Mr.

Simon OLSEN

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were designed to be “integrated and indivisible, balanc[ing] the three dimensions of sustainable development." The growing need for integration has given rise to a number of tools and research that can help capture synergies and avoid trade-offs across goals and targets. These include tools that employ...

Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in 2016, scientist have been studying its “indivisible whole” nature, with the objectives to propose viable methods and tools for integrated planning of the implementation of the 17 SDGs. Furthermore, their 169 targets were developed through an inclusive and comprehensive process...

This issue brief presents a brief overview of the current follow-up and review mechanisms of the Sustainable Development Goals. It then draws attention to five possible pitfalls to effective review and proposes possible ways forward in addressing these pitfalls.

本報告書では、アジアの都市の低炭素化やレジリエンス強化に一層資するために、アジアの都市が抱えている環境課題を、既存の資料や東アジア首脳会議環境大臣会合（EAS EMM）やASEAN 加盟国等の主要なステークホルダー等を対象としたアンケートや聞き取り調査等を実施することで抽出した。また、その課題に対し、我が国の都市や企業が強みを持つ技術やノウハウの活用可能性を調査するとともに、連携して取り組むことが検討可能な国際機関、援助機関やその支援メニュー等を調査することで、都市の環境分野協力を推進するための戦略について検討の上で、本報告書を作成した。

本業務は、アジア域内での環境協力の更なる促進を図るため、以下の5つを主要コンポーネントとし、これらの統合的実施を図り、CAIの幅広い普及と日本国の戦略的国際環境協力の推進に貢献することを目的とするものである。 １．アジアの都市における環境対策を強化するための概要調査、２．アジア諸国との各種会合支援及び調査業務、３．環境的に持続可能な都市（ESC）に関る調査等業務、４．アジア・太平洋島嶼国における環境問題の現状に係る調査業務、５．環境省が実施する取組に関する情報発信業務

The High-Level Seminar (HLS) on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (ESC) is organised annually to gather influential East and Southeast Asia policymakers, experts and practitioners working on clean, green and sustainable cities. Since 2010, senior officials from the region’s environmental and urban line ministries, city authorities and development...

This paper provides basic information on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to help a general audience from multiple sectors with planning and action on the new SDGs. Section 1 provides an introductory background on the goals and their key principles, and Section 2 outlines a number of steps, which different actors may consider using...

Following last year’s agreement over the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), much of the international community’s attention has focused on what data would be needed to assess progress on the new development agenda. Answering this question has proven challenging. Part of the challenge stems from the sizable difficulties of gathering quality data...