Agriculture & Food Safety
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ONEP and GIZ drive implementation of climate change policy in 60 Thai provinces
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- The Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning and GIZ organised a Climate Policy Project kickoff.
- It aims to propel national climate change policy towards subnational implementation in 60 provinces.
- 4 key approaches will be applied; Institutional and Individual Capacity Building, Integration of Climate Change Policy at the Subnational Level, Monitoring and Evaluation, and Financial Mechanism Support.
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Thai-German Climate Programme
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Policy integration is key to confront climate change in Thailand
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- Thailand has an ambitious plan to tackle climate change with climate policy playing a key role.
- The Climate Change Master Plan was approved by the cabinet as the national climate policy framework for addressing climate change.
- The Climate Policy Project, under the Thai-German Climate Programme, is supporting the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning in boosting each locality’s ability to combat the changes.
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Thai-German Climate Programme
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The way forward: health policy makers enhance capacity on climate change impact and health
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- Health policy makers attended a health risks and climate change workshop to prepare for development of policy strategy, measure and activities.
- The key to tackle climate change and health is integration and cooperation among every sector.
- It is forecast that the temperature will rise almost everywhere in Thailand from 34-36 degrees Celsius to 38-40 degrees Celsius.
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Risk-based National Adaptation Plan
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Working on the waste
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- Improperly managed waste and wastewater are in part one of the causes of Greenhouse Gas emissions.
- Related parties define various methods for climate-friendly waste and wastewater management in the sector’s action plan.
- “Integrated waste and wastewater management” is a comprehensive way to tackle waste.
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Thai-German Climate Programme
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Nakhon Phanom prepares for effective energy planning
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- Nakhon Phanom is powering ahead with provincial energy planning to become a model for its neighbours.
- In the wake of the hydro-dam burst in Laos, North Eastern Provincial Energy officers discuss energy security for the region.
- Officers experience renewable energy first hand by visiting a solar farm.
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Thai-German Climate Programme
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Regional Cooperation Programme to Improve the Quality and Labour Market Orientation of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (RECOTVET)
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Environment & Natural Resources
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EU and Laos to boost cooperation on freight transport
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- Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics in the Mekong Region project supports the Lao PDR in the freight transport business.
- The Ministry of Public Works and Transport of Lao PDR will cooperate with the project to improve road safety management and vehicle registration.
- Eco and Defensive Driving training will be designed to increase the competence of local trainers and adapted to the Laos driving context.
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Sustainable Freight Transport and Logistics in the Mekong Region
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Urban & Industrial Development
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Urban Nexus Approach presented at the ICLEI World Congress 2018 in Montreal, Canada
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- A number of cities worldwide intend to become CO2 neutral by 2050 serving as catalysts for other cities on transport and buildings.
- Employing the urban nexus approach contributes to the realisation and localisation of various Global Agendas.
- The challenges being faced by cities are access to finance, lack of support from national governments and lack of national–local dialogues.
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Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban NEXUS
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Mongolian National Development Agency to strengthen Urban Nexus sectors
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- The Mongolian National Development Agency signed a Memorandum of Understanding to cooperate in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
- The collaboration is in the areas of environment, land use, energy, water, sanitation and air pollution in Ulaanbaatar. 2
- From mid-August 2018 onwards, eight working groups are established to work on the SDGs targets.
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Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban NEXUS
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Integrated Resource Management in Asian Cities: the Urban NEXUS
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UPCOMING TRAINING COURSES
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