateral meeting during the 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17), 2011. Both Ministers had agreed on the need of active measures for reducing...

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Civic Exchange Seminar – Dirty & Thirsty: Is this the future of Dongjiang?

Hong Kong’s fresh water supply is largely taken for granted. It is plentiful and affordable, and by global standards considered safe to drink. However, recent news of a toxic chemical spill in Xijiang and pollution in the Dongjiang River is a warning to Hong Kong that our water supply depends on the health of a larger hydrological system on the Mainland. Building on the two reports reviewing the water quality in the Dongjiang and the Pearl...

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[HK Updates] HKIA Pledges to Be the World's Greenest Airport

HKIA Pledges to Be the World's Greenest Airport (HONG KONG, 8 May 2012) - Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) and 40 business partners today pledged to make Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) the world's greenest airport – the first commitment of its kind worldwide. The airport community also announced it achieved a 10% reduction in carbon intensity in 2011, which is on track with its goal pledged in 2010 to lower HKIA's carbon intensity by...

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[Chinese Updates] Stricter Water Standards to be Applied Nationwide

'China is adopting a new drinking water standard throughout the country in July with stricter requirements on water supplies, according to the Ministry of Health. The new standard has 106 requirements concerning organic substances, microbes and purification levels, or three times the number of the current version which was instituted in 1985. It will also unify drinking water standards in cities and in rural areas and for the first time...

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[Chinese Updates] Tripartite Cooperation an Mutual Recognition Agreement on Environmental Labelling among China, Japan and Korea

Signing Ceremony of Tripartite Cooperation an Mutual Recognition Agreement on Environmental Labelling among China, Japan and Korea 2012-05-07 Environment ministers from China, Japan and Korea witness the signing of three cooperation agreements: Agreement on Common Certification Rules of Environmental Labels of China, Japan and Korea, Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Certification Procedures and Agreement on Mutual Recognition...

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New Book: Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia: Locating the Commonweal

Community, Environment and Local Governance in Indonesia Locating the commonweal Edited by Carol Warren, John F. McCarthy Published 15th May 2012 by Routledge – 288 pages This book explores the forces reconfiguring local resource governance in Indonesia since 1998, drawing together original field research undertaken in a decade of dramatic political change. Case studies from across Indonesia’s diverse cultural and ecological landscapes...

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The 2012 International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2012), June 23-24, 2012

The 2012 International Conference on Energy and Environmental Protection (ICEEP 2012) will take place in Hohhot, China, June 23-24, 2012. A key aspect of this conference is the strong mixture of academia and industry. This allows for the free exchange of ideas and challenges faced by these two key stakeholders and encourage future collaboration between members of these groups. Organized by: Inner Mongolia University For more information: htt...

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The Inaugural Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Congress , August 6th – 9th, 2012

The Inaugural Pacific Rim Energy & Sustainability Congress PRESCO 2012 will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Hiroshima, Japan August 6th – 9th, 2012 The objectives are to exchange ideas, present research, debate issues facing sustainable energy as it intersects with the social, environmental, and economic aspects of the global sustainability paradigm.Organized by: PRESDA Foundation, University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Environmental...

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Call for papers: The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Future for Human Security (SUSTAIN) 2012

Call for Papers The 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Future for Human Security (SUSTAIN) 2012 Clock Tower Centennial Hall, Kyoto University, JAPAN 3-5 November, 2012    The Organization for the Promotion of International Relations (OPIR) Kyoto University, Graduate School Energy Science (ES), Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Global Center for Education and Research on Human Security Engineering...

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Book launch seminar: Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development in China: Hong Kong in Global Context by Professor Paul G. HARRIS on 25th May 2012 (Friday)

The Centre for Governance and Citizenship (CGC), Social and Policy Research Unit, and Department of Social Sciences (SSC), of The Hong Kong Institute of Education (HKIEd), are jointly presenting to you a book launch seminar, Environmental Policy and Sustainable Development in China: Hong Kong in Global Context by Professor Paul G. HARRIS on 25th May 2012 (Friday), 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., at Room 12, Podium, Block B3 (B3-P-12), The...

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Second Asia-Europe Forum on Methods and Perspectives of Risk Analysis

Following the success of the first Asia-Europe Risk Forum in 2011, the second annual Asia-Europe Forum on Methods and Perspectives of Risk Analysis will take place in Hong Kong on 8-10 November 2012. The Forum is organized by the Hong Kong Advanced Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Studies at City University of Hong Kong with support from the Institute of East Asian Studies (IN-EAST) of the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, in association...

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New Publication: The Clean Development Mechanism in China: Institutional Perspectives on Governance

The Clean Development Mechanism in China: Institutional Perspectives on Governance by Katarina Buhr, Philip Thörn1 and Mattias Hjerpe Environmental Policy and GovernanceVolume 22, Issue 2, pages 77–89, March/April 2012 ABSTRACT The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has grown into a central feature of the global carbon market. Besides a range of normative and evaluative research into the CDM, scholars have applied international relations...

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New Book: Reflexive Governance for Global Public Goods by Eric Brousseau, Tom Dedeurwaerdere and Bernd Siebenhüner

Reflexive Governance for Global Public Goods Edited by Eric Brousseau, Tom Dedeurwaerdere and Bernd Siebenhüner April 20126 x 9, 376 pp.8 figures$27.00/£18.95 (PAPER)ISBN-10: 0-262-51698-5ISBN-13: 978-0-262-51698-3 Global public goods (GPGs)--the economic term for a broad range of goods and services that benefit everyone, including stable climate, public health, and economic security--pose notable governance challenges. At the national level,...

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Sixth ACAS International Conference: NATURE and CULTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES in ASIA, July 29

Sixth ACAS International Conference NATURE and CULTURE: ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES in ASIA (Organized by ACAS in cooperation with the Confucius Institute of the Ateneo de Manila University) July 29, 2012 Ateneo de Manila University Ricardo and Dr. Rosita Leong Hall Auditorium Katipunan, Loyola Heights, Quezon City Tentative Program 8:00 – 9:00              Registration 9:00...

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World Cities Summit 2012, 1-4 July

Event Date:1 July, 2012 (Sunday) - 4 July, 2012 (Wednesday) Event Time: Venue:Sands Expo & Convention Center, Marina Bay Sands Contact:Ms Daphne Yeo Email:info@worldcities.com.sg Website:www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg Business Environment Council is happy to be a supporting organization of the World Cities Summit that is jointly organized by the Centre for Liveable Cities and Urban Redevelopment Authority in Singapore.Global Challenge In...

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