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Low Carbon Urban Transformation in the Ruhr Region

4 December 2018
Ruhr area as the energy and industry heart of Germany plays a major role for achieving GHG mitigation targets. Learn why the Ruhr area matter with regard to GHG mitigation.

Will People First City Design Make Chinese Cities Thrive Again?

4 December 2018
Ever wondered how urban cities thrive? This presentation shares the characteristics commonly found in 50 successful urban areas in the United States. It also analyzes what make Chinese cities thrive.

Keynote Speech

4 December 2018
Discover why cities are important in solving climate change challenge and in the global climate policy arena.

An Experiment for Urban Energy Autonomy in Seoul: The One 'Less Nuclear Power Plant Policy'

4 December 2018
Seoul alone consumed 10.3% of the total national energy output while producing 2.95%. To reverse this trend, Seoul implemented the experiment, One Less Nuclear Power Plant Policy (OLNPPP).

Contemporary Concepts in Water Management and Impacts of Development on Local Hydrology

22 November 2018
Contemporary concepts in water management include use versus consumption, virtual water, and a hierarchy of water requirements. This presentation describes these concepts as well as managing competition in water use, what water management should focus on, infrastructure development and hydrology,…

How Safe are Your Roads? Lessons from Tajikistan

22 March 2018
Road safety has an economic impact. Even the Sustainable Development Goals recognize this by including it under Target 3.6: "By 2020, halve the number of global deaths and injuries from road traffic accidents”. This presentation shares Tajikistan's efforts in promoting road safety, particularly its…

Community-Level Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment in the Pyanj River Basin

28 June 2016
Climate data need to be translated into useful information that can be understood by different audiences and users. The experience of communities near the Pyanj River Basic shows how science and community-based vulnerability assessment can work hand-in-hand.

SOL: Land and Titles (Amendment) Act 2016

27 April 2016
This document contains details of an Act to amend the Land and Titles Act (Cap.133) to provide a right to resume certain fixed term estates. Disclaimer The legal instruments provided on this website are only those used as bases for the relevant equivalence assessments and are not guaranteed to be…

JICA’s New Research on Remittances and Household Finances in the Philippines and Tajikistan

18 March 2015
There is a need to deepen our understanding of remittances and the role it plays in household finances. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) initiated a study that would determine the effects of remittances on household finances in two rural study sites in the Philippines and…