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Tonga's Second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) submitted targets for mitigation of 13% (16 Gg) reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030 compared to 2006 through a transition to 70% renewable electricity, as well as energy efficiency measures. It also targets the establishment of a forest inventory as prerequisite to identify a GHG emission target for the 2025 NDC and planting one million trees by 2023.
The Asian Development Bank conducted an online training workshop for environmental law champions in India on 22-28 November 2020. The seven-day training program covered current and emerging environmental issues and challenges, best practices, tools, and techniques for teaching and application. Teachers or has taught Environmental Law for at least a year to a maximum of eight years in any of the Bar Council of India-approved Law schools were selected for the program.
During the Colloquium, Asian Development Bank (ADB) General Counsel (GC) Thomas Clark and ADB Regional Director Masayuki Tachiiri thanked the Hon. Chief Justice and the Fijian judiciary for the strong partnership that ADB and Fiji have built, focused on legal reforms that drive private sector investment and economic opportunity and resilience.
The National Plan for Disaster Management (NPDM) is prepared based on the principles of preparedness, early warning, emergency response, and rehabilitation, reconstruction and recovery. It discusses the context, legal background, implementation status of previous plans, from which it takes off. It also discusses the likely situation of Bangladesh in the changing disaster risk context, with urbanization, industrialization, and climate change which necessitates the NPDM to be more flexible and dynamic.
The Act refined the framework for foreign investments pursuant to the goal of encouraging foreign investments while protecting legitimate local interests.
On 27 October 2020, ADB hosted a Brown Bag seminar to discuss the development and adoption of a Law on International Commercial Arbitration in Uzbekistan, which received a compliance check by the UNCITRAL. The participants discussed the importance of the Law to the country’s business climate and governance.
The Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of Thailand maintains its target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from the projected business as usual level by 2030, but with the possibility of increasing up to 25% under certain conditions. For the adaptation component, Thailand developed the National Adaptation Plan with the aim of building adaptive capacity and enhancing climate resilience in six priority sectors including water resources management, agriculture and food security, tourism, public health, natural resources management, and human settlements and security.
The Supreme Court provided for rules of court and procedure which shall apply to cases involving intellectual property rights.
The National Agricultural Mechanization Policy of Bangladesh envisions the transition to efficient, profitable and commercial agriculture through agriculture mechanization and ensuring sustainable food and nutrition security. Part of the policy is the use of renewable energy, including solar power for crop irrigation and vegetable drying, while using combined biomass (agriculture by-product) and solar power for power generation.
The Act established the legal and institutional framework for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities, as well as women, children and the elderly.