National Capacity Research Articles

Capacity and needs assessment of veterinary services in Vietnam in biosecurity, biosafety and One Health.

The Asia-Pacific region is recognised as an epicentre of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), of which 75% are zoonotic in nature. Vietnam is recognised as a potential hotspot for zoonotic EIDs. There is a growing recognition that progress towards global health security requires greater focus on collaboration between the human health and animal health sectors to control diseases at their animal source and prevent against human health impacts. Assessment of veterinary epidemiology capacity in Vietnam is paramount to strengthening the health security of Asia-Pacific. This study aims to evaluate the national capacity and needs of veterinary services in Vietnam in biosecurity, biosafety and One Health. A cross-sectional, convergent mixed-methods study was conducted between November 2020 and April 2021. An online questionnaire was administered to government-employed field veterinarians. Descriptive analyses and logistic regression models were performed using survey responses to understand capacity in the field. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with stakeholders in veterinary services including government, academia, research institutes, non-profit and international organisations. Coding and thematic analysis using a deductive approach was used for data collected from interviews to contextualise findings from the survey and understand institutional capacity. In total, 178 field veterinarians completed the online survey and 25 stakeholders were interviewed. The majority of participants had reported receiving training in biosecurity and biosafety, including use of personal protective equipment. Most respondents reported practicing good biosecurity measures (92%) and good biosafety measures (88%). Physical and socioeconomic barriers to practicing biosecurity were reported to be prevalent for smallholder farmers, which may suggest a gap in the capacity of veterinary services to provide cost-effective and practical biosecurity strategies. Seventy five percent of participants had never or rarely participated in One Health approaches in the field in the last 12 months and 69% reported further training as a high priority. There was a knowledge gap reported amongst district and commune-level veterinary staff about the need for, and awareness of multisectoral collaboration. Respondents that completed postgraduate qualifications in epidemiology or Field Epidemiology Training Programs (adjusted OR: 3.06; 95% CI: 1.01, 9.23, p = 0.046) and had longer job tenure between 10-12 years (OR: 10.38; 95% CI: 3.06, 35.15, p = <0.001) were more likely to have higher levels of experience in One Health. This study identified gaps in knowledge, attitudes and adoption of practices related to biosecurity, biosafety and One Health specifically in lower-level or less experienced veterinary staff without further training opportunities in epidemiology. These findings enable prioritisation of training, policy, and planning activities to further enhance the national capacity of veterinary services in Vietnam.

A Country of White Lilies: Inter-Imperial Nation-Making and Development from the Russian Empire’s Periphery to Post-Ottoman Turkey

AbstractIn this article, we investigate the reasons behind the puzzling enthusiastic reception of a book about Finland’s national development by Turkish nationalist intellectuals in the early Republic of Turkey. Published in Turkish in 1928, the developmental model laid out in Petrov’s The Country of White Lilies resonated with the Turkish intelligentsia and has remained a popular book in Turkey throughout the twentieth century, and even today. First, we compare the fictionalized developmental model presented by Petrov in his book with Finnish development under the Russian Empire, before its independence in 1917. Second, we show that this reception was largely based on a comparison of Turkey and Finland’s geopolitical positions in global imperial politics, and a constructed racial affinity between the two nations in the minds of Turkish readers. Third, we argue that this national developmental model served three ideological purposes; distancing the Turkish Republic from the Ottoman Empire, showing the developmental capacity of nations outside the linear and paternalistic developmental model proposed by Western European empires, and last, presenting a model that glosses over Ottoman-Turkish state violence and ethnic cleansing, as well as democratic processes, as irrelevant to considerations of progress and development. Finally, we discuss the implications of our study for re-evaluating the sociological literature on nation formation, largely taking its “model cases” (Krause 2021) from the Western European experience, through a more encompassing inter-imperial approach (Doyle 2014).

The impact of extreme dust storms on the national photovoltaic energy supply

This study analyses the consequences of an extreme dust storm that occurred in March 2022 on the Spanish national photovoltaic (PV) energy supply. This event, indeed, substantially raised the particulate matter concentrations and the aerosol optical depths across the country, seriously affecting the surface radiation and posing a substantial threat not only to individual PV systems but also to the national electricity grid. The research, based on the analysis and the forecast of weather, environmental and electrical data, reveals that such event halved the capacity factor of the national PV fleet over a period longer than two weeks. A peak drop as high as 80% was registered, at national level, on the worst day. This underperformance also affected the market share of PV in the national electricity mix, whosemonthly average value fell from the predicted 10.9% to 7.1%. Despite the expectations, however, no significant difference in soiling was found compared to the typical losses, thanks to the occurrence of heavier-than-usual rainfall events. This facilitated the recovery of the national PV capacity, which returned to the expected performance factors as soon as the sky cleared.

The Burden of Cardiovascular Disease from Air Pollution in Rwanda.

Rwanda, like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, is still relatively early in development. Industrialization and urbanization are major drivers of the county's economic growth. Rwanda is also undergoing an epidemiological transition, from a pattern of morbidity and mortality dominated by infectious diseases to a pattern shaped by non-communicable diseases (NCDs). The rise in NCDs is due, in part, to increasing exposures to environmental hazards. These include emissions from the growing number of motor vehicles and toxic occupational exposures. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is now an increasingly important cause of death in Rwanda, and ambient air pollution is a CVD risk factor of growing importance. To quantify the burden of CVD attributable to air pollution in Rwanda and identify opportunities for prevention and control of air pollution and pollution-related disease. We relied on the 2019 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study for information on levels, sources, and trends in household and ambient air pollution and the burden of pollution-related disease in Rwanda. Information on pollution sources was obtained from the Health Effects Institute State of Global Air 2019 report. An estimated 3,477 deaths (95% Uncertainty Interval [UI]: 2,500-4,600) in Rwanda in 2019 were attributable to air pollution-related CVD. Of these, 689 (UI: 283-1,300) deaths were from ambient air pollution-related CVD, while 2,788 (UI: 1,800-3,800) deaths were from household air pollution-related CVD. Rwanda is experiencing increased rates of disease and premature death from NCDs, including CVD, as the country grows economically. While household air pollution is still the top pollution-related cause of disease and premature death, rising levels of ambient air pollution are an increasingly important CVD risk factor. Actions taken now to curb rising levels of ambient air pollution will improve health, reduce CVD, increase longevity, and produce great economic benefit for Rwanda. The single most effective intervention against air pollution will be a rapid nationwide transition to renewable energy. We recommend additionally that Rwanda prioritize air pollution prevention and control, establish a robust, nationwide air monitoring network, support research on the health effects of air pollutants, and build national research capacity. The allocation of increased resources for rural and urban public health and health care will complement air pollution control measures and further reduce CVD. To incentivize a rapid transition to renewable energy in Rwanda and other nations, we recommend the creation of a new Global Green Development Fund.

Investigating the workforce capacity and needs for animal disease surveillance and outbreak investigation: a mixed-methods study of veterinary services in Vietnam.

The need for strengthening national capacities for disease prevention, preparedness, and response is increasingly becoming urgent. Central to this is strengthening existing systems and workforce capacity for disease surveillance and disease outbreak response. This study aimed to evaluate the national capacity and needs of veterinary services in Vietnam in animal disease surveillance and outbreak investigation skills. A cross-sectional, convergent, mixed-methods study was conducted between November 2020 and April 2021. An online questionnaire was administered to government field veterinarians, followed by descriptive and multivariable analyses to understand field capacity, specifically levels of experience in outbreak investigation and animal health surveillance. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with various stakeholders in veterinary services and interview transcripts were coded and thematically analyzed. Qualitative results were used to contextualize quantitative findings from the survey. Overall, 178 field veterinary staff completed the online survey, and 25 stakeholders were interviewed. Eighty percent of respondents reported a high priority for further training in both animal disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. Training and competence were more limited at the district and commune levels, highlighting a gap in capacity at the subnational level. Reasons included a lack of in-depth training opportunities, limited access to resources and high staff turnover. Respondents who completed postgraduate qualifications in epidemiology or Field Epidemiology Training Programs were more likely to have higher levels of experience in animal health surveillance and outbreak investigation. This study identified gaps in knowledge and adoption of practices most often related to local-level or less experienced veterinary staff with limited training opportunities in epidemiology. Findings inform the prioritization of training and planning activities to further enhance the national capacity of veterinary services in Vietnam. Underlying explanations for existing gaps in capacity include inequities in skill development and training opportunities across levels of veterinary staff, gaps in the chain of command and unequal funding across provinces.

India Analysis of Scope of Wind-Energy Development in India

Energy is essential to the nation's economic growth and to raising the standard of living for its citizens. Following its independence, India invested a great deal of resources in expanding its energy potential. As a result, the nation's capacity for generation has grown significantly. Everyone is aware of the environmental risks associated with traditional energy generating. India has thus been planning the development of environmentally friendly renewable-energy generation via solar, hydroelectric, and wind-energy sources. Renewable-energy has received particular attention, even though the nation primarily generates its energy from natural gas and coal. India ranks fourth among the nations that produce wind power this essay has honestly attempted to provide a brief synopsis of the global and Indian developments in wind-energy from the late 20th century to the present. It also examines the results of some global studies conducted on a range of topics related to this industry. One can get a sense of the current state of the wind-energy development project after reading this document.

Duy trì ổn định kinh tế vĩ mô từ góc nhìn năng lực sản xuất quốc gia

The paper evaluates the improvement in productive capacities and its influence on the macroeconomic stability of Vietnam. Analyzing the export structure and product space from 2000 to 2020 reveals that Vietnam has accumulated new and advanced productive capacities over the past two decades. However, not only have these productive capacities lagged behind those of high-income countries but they also have been increasingly dependent on foreign inputs. So that national productive capacities should be critically restructured. These new productive capacities will decide which goods should be produced to make Vietnam become a part of global production network, the amount of consumed inputs and value added, job creation, and economic resilience against shocks. In addition, national productive capacities strategy should incorporate the global production trend in the next several decades, such as increasing localization rate and green products standards.

Društvene nauke i nacionalna bezbednost

The contribution of social sciences and humanities to the security of people, society and the state is a little studied topic. It goes without saying that every member of society, especially scientists, should contribute to security, primarily through the adoption of an adequate security culture, knowledge and will (to defend the state) that they possess, which presupposes their knowledge of the legal frameworks that regulate this field. The problem of the contribution of social sciences and humanities to national security arose due to uncritical reforms of these fields initiated by Western power centres. The evaluation of scientific works and the actions of scientists is extremely important for the state and requires an organized system, otherwise it can be a significant source of endangering national security. In this paper, the authors analyse the importance attached to social sciences and humanities as well as their evaluation in society. Special importance is given to their study from the aspect of national security. The basic assumption that guides the authors is that insufficient control of science by the state contributes to endangering national security. This does not mean censorship and absolute control at the same time, but the creation of an orderly system within which the authors will be able to strengthen the national and democratic capacities of the state through their work, and not be abused for the sake of its destabilization, which is especially important in crisis areas. At the same time, the problem of insufficient evaluation of the importance of social sciences and humanities in relation to other sciences is highlighted. There is also a crisis of reviewing scientific papers which is resulted by the introduction of ideological criteria for the publication of articles. Thus, when the reviewer determines that the author is from Russia or Serbia, the next question is whether the author considers Crimea to be Russian or Ukrainian, or, whether Kosmet is an independent state or part of Serbia. The attitude of the reviewer depends on the answer. In order to advance in their professions, they need to be published in journals of high categories, most of which are in the West. This again leads to the resolution and declaration of sensitive issues, where papers are immediately disqualified if they do not agree with an accepted ideological matrix. The authors use the method of content analysis and the comparative method in their paper.

Research on Key Issues and Optimization Strategies for Emergency Response to Public Health Emergencies

Abstract The handling of every major public health event is a test of risk early warning ability and national governance capacity and will form experience and lessons in social governance. In this paper, we use the improved Apriori algorithm to mine the classification of public health emergencies, construct public health emergency response indicators, and carry out feature screening and indicator system construction. On this basis, the selected areas are analyzed using the Em prediction model based on Markov chains and Bayesian networks. In this paper, A city is selected as the research object, and the Em prediction model is first tested for its performance. By comparing it with the RBF model and the ARIMA model, the prediction model has the best accuracy, while the RBF model has the lowest accuracy. Then, the Em model was used to cluster the derived social risks in City A, and the clustering centers of four risk indices were derived, which were 0.202, 0.358, 0.492, and 0.644, respectively. Secondly, the public health of City A was graded, and the risk grades were classified into four grades: mild, moderate, severe, and extra severe. Finally, according to the classification of the level of public health event characterization, the analysis can be seen that environmental factors and plains have a greater impact on the occurrence of public health events.

Outbreak response capacity of the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network across WHO's South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions.

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network's (GOARN) mechanism used to rapidly deploy technical support for international responses and highlighted areas that require strengthened capacity within the Network. GOARN's partners in the World Health Organization's (WHO) South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions were engaged to explore their levels of preparedness, readiness and ability to respond to international public health emergencies. Consultative discussions were held and a survey was conducted with GOARN's partners from the two WHO regions. Discussion topics included partners' capacity to support and participate in a GOARN deployment, training, research and collaboration. Descriptive and content analyses were conducted. Barriers to engaging in GOARN's international outbreak response efforts included limited numbers of personnel trained to respond to outbreaks; institutional, financial and administrative hurdles; and limited collaboration opportunities. Partners identified innovative solutions that could strengthen their engagement with deployment, such as financial subsidies, mentorship for less experienced staff, and the ability to provide remote support. GOARN plays an important role in enabling WHO to fulfil its international alert and response duties during disease outbreaks and humanitarian crises that have the potential to spark disease outbreaks. Yet without systematic improvement to strengthen national outbreak capacity and regional connectedness, support for international outbreak responses may remain limited. Thus, it is necessary to integrate novel approaches to support international deployments, as identified in this study.

시·도자치경찰위원회의 발전방안

In terms that our nation needs the decentralization of police authority and the provision of the police security service suitable to regional characteristics, it has been proposed that the overall execution of the autonomous local police system is necessary and that bloated police authority should be efficiently distributed through the adjustment of the investigatory authority and the introduction of the autonomous police system.&#x0D; The autonomous police system having gone through overall execution since 2021 is the contemporary task that has been steadily discussed to enhance the democracy of police activities and the directivity of residents for 70 or more years since the restoration of independence. The Moon Jae-in government has made an effort on enacting the autonomous police system around the Self-Governing Decentralization Commission belong to the president by determining the introduction of the wide area local police system. as a national task.&#x0D; The legal basis for introducing the local police system was prepared by revising the Police Act through the discussion process to divide police work into national police work and local police work, decentralize the commander and the supervisor by work, and have the municipal and provincial self-governing police committee command and supervise local police work. Henceforth, concerns on the bloatedness of police authority were settled with the secured connectivity of local administration to public security administration to provide the various quality public security services suitable to residential demand and efficiently strengthen the public security capacity of the whole nation.&#x0D; This study is concerned with addressing the details of the major bills related to the establishment of National Police Committee with the meeting operation results and the details of the National Public Safety Commission of Japan, analyzing the operation status of municipal and provincial self-governing police committee, and presenting the plan on developing municipal and provincial self-governing police committee accordingly.

Utility and Evaluation of Applied Project Management Processes Within a Large Multicountry Health Systems Development Project Conducted During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Pandemic.

The increasing trends in antimicrobial resistance (AMR) continue to pose a significant threat to human health, with grave consequences in low- and middle-income countries. In collaboration with local governments and microbiology laboratories in South Asian and Southeast Asian countries, the Capturing Data on Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns and Trends in Use in Regions of Asia (CAPTURA) project worked to identify gaps and expand the volume of existing AMR data to inform decision-makers on how to best strengthen their national AMR surveillance capacity. This article describes overall project management processes and the strategies implemented to address the disruptive impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on the project activities across diverse contexts in different countries. Also, it assesses in-country team's feedback on the conduct of activities and their overall impact on project completion. The strategies employed were tailored to the specific context of each country and included increased communication and collaboration among consortium partners and in-country teams, as well as hiring of additional in-country team members. This paper highlights the importance of local representation and capacities as well as real-time (virtual) engagement with stakeholders, ensuring close monitoring of the local situation and ability to tailor context-specific mitigation strategies to continue project implementation during disruptive external circumstances.

Addressing the UHC Challenge Using the Disease Control Priorities 3 Approach: Lessons Learned and an Overview of the Pakistan Experience.

Pakistan developed its first national Essential Package of Health Services (EPHS) as a key step towards accelerating progress in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). We describe the rationale, aims, the systematic approach followed to EPHS development, methods adopted, outcomes of the process, challenges encountered, and lessons learned. EPHS design was led by the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination. The methods adopted were technically guided by the Disease Control Priorities 3 Country Translation project and existing country experience. It followed a participatory and evidence-informed prioritisation and decision-making processes. The full EPHS covers 117 interventions delivered at the community, health centre and first-level hospital platforms at a per capita cost of US$29.7. The EPHS also includes an additional set of 12 population-based interventions at US$0.78 per capita. An immediate implementation package (IIP) of 88 district-level interventions costing US$12.98 per capita will be implemented initially together with the population-based interventions until government health allocations increase to the level required to implement the full EPHS. Interventions delivered at the tertiary care platform were also prioritised and costed at US$6.5 per capita, but they were not included in the district-level package. The national EPHS guided the development of provincial packages using the same evidence-informed process. The government and development partners are in the process of initiating a phased approach to implement the IIP. Key ingredients for a successful EPHS design requires a focus on package feasibility and affordability, national ownership and leadership, and solid engagement of national stakeholders and development partners. Major challenges to the transition to implementation are to continue strengthening the national technical capacity, institutionalise priority setting and package design and its revision in ministries of health, address health system gaps and bridge the current gap in financing with the progressive increase in coverage towards 2030.

Democratization, state capacity and developmental correlates of international artificial intelligence trade

ABSTRACT Does acquiring artificial intelligence (AI) technologies from the US or China render countries more authoritarian or technologically less advantageous? In this article, we explore to what extent importing AI/high-tech from the US and/or China goes parallel with importers’ (a) democratization or autocratization, (b) state capacity, and (c) technological progress across a decade (2010–2020). Our work demonstrates that not only are Chinese AI/high-tech exports not congruous with importers’ democratic backsliding, but autocratization attributed to Chinese AI is also visible in importers of US AI. In addition, for most indicators, we do not observe any significant effect of acquiring AI from the US or China on importers’ state capacity or technological progress across the same period. Instead, we find that the story has a global inequality dimension as Chinese exports are clustered around countries with a lower GDP per capita, whereas US high-technology exports are clustered around relatively wealthier states with slightly weaker capacity over territorial control. Overall, the article empirically demonstrates the limitations of some of the prevalent policy discourses surrounding the global diffusion of AI and its contribution to democratization, state capacity, and technological development of importer nations.

Learning, Teaching, and Demonstration of Unique Chemistry for the Indonesian Generation at Sanggar Bimbingan Mulia, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

As a form of concern for the issues faced by the descendants of Indonesian nationals in Malaysia, especially for the Human Resources, we provide the unique theoretical and practical chemistry mentorship for future capability. Sanggar Bimbingan Sungai Mulia 5 is an organization that offers educational services for Indonesian descendants whose citizenship status is still unclear due to administrative reasons. Based on the Chemistry Department UM and Sanggar Bimbingan Mulia cooperation, It is important to enhance the nation's intellectual capacity, especially in ensuring the success of the mandatory 9-year education program. This community service aims to combat illiteracy, in still character education, and prepare students for higher education. The expected outcomes of this program is a unique chemistry Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), a service article published, a service report, and a poster. Our program successfully developed the interest of children to love a simple chemistry experiment and improved for reading and learning through various MOOC, books, and educational materials.

Progress in Immunization Safety Monitoring - Worldwide, 2020-2022.

Effective surveillance of adverse events following immunization (AEFIs) primarily relies on the collaboration of two partners: national regulatory authorities (NRAs) and national expanded programs on immunization (EPIs). In December 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Advisory Committee for Vaccine Safety recommended a new case-based indicator of national capacity to monitor immunization safety: at least one serious AEFI reported per 1 million total population per year. To achieve this indicator, WHO-affiliated countries and territories (WHO countries) rely upon data generated from functional AEFI surveillance systems. This report describes 2020-2022 global, regional, and national progress in use of the newly introduced immunization safety monitoring indicator and progress on joint AEFI reporting from national EPIs and NRAs. Among WHO countries, 51 (24%) of 214 implemented the new indicator in 2020, 111 (52%) of 214 implemented it in 2021, and 92 (43%) of 215 in 2022. In 2020, 41 (19%) WHO countries reported AEFI data jointly from EPIs and NRAs; this increased to 55 (26%) in 2021 and 57 (27%) in 2022. These findings, resulting in part from the intensified support for COVID-19 vaccination, demonstrate that national AEFI surveillance systems increasingly support the timely use and sharing of case-based immunization safety data, but work is still needed to strengthen global vaccine safety monitoring.

The Misinformation Threat: A Techno-Governance Approach for Curbing the Fake News of Tomorrow

Recent internationally relevant diplomatic and economic developments have placed a bright spotlight on the relevance of genuine and false claims. In a post-truth era, or as more commonly known, the era of fake news, an increasing interest has manifested in relation to how this phenomenon can and has been applied to thwart people's reasoning and behaviour. The advancements in modern technology have pushed scientists to question the scale and impact of fake news on humanity. Since technology has become closely integrated with the lives of humankind over the years, its pervasiveness is required to be taken into account to analyse how fake news is being generated and widely shared. For a first-hand impression of the issue, a survey was designed and distributed to the general public to take part in. Additionally, a set of interviews were conducted with specialists from a number of fields in which participants expressed their views on the issue and their suggestions on curbing it. Despite differences in their views, a general consensus was reached that a multidisciplinary approach is needed to reduce the threat, and better educate and inform the public. In doing so, multiple entities and skilled individuals must be roped in to play their part in safeguarding information veracity and supporting end users. The study also provides research insight into this impending threat that should give a clearer understanding of the fate of tomorrow's cyberspace as well as the societies we form a part of. The proposed recommendations, which combine both regulatory and technology fields, aim to bolster the capacity of nations and better equip governments in tackling the evolving state of fake news. It is envisioned that through these recommendations, societies move towards an age where both people and technology become part of the solution rather than the cause of such threats.

Stakeholder perspectives on the scale-up of green hydrogen and electrolyzers

Green hydrogen is a promising alternative to fossil fuels. However, current production capacities for electrolyzers and green hydrogen are not in line with national political goals and projected demand. Considering these issues, we conducted semi-structured interviews to determine the narratives of different stakeholders during this transformation as well as challenges and opportunities for the green hydrogen value chain. We interviewed eight experts with different roles along the green hydrogen value chain, ranging from producers and consumers of green hydrogen to electrolyzer manufacturers and consultants as well as experts from the political sphere. Most experts see the government as necessary for scale-up, by setting national capacity targets, policy support and providing subsidies. However, the experts also accuse the governments of delaying development through overregulation and long implementation times for regulations. The main challenges that were identified are the current lack of renewable electricity and demand for green hydrogen. Demand for green hydrogen is influenced by supply costs, which partly depend on prices for electrolyzers. However, one key takeaway of the interviews is the skeptical assessments by the experts on the currently discussed estimates for price reduction potential of electrolyzers. While demand, supply, and prices are all factors that influence each other, they result in feedback loops in investment decisions for the energy and manufacturing industries. A second key takeaway is, that according to the experts, current investment decisions in new production capacities are not solely dependent on short-term financial gains, but also based on expected first mover advantages. These include experience and market share which are seen as factors for opportunities for future financial gains.Summarized, the results present several challenges and opportunities for green hydrogen and electrolyzers, and how to address them effectively. These insights contribute to a deeper understanding of the dynamics of the emerging green hydrogen value chain.

Nationally determined contributions to the 2015 Paris Agreement goals: transparency in communications from developing country Parties

ABSTRACT The goals of the Paris Agreement (PA) on collectively managing climate change can only be reached if all parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) commit to actions supporting their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Developing-economy nations play a crucial role in reaching the PA targets, particularly in the Agriculture, Forest, and Other Land Uses (AFOLU) sector. However, developing country Parties also face several constraints in tracking and communicating progress towards their climate policy targets and implementation of their NDCs. The operationalization of Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) and Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) under the PA will bring stricter reporting timeframes and advanced transparency for all parties. With these requirements rapidly coming into force, addressing reporting gaps is now a pressing priority. The present study analyzes the NDCs, and Biennial Update Reports (BURs) submitted by developing country Parties under the UNFCCC. In an illustrative exercise, our in-depth analysis concentrates on reporting on the AFOLU sector and identifies issues impeding a comprehensive and comparable Global Stock Take (GST): (i) issues of consistency in reporting timeframes (ii) issues in transparency of reporting on mitigation sectors and on relevant progress indicators (iii) incomparability of methodological approaches proposed and used, and (iv) the implications of limited national capacity for transparent reporting. The UNFCCC and developed country Parties now have the opportunity of providing specialized support for developing country Parties. This could include tailored guidance to address gaps in both greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions accounting, and reporting challenges, to ensure consistent, comprehensive, and transparent reporting to reinforce capacities moving forward following the next GST.

Modelling spatio-temporal energy consumption from nighttime radiance satellite dataset

National electricity consumption increases in line with continuous population growth and other socio-economic factors. The national electric power capacity goal develops largely for industrial manufacture and new settlement. The electrification- ratio on the target; is based on the accessibility of electricity services. The spatial distribution of electricity services coverage over the Indonesian territory is insufficient, particularly over the remote area that is out of electric services. Modeling by spatial (location) and temporal (year) to estimate electricity or energy consumption is necessary to develop using a low-light nighttime satellite dataset, therefore spatial boundaries can be accomplished. The modeling procedure starts by preparing the data frame of the independent variable input (amount of radiance) and the dependent variable output (the consumption of electricity or energy). The modelling method uses the curve-fitting approach where the indicator results by evaluating the R-square and RMSE values. The output model function is used to convert radiances into electrical power consumption units with a certain degree of accuracy. The selection of the input-output variable was achieved after variable analysis with the highest R-square outcome. Results indicate that the model functions in a polynomial form and correlations between variables are not simple. The selection of various model functions did not change the degree of correlation. The accumulative of energy radiances as independent variable input provides the optimum correlation result. The energy consumption from street lighting, in general, offers appropriate information that can be seen from satellites. The model function can be applied to a narrower spatial scale by input variable constraints.