Discussion Papers, Concepts and Proposals: Recent submissions
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Natural Climate Solutions Alliance: Our Vision
(Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, 2019)The Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) Alliance is a CEO-led group of stakeholders committed to applying a set of principles to our sphere of influence to deliver NCS with integrity at scale. we are convened by the World ... -
Identifying Strategic Options for Nature-based Solutions in the Land-use Space: Perspectives on Opportunities for Collaboration with the Food Agriculture Biodiversity Land and Energy (FABLE) Consortium
(2019)Within the context of the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit and the focus of establishing a coalition for nature-based solutions, we would like to introduce the Food Agriculture Biodiversity Land and Energy ... -
Indicator Metrics for the 11 DSF Sustainability Criteria
(2019)The objective of DSF in creating these reporting guidelines is to make reporting across all 11 high level indicators as simple and efficient as possible, while providing adequate resolution to demonstrate continuous ... -
Fossil Fuel Abatement for Diesel-Based Power Systems: An Action to Meeting SDG 13 through Sustainable Electricity
(2019)This proposal is a concerted effort as a Contribution Action in achieving “SDG-Goal 13: Climate Action - Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts by regulating emissions and promoting developments in ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: The Integration Project of Sihong County Urban and Rural Water Supply
(2019)After the overall startup in June 2015, the regional water supply project of Sihong County, Suqian City, Jiangsu Province completed in June 2016. A 150,000-ton/day water purification plant was built (15,000 tons/day in the ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Abandoned Shrimp Pond Reforestation and Sustainable Development
(2019)Since the 1980s, shrimp farming has emerged in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and South America. The construction of shrimp ponds has resulted in significant loss of coastal wetlands such as mangroves, seagrass ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Seagrasses Restoration and Fishery Recovery
(2019)Seagrass is the only angiosperm on earth that can completely live in seawater. It is also known as the three typical offshore marine ecosystems with mangroves and coral reefs. It has important ecological functions, such ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Green Small Hydropower Construction in Zhejiang Province
(2019)According to the decision-making arrangements of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on promoting green development and the energy revolution, Zhejiang Province vigorously promoted the construction of green ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Water Dispatching in the Pearl River during Low Water Period
(2019)Since 2000, the dry season of the Pearl River Basin has been affected by many factors, such as low water, river cutting and increasing water supply demand. As a result, the saltwater tide in the Pearl River Estuary has ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Flood Control Dispatch of Changjiang Reservoir Group in Response to Climate Change
(2019)Influenced by the super-strong El Nino event, the Yangtze River Basin experienced heavy rainfall and severe floods during the Meiyu period in 2016. The most serious floods occurred in the middle and lower reaches of the ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Ecological Preservation and Poverty Relief in Kezuo Houqi, Inner Mongolia
(2019)Focusing on increasing the greenness of the sand land and raising income for the people, efforts are made to fully release the ecological dividend, and promote the coordinated development of poverty reduction and ecological ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Three-North Shelterbelt Program
(2019)In order to improve the ecological environment and increase the forest coverage in northwest, north and northeast China, the Chinese government launched the Three-North Shelterbelt Program (TNSP), which covers 13 provinces ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Carbon Neutral Project for BRICS Leaders Xiamen Meeting
(2019)In September, 2017, the ninth meeting of the BRICS leaders was held in Xiamen. In August 2017, The carbon neutral project was launched by the Xiamen Municipal Government. The project will neutralize the greenhouse gases ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Wind Power Development through Institutional Innovation and Scientific and Technological Breakthroughs
(2019)To fulfill the goal of ensuring sustainable and modern energy, China is actively growing the wind power sector. Under a green license regime, China has supported the adoption of new energy through a bidding process, broken ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Establishing a Robust Regime for Marine Ecological Protection in Rizhao, Shandong Province
(2019)To cope with climate change, Rizhao Municipality has made tireless efforts to improve the protection and sustainable utilization of marine resources. Rizhao has set up an ocean-land integrative model that gives equal ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Innovation of Environmental Protection via Financial Technology - Carbon Reduction Actions by 350 Million Users of ‘Ant Forest'
(2019)The practice of ‘Ant Forest' brings four social values: first, it is the first large-scale individual carbon emission reduction campaign around the world -- a Chinese exemplar showing the globe the image of a responsible ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Pilot Case of Carbon-Neutral Tea Production in China
(2019)The case study provides an effective scientific basis for public participation in low-carbon actions, guidelines for carbon-neutral tea as reference for other agricultural sectors' low-carbon actions, and promote the ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: ADB Loan “Air Quality Improvement in the Greater Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region—China National Investment & Guaranty Corporation’s Green Financing Platform Project”
(2019)The “Green Financing Platform Project” (referred to as “the Project”) is a loan project executed and implemented by China National Investment and Guaranty Corporation (referred to as “I&G”). I&G is a holding subsidiary of ... -
NBS Good Practices from Chinese Government: Monitoring and Conservation of Mangrove Forest in Coastal Zones of South China Sea
(2019)Matang mangrove forest, the biggest mangrove forest tract in Peninsular Malaysia, has an area of 400 Km2, which, together with the high primary productivity of mangrove forest ecosystem, means the carbon fixation capacity ...
