Events

Although social activity has stagnated due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many parts of the world have already begun to rebuild their economies with green recovery policies. Green recovery is also required in the field of waste and material cycling...

COVID-19 has drastically changed our societies. The COVID-19 pandemic might have been caused by imbalances in the relationship between nature and humans, such as climate change and deforestation. When considering the COVID-19 era and beyond, we...

This online event brings together high-level government representatives, businesses, think tanks, and NGOs from Japan, Germany, and other countries to discuss questions such as: What does a net-zero emissions pledge mean for the coal sector? What...

In the Paris Agreement (PA), Article 13 mandates that each Party regularly provide information on progress made in implementing and achieving its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) through Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs). Article 6 of...

From 7 to 10 December, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organized the training program "Creating Sustainable, Zero-Carbon Societies through City-to-City Collaboration". This...

On 20 November, IGES will co-present the second of three webinars dedicated to assisting policymakers and practitioners in developing countries with their selection of appropriate waste management technologies, and in carrying out related policies...

This workshop was organized for the purpose of capacity building on Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) projects. The target participants were government officials...

Sustainability, sustainable development, sustainable development goals, sustainable lifestyles and sustainable cities are terms we hear often. We are committed to living sustainably, but do we know where exactly are we headed? What will the...

Waste management is becoming a particularly urgent issue in developing countries, especially as their economic growth accelerates. Globally, various approaches have been attempted to solve waste management issues, and proper treatment of the...

Decarbonization is indispensable part of the realization of better recovery from COVID-19, and challenge is to create a virtuous cycle of society and economy towards decarbonization The purpose of this session is to share the merits and challenges...