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5 April 2021

CEEW-IGES Webinar

How to Accelerate Asia's Renewable Energy Transition: Policies, Markets and Emerging Issues

The discussion will cover critical debates on policies, markets and emerging issues that shape the renewable energy transition in the Asian region which is rapidly becoming an epicentre of global energy consumption. We will draw insights from the...

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23 March 2021

The 2nd Kitakyushu SDGs Training

The IGES Kitakyushu Urban Centre hosted the 2nd Kitakyushu SDGs Training on 23rd & 24th March 2021 in collaboration with NPO Satoyama. It aimed to provide an opportunity for knowledge-sharing and networking discussions, and participants learned...

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18 December 2020

Beyond coal – Towards net-zero emissions: A common challenge for Japan and Germany

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...

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11 December 2019

UNFCCC-COP25 Side Event

Climate and SDGs Synergy Approach - Achieving Decarbonized Society and Securing Human Well-being -

The Paris Agreement and the SDGs were both adopted in 2015, and as such, they have a complementary relationship. We need to make sure that our efforts to proceed with both of these are carried out in an integrated manner. For example, the IPCC...

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7 November 2019

ACP/IIASA Joint International Workshop

Implementing Solutions to Air Pollution and Climate Change in Asia: Building Capacities, Strengthening Policies, and Financing Technologies

Approximately 4 billion people, around 92 percent of the population in Asia and the Pacific, are exposed to levels of air pollution that pose a significant risk to their health. Though developed countries like Japan have made visible progress...

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4 October 2019

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) for governme

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) for project participants in Mongolia and Third Party Entity

The aim of the workshop was to provide information about potential Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) projects to the Mongolian government, and to build the capacity of the local Third Party Entity (TPE) and project participants in Mongolia under the...

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26 September 2019

Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechanism in Indonesia

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs (CMEA) of Indonesia, and Indonesian JCM Secretariat jointly organized the “Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechani...

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11 May 2019

The Commemorative Symposium on the IPCC Session convened in Kyoto: “To Realize a Decarbonized Society – the State of the World and Kyoto’s Challenges”

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), together with the City of Kyoto, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) Japan, and the Ministry of the Environment Japan will hold an international symposium, “To Realize a...

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6 July 2018

"Climate Change, Globalisation and the Vulnerability of Cities" Co-hosted by IGES and UNU

Public Seminar featuring Professor William Rees, recipient of the 2012 Boulding Prize in Ecological Economics, Blue Planet Prize laureate, and co-developer of “ecological footprint” analysis The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)...