Top News Asia from IGES


"Top News" from Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is a compilation of important environmental news topics selected by environmental experts from the Asia-Pacific region as well as by international organisations and research institutes. The 2005 edition brings together more news items than ever before, with three organisations and twenty-one countries submitting 118 articles.

2005 was a year of several major natural disasters and instances of serious environmental damage such as the severe earthquake that hit northern Pakistan, the intense rainfall in southern India and the pollution of the Songhua River in north-eastern China.

The adaptation to climate change due to global warming has become an urgent concern in the region and appropriate measures are required for this vulnerable area. The progress of cooperative international efforts in the areas of global warming, bio-safety and destruction of the ozone layer was also covered. Regarding the efforts to tackle the problem of global warming, the development of a domestic system for the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was reported in China, Indonesia and the Philippines following the effectuation of the Kyoto Protocol.

Full text: 2005 Top News on the Environment in Asia

Japan (pdf) by Yohei Harashima, Takushoku University
1. Asbestos Problem
2. COOL BIZ
3. EXPO 2005 AICHI JAPAN
4. Kyoto Protocol Target Attainment Plan
5. The Inclusion of Shiretoko on the World Heritage List

China (pdf) by Chang Miao, Tsinghua University
1. Build a Resource-Saving and Environmentally-Friendly Society: the Direction of Making the 11th Five-Year Plan
2. The Year of Environmental Impact Assessment in China
3. The Formal Implementation of the Newly Revised Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Wastes
4. China's Reply to the Kyoto Protocol and the Future Development of the CDM Projects
5. China Becomes a Contracting Party to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
6. Petrochemical Company Blamed for Songhua River Pollution

China (pdf) by Sang-il Hwang, Korea Environment Institute
1. The First Nuclear Waste Dumpsite in the Republic of Korea (ROK)
2. VOC Content Standard in Paint for the First Time in the Republic of Korea
3. A Voluntary Agreement on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas and Integrated Air Pollution Substances
4. The Ministry of Environment Initiates the Collection of Used Cell Phones

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