This presentation by Karma Yangzom, Environment Specialist in ADB, delivered on "CDM Railway Project in India" at Third Workshop on Enhancing the Regional Distribution of CDM Projects in Asia and the Pacific at Manila, Philippines during 18-20 July 2012.

This presentation by Hemant Nandanpawar, International CDM Specialist, Technical Support Facility, ADB delivered on "Energy efficiency in Asia Pacific region" at Third Workshop on Enhancing the Regional Distribution of CDM Projects in Asia and the Pacific at Manila, Philippines during 18-20 July 2012.

This presentation by Fazle Rabbi Sadeque Ahmed, Bangladesh delivered on "Waste Related CDM: The Perspective from Bangladesh" at Third Workshop on Enhancing the Regional Distribution of CDM Projects in Asia and the Pacific at Manila, Philippines during 18-20 July 2012.

Once every two years, IGES releases a white paper focusing on key policy agendas in the Asia-Pacific region.

Developing countries in Asia, led by China and India, are among the fastest growing economies in the world today. Economic growth in the region in the coming 20 years will exceed the average level of world economy, boosting a continuous increase in primary energy demand.

The WEPA Outlook is the flagship publication of WEPA which includes basic information on the water environment and its management in each WEPA partner country. The Outlook 2012 consists of three main chapters. Chapter 1 presents the result of the analysis of institutional frameworks for water environmental management in each country.

This paper discusses the key issues surrounding green economy at Rio+20 in three categories: "principles of a green economy‟, "policy tools for transition towards green economies‟ and "international cooperation for green economies‟.

India’s fossil fuel dominated energy mix poses various challenges to the country.

Investment in low carbon technologies has been growing over the past few years. However, in order to replace conventional high energy/high carbon intensity technologies with low carbon ones and reduce GHG emissions, innovative financial schemes are needed in order to effectively utilise limited global financing resources.

This paper reviews the trend of biofuel development and performance of biofuel projects under CDM as well as provides insights on how biofuel projects could transition to NAMAs.

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