Events

IGES will contribute as a collaborator for the Symposium on Peatland Fire 2025. This event serves as a final session, presenting the outcome of the JICA’s Verification Survey with the Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technologies to...

IGES organised the Asia Pacific Climate Security (APCS) International Workshop, together with our partner - the Institute for Future Initiatives of the University of Tokyo, and our collaborators from Sasakawa Peace Foundation. The two-day workshop...

In terms of international cooperation in implementing climate mitigation activities to achieve the Paris Agreement's 1.5-degree target and NetZero society, the COP29 in Baku in November 2024 became an epoch-making event as it completed the...

Cities account for approximately 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. Accelerating urban decarbonisation while addressing challenges such as environmental pollution and circular economy is critical to achieving the Paris...

Malaysia and Japan have enjoyed solid and friendly cooperation for many years. This has recently been elevated by the “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” agreed upon in December 2023. Under the partnership, the two nations have renewed their...

Workshop on Sharing Experiences and Knowledge for Preparing Local Initiatives to Improve Circularity and Municipal Solid Waste Management in Padang City Padang City has developed an action plan for Integrated Waste Management (2023-2030) with the...

The Stakeholders Engagement Forum on the Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in E-Waste was held on December 23-24, 2024, in Bangkok, Thailand, co-organised by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the...

Banda Aceh City is the capital city of Indonesia’s Aceh Province, which is located at the northern tip of Sumatra Island. The city was one of the worst affected locations during the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, where over 160,000...

On 19-20 December, the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society Strategic Research Network (LCS-RNet) will hold its 15th Annual Meeting online. Under the main theme "How can we accelerate action to stay below 1.5 degrees C?", this annual meeting will...

The ASEAN regional Policy dialogue on transformative action to end open burning of waste was organised by the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) on 12-13 December 2024 in Vientiane, Lao PDR in collaboration...