The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will host the 14th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2022). Held in Japan, ISAP is an annual forum that features a range of discussions on sustainable development...

The final approval of the implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change last November has prompted a phase in which countries will be required to...

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the first and most comprehensive intergovernmental agreement on biodiversity. CBD-COP15, the 15th Annual Meeting was initially scheduled for last year, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this was...

This year, the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in June and Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in October will be convened in Elmau, Germany and Bali, Indonesia, respectively. With the strengthening of interdependence between countries around the world and...

On 26 August, IGES signed a cooperation agreement with Circular Regions, a Norway-based non-profit organisation with strengths in promoting the circular economy from regional and city perspectives.

Da Nang City has become the fastest growing city in Vietnam in recent years with a projected increase in urban area and population in line with rapid economic growth. In the face of climate change, one of the greatest challenges mankind has ever...