Miyako CULSHAW-ISHII

Considering the importance of a common understanding among stakeholders to solve water quality issues in the region, the “WEPA Outlook on Water Environmental Management” has been periodically prepared by utilizing accumulated information and knowledge, as well as the human network developed under this initiative. The report aims to provide the most...

アジア地域の水質に関する問題を解決するためには、関係者の間で共通認識を持つことが重要であることを考慮し、アジア水環境パートナーシップ（WEPA）では、このイニシアティブで蓄積された情報及び知識、並びに人的ネットワークを活用して、「水環境管理に関するWEPAアウトルック」を定期的に作成しています。この報告書は、アジア地域の行政官、専門家及び水セクターのその他関係者を対象に、水環境の現状及び管理の状況に関する最新かつ有益な情報を提供することを目的としています。本報告書は、世界のその他の地域において水質問題に取り組んでいる関係者にとっても有益な情報源となるよう、これまで、2009年にイスタンブールで、2012年にマルセイユで、2015年に大邱・慶州で、2018年にブラジリアで...

Recognizing that the improvement of water environmental governance is essential to solve water pollution problems in the Asian Region, the Water Environment Partnership in Asia (WEPA) was launched in 2004 by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. During the fourth phase of WEPA, which began in FY2019, the objective of WEPA’s fourth phase was...

Since the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2021, global society, including Asian countries, has entered the phase of how to implement a long-term transition roadmap to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Given vital needs for the development in many Asian countries, a...

This presentation set the scene for a 90 minute webinar that consisted mostly of discussion and Q&A. The presentation was an overview of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). It also included some explanation about the Convention in Biological Diversity (CBD), which adopted the GBF; the meetings of the Conference of the Parties...

These proceedings pertain to the JSPS-ICSSR seminar entitled ‘Understanding and Addressing Systemic Risks Behind the Socio-economic Impacts of Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Japan and India: Developing a Roadmap for a Resilient and Sustainable Future’. Led by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Indian Institute...