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Book Chapter
All-hazards approach

Adopting a Transboundary Risk Management Paradigm in a World of Multi-hazard Risks

In All-Hazards Approach Towards Resilience Building
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The risks, climatic and non-climatic, are increasingly integrating and interacting with each other across geographical and time scales. This is largely happening due to factors and processes outside the purview of the risk management community that they have mostly ignored for most of the risk management history. The recent pandemic COVID-19 has...
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Keywords:
Transboundary climate risks;
Peer-reviewed Article
Sub-national drivers of India’s green hydrogen development

Sub-national drivers of India’s green hydrogen development

In Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor
Author:
Rahman
Anas
Deepak
Sharma
Ankit
Pandey
Jyoti
Sharma
Kajol
India’s national government has offered strong support for the development of green hydrogen as part of the country’s clean energy transition. However, much of the actual progress in this transition will depend not on national but subnational governments. This paper argues that India’s subnational governments have significant potential to...
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Keywords:
Green Hydrogen
Co-innovation
India
Japan
Technology transfer
Peer-reviewed Article
Three Foci of SDG Interactions

Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration

In Nature Communications
Author:
Prajal
Pradhan
Nina
Weitz
Vassilis
Daioglou
Gabriel
Abrahão
Cameron
Allen
Geanderson
Ambrósio
Frederike
Arp
Furqan
Asif
Therese
Bennich
Tim
Benton
Frank
Biermann
Min
Cao
Henrik
Carlsen
Fang
Chen
Min
Chen
Michiel
Daams
Jonathan
Dawes
Shobhakar
Dhakal
Elisabeth
Gilmore
Luis
Javier Miguel González
Klaus
Hubacek
Yuanchao
Hu
Wander
Jager
Samir
KC
Norman
Kearney
Utkarsh
Ashok Khot
Teun
Kluck
Shridhar
Kulkarni
Julia
Leininger
Chaohui
Li
Jing
Li
Hermann
Lotze-Campen
Gonzalo
Parrado-Hernando
Matteo
Pedercini
Ram
Kumar Phuyal
Christina
Prell
Arpan
Rijal
Vanessa
Schweizer
FransJ
Sijtsma
Bjoern
Soergel
Nathalie
Spittler
Detlef
van Vuuren
Anne
Warchold
Eartha
Weber
Birka
Wicke
Oscar
Widerberg
Rienne
Wilts
Christopher
Wingens
Chaoyang
Wu
Qiang
Xing
Jin
Yan
Zifeng
Yuan
Caroline
Zimm
The integrated and indivisible nature of the SDGs is facing implementation challenges due to the silo approaches. We present the three interconnected foci (SDG interactions, modeling, and tools) at the science-policy interface to address these challenges. Accounting for them will support accelerated SDG progress, operationalizing the integration...
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Keywords:
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG interlinkages
SDG Interaction
SDG tools
SDG modelling
Peer-reviewed Article

Potential Threat of Microplastic Pollution on Coastal‑Marine Ecosystem– An Emerging Economic Setback and Question to Blue Economy?

In Earth Systems and Environment
Author:
Uttiya
Dey
Sudeshna
Chell
Mijanur
Mondal
Kousik
Das
Deep
Raj
Ghanshyam
Pandey
Gowhar
Meraj
Mansour
Almazroui
Swati
Verma
Microplastics (MPs) are impacting coastal and ocean ecosystem and also have been linked with ‘blue economy’, which accounts major portion to the total economy of a nation. The ocean serves as a sink for MPs, receiving them from rivers, runoff, industrial effluents, and direct waste discharge. Consequently, marine organisms are impacted, leading to...
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Conference Proceeding
Cover image

Summary Report for Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP) in 2024: Reporting of mitigation actions in the agriculture sector under Art.13

MLP Main Meeting in Baku, Azerbaijan
Author:
Nailia
Timerkhanova
The Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP), implemented and funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), aims to assist countries to prepare their Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) under the enhanced transparency framework of the Paris Agreement through mutual learning of practices. This summary report presents the...
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Keywords:
Enhanced transparency framework
Biennial Transparency Reports
Peer-reviewed Article

Is Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Facing Wet Season Droughts?

In Earth System and Environment
Author:
Huynh Vuong Thu
Minh
Nguyen Dinh Giang
Nam
Nguyen Vo Chau
Ngan
Lam Van
Thinh
Tran Sy
Nam
Nguyen Van
Cong
Giap Minh
Nhat
Bui Thi Bich
Lien
Nigel K.
Downes
Gowhar
Meraj
Mansour
Almazroui
The Mekong Delta region is increasingly challenged by a declining and irregular water budget over recent decades. This trend is evidenced by altered precipitation patterns, characterized by drier wet seasons and wetter dry seasons, along with diminished upstream flow and a shifting wet season flood pulse. This study presents a comprehensive...
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Commentary (Op. Ed)

How Cities Can Steer the SDGs Back on Track

IISD SDG Knowledge Hub Commentary
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As the 2030 deadline for achieving the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) draws near, the lack of measurable progress is cause for concern. However, qualitative advancements at the local level provide a hopeful perspective for continued development beyond 2030. Cities, in particular, are pivotal in driving the global...
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Policy Brief
Strengthening Engagement with Non-State Actors to Bridge the Climate Governance Gap

Strengthening Engagement with Non-State Actors to Bridge the Climate Governance Gap

Author:
Antony
Froggatt
Cintya
Feitosa
Lola
Vallejo
Zou
Ji
Meng
Qi
Maria Netto
Schneider
The year 2023 marked a concerning milestone in climate history with the global average temperature being 1.45 ± 0.12°C above the pre-industrial average. The Global Stocktake at COP28 showed that the projected temperature rise is expected to be between 2.1 - 2.8°C even if nationally determined contributions (NDCs) of all countries are fully achieved...
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Keywords:
Governance
Non-state actors
UNFCCC
Peer-reviewed Article

Exploring the Factors Shaping Urban Greenspace Interactions: A Case Study of Nagpur, India

In Land
Author:
Shalini
Dhyani
This study aims to investigate how urban residents interact with Urban Green Spaces (UGSs) in Nagpur, India, specifically focusing on the patterns of visitation and engagement. Data were collected via a face-to-face questionnaire survey using the Survey 123 app. The analysis included interaction (types of UGSs, visitation frequency, and UGS...
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Keywords:
Urban Green Space; urban sustainability; nature connection and urbanization
Presentation

An event study of price changes in China’s national carbon market

SEEPS2024
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Using the available information sources and an econometric approach for the time series dataset, this study tests the price volatility of the national carbon market, and identifies the interactions between electricity, carbon and fossil fuel prices in China. The result confirms an overreaction of carbon market prices to the considered events. There...
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Keywords:
Event study
carbon market
China
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