Dr. Shobhakar Dhakal participated as a panelist for an open symposium on 15th March and delivered talk titled “Available data sets for urban carbon and resources studies *click to access presentation file*” to the closed workshop on 16th March in UNEP’s International Resources Panel (IRP) organized Scientific Dialogue and Expert Workshop “Decoupling in Cities in Asia: An Infrastructure Transition Perspective” at Jintai Hotel in Beijing (15-17 March 2017).
The overarching goal of the workshop was to communicate the findings of the UNEP/IRP’s Resource Requirements for Future Urbanization Report (REFURB) and customize the findings to Asian cities.
The meeting was hosted by China-ASEAN Environmental Cooperation Center, Beijing was attended by scholars from USA, Australia, China, and Europe.