Policy and Discussion Papers

Policy Briefs:

  • Towards a Better Water-Energy-Carbon Nexus in Cities, by Shobhakar Dhakal, Sangam Shrestha, Ashish Shrestha, Arun Kansal and Shinji Kaneko, APN Global Change Perspectives – Low Carbon Development Policy Brief LCD-01, Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research, Kobe, Japan, October 2015.
  • Contributions to CCICED Policy Research Report 2009. Energy efficiency and urban development. Policy recommendations to Chinese Government from Taskforce on Urban Development and Energy Efficiency of China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED)
  • Canadell Pep, Philippe Cias, Shobhakar Dhakal, Corinne LeQuere, Anand Patwardhan and Mike Raupach, The Human Perturbation of the Carbon Cycle, Policy Brief, UNESCO-SCOPE-UNEP, November 2009- No.10.
  • Dhakal, Shobhakar (2002). Reviews of Existing Indicator Systems and their relevance to cities for Kitakyushu Initiative (2001/2002). Report prepared for Ministry of Environment (MOE) Japan on behalf of Kitakyushu Initiative for a Clean Environment, June 2002 (as Principal Investigator).