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16 December 2022

Workshop

Regional Workshop on Climate Vulnerability Monitor: Focus on East Asia

Climate change is an existential crisis for the people of all countries. However, climate change poses an even more undeniable threat to countries that are particularly highly vulnerable due to their underlying biophysical and socio-economic characte

Past Event

21 November 2022

JSPS-ICSSR Seminar 2022

Understanding and Addressing Systemic Risks Behind the Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Japan and India: Developing a Roadmap for a Resilient and Sustainable Future

Download the proceedings of the seminar from here: JSPS-ICSSR Seminar Proceedings The COVID-19 pandemic has spread to 202 countries and territories infecting 633 million people and killing 6.6 million as on November 09, 2022. 22.7 million people...

Past Event

11 November 2022

COP27 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Formulation and Implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) in the Asia Pacific - Establishing a System to Promote Adaptation Towards the Achievement of the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) -

*Please note that internet connection may be unstable due to connectivity issues at the venue. We appreciate your understanding. Effective formulation and implementation of National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) are essential to achieving climate...

Past Event

31 March 2022

Localization of NDCs through community-led ‘adaptation innovation’ in the Asia-Pacific region: Needs and Pathways

The session is a continuation of the GGC1 session “Capacity Building for Promoting “Local Adaptation Innovation” through regional collaboration on 22nd January 2021. The session aims to discuss regional capacity building initiatives on localizing Nat

Past Event

21 January 2022

International Workshop

Building Resilience to the Risk of Compound and Cascading Disasters in the Context of Climate Change - Launch of the New e-learning Course on AP-PLAT

During this era that is defined by the climate crisis, we see a deepening risk of natural disasters in every corner of the world. The Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), along with IGES, has developed the e-learning course "Building...

Past Event

15 November 2021

Making Asia-Pacific Resilient to Climate Change: The Effort and Perspective of the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT)

In 2018 AP-PLAT was established at the G20 summit in Japan with the vision of helping Asia-Pacific countries build a climate-resilient and sustainable society. This session, as a collaboration with the East Asia Sea Congress 2021, which is hosted...

Past Event

5 November 2021

COP26 Side Event

Learning Café on Communicating Indigenous and Ancestral Knowledge for Climate Actions in Amazonia, the Andes and the Hindu-Kush Himalaya

On 5 November, IGES, in collaboration with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development's Himalayan University Consortium (ICIMOD-HUC) and La Organización Nacional de Mujeres Indígenas Andinas y Amazónicas del Perú (ONAMIAP) will...

Past Event

27 July 2021

NIE-IGES Workshop

Innovation from nature • Innovation for nature

Technological development has changed and improved many aspects of our lives, including the way we conserve nature and its biodiversity. Meanwhile, nature itself is also the source of an increasing amount of technological innovation. In this...