Tag: UNESCAP

GGGI and UNESCAP Host Seoul Expert Consultation on Aligning K-ETS with Article 6 and Asia Regional Carbon Markets

Stuart Mitchell

As part of the ongoing 2026 CJK and Southeast Asia Carbon Market Collaboration initiative, the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), in collaboration with UNESCAP, recently convened a targeted technical expert consultation workshop in Seoul to foster Asia regional carbon market alignment. Supported by the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), the closed expert session brought together key policymakers, industry stakeholders, and the initiative’s Expert Working Group (EWG) to review and refine technical policy pathways for compliance carbon markets. Operating under the overarching series theme, “Catalyzing Regional Climate Resilience and Innovative Financing…

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IOC-UNESCO and UNESCAP launch the project on strengthening tsunami early warning in the North West Indian Ocean region through regional cooperation

Stuart Mitchell

The Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (IOTWMS) was established by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO in response to the tragic Boxing Day tsunami of 26 December 2004 that led to 230,000 deaths in several countries bordering the Indian Ocean. The IOTWMS became operational in 2013 with Tsunami Service Providers established by Australia, India and Indonesia starting to provide tsunami services to 28 Member States in the region. The Makran Subduction Zone (MSZ) off the coast of Iran and Pakistan is still poorly understood. Several decades after…

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