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Localizing Climate Action

29 September 2016
Key players in climate change exist both at the international and country levels albeit varying in roles. With the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Agreement along with national climate change strategies and plans that are in place, communities and individuals will be the key…

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.

Public-Private Partnership Led Improved Fecal Sludge Management Services in Faridpur Municipality, Bangladesh

28 September 2016
This presentation provides a brief situational analysis of the state of fecal sludge management in the municipality of Faridpur in Bangladesh. A business proposal was created to improve the system on a large scale adopting service level agreements with private sector service providers.

Localizing Global Agendas: Introductory Statement

27 September 2016
Asia has seen remarkable growth in the last four decades though at the expense of inequality and environmental degradation. Lal Shanker Ghimire from the National Planning Commission of Nepal pointed out the need for Asia to move into a development model that considers economic, social, and…

Localizing Global Agendas: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development including Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Action

27 September 2016
This presentation examines global climate pacts like the Paris Agreement and Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030. It looks at climate change and disaster risk reduction in the context of the sustainable development goals. Lastly, it underscores the importance of an integrated…

Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund

19 September 2016
The Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund is intended to build the resilience of seven countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan, India, Viet Nam, Indonesia, Philippines, and Myanmar. Aside from funding projects on early warning systems, flood protection, and urban planning, the Trust Fund also aims to…

Scaled-up Sustainable Transport in Support of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

13 September 2016
Learn about the opportunities and responsibilities presented to the transport sector by existing global processes on sustainable development and climate change. This presentation discusses the key global processes targeted by the Partnership on Sustainable, Low Carbon Transport in 2016. It also…

Intended Nationally Determined Contributions and Transport Mitigation Potential

12 September 2016
Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) are climate pledges that countries have made before the Paris Agreement on Climate Change in 2015. Transport-related climate actions were also included in the INDCs. Learn about INDCs of developing countries in Asia particularly greenhouse gas…

Accessing Climate Finance to Support Low-Carbon Actions

12 September 2016
Learn how to use nationally appropriate mitigation actions as instrument to catalyze climate finance. This presentation discusses the role of climate finance to achieve sustainable transport. It also explains how to integrate climate finance into traditional financing for the transport sector.

Making Risk Finance an Integral Synergizing Element of Comprehensive Risk Management: Philippines’ Experience

6 September 2016
Enhancing the comprehensive risk management (CRM) is key to addressing loss and damage associated with climate change impacts. As a part of CRM, risk finance such as insurance should be designed in a way that creates synergy with risk control. To that end, building incentive mechanisms for risk…