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Green Bonds: Where are We? Where Next?

23 November 2016
Mobilization of capital markets is essential to facilitate and contribute to the financing of large-scale investments geared towards a 2°C world. In the case of HSBC, the proceeds of each green bond it issues are used to finance eligible businesses and projects that share its commitment to…

Ecolabel and Certification

23 November 2016
Developed by governments, manufacturers, and third-company organizations, ecolabeling is a voluntary approach to environmental certification practiced around the world. An ecolabel identifies a product that meets a wide range of environmental performance criteria or standards.

How New York City Provides High Quality Unfiltered Drinking Water? Leveraging Regulation and Partnerships

23 November 2016
New York City’s drinking water supply system is one of the largest unfiltered water supply in the world. United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Douglas Pabst explains why it is cheaper to protect the water at the source than to treat it afterwards.

Forest Stewardship Council: Promote Better Forests via the Power of Certifications and Labels

23 November 2016
By providing an internationally recognized global certification scheme, Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) ensures responsible management of the world’s forests. Learn about the two types of certification that allows FSC to maintain its system credibility through an unbroken supply chain.

Green Business: Status and Trends

22 November 2016
An overview of the rationale for stronger private-public collaboration and green business development in Asia and the Pacific is provided in this presentation. The value and huge market potential of ecosystem services is also examined.

Behavior Change and the Principles of Pride

10 November 2016
Many schools of thought and theories exist on how behaviors change. Effecting change will require behavior shifts from a collective level across a group of people. Rare uses what it calls a “pride” campaign as behavioral change approach inspiring communities to change social norms around how their…

A Course Review on Integrated Solid Waste Management

27 October 2016
This presentation shares highlights of the three-week course on Solid Waste Management offered by the UNESCO-IHE, Institute for Water Education in Delft in the Netherlands. It gives a snapshot of the lectures, exercises, and excursions done under the course.

Low Carbon City Initiatives in the People’s Republic of China

29 September 2016
This presentation shares the global context for low-carbon emission. It examines the low carbon development in selected pilot cities in the People’s Republic in China, an initiative resulting from the government’s commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in 2009.

Waste-to-Energy Options in Developing Countries: The GIZ Perspective

26 September 2016
German development cooperation targets the establishment of integrated, closed-cycle waste management systems. In this presentation, Barbara Oelz shares a brief introduction of GIZ and provides a summary of the forthcoming publication, “Waste to Energy Options for the Management of Municipal Solid…

Manggahan Floodway: In-City Resettlement for Informal Settler Families

22 September 2016
This presentation gives an overview of the resettlement project for informal settlers in Manggahan Floodway, Philippines.