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30 June 2020

International Symposium "Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction"

In recent years, the severity of climate-related disasters has intensified across the world, and we have seen great damage caused by typhoons and heavy rainfall in Japan. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate disaster risk in the future, and...

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25 February 2020

JCM workshop

-Further understandings of Corresponding Adjustment and Reporting of Article 6 of Paris Agreement and seeking more opportunities with SDGs-

On 25-26 February 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) jointly organised a Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) workshop on “Further understandings of Corresponding Adjustment and...

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19 February 2020

Training Workshop on Writing Proposals for the Joint Crediting Mechanism

On 19 February 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Department of Environment (DoE) on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, jointly organised a training workshop on writing proposals for...

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11 February 2020

Asian Transparency Workshop - Implementing the Paris Agreement

The Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) of the Paris Agreement (PA) mandates that each Party regularly provide information on progress made in implementing and achieving its nationally determined contributions (NDCs). Reporting under the ETF is...

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7 February 2020

Session on Japanese Energy-Efficient Technologies at GEDA and NPC’s State Level Energy Auditors and Energy Managers Meet (Surat, Gujarat, India)

As part of Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) activities, IGES and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organised a session in Surat, Gujarat, on Japanese low-carbon steam management and compressed air technologies, in...

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3 February 2020

Workshop for Facilitating City-to-City Collaboration Toward Zero-Carbon Society (Yokkaichi City, February 2020)

On 3 to 5 February 2020, the “Workshop for Facilitating City-to-City Collaboration Toward Zero-Carbon Society”, organised by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), was held in...

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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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27 November 2019

Training on the City-to-City Collaboration for Creating Low-Carbon Society (Toyama City, November 2019)

The Ministry of Environment, Japan (MOEJ) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organized the "Training on the City-to-City Collaboration for Creating Low-Carbon Society", from 27-29 November in Toyama City. The objective of...

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15 October 2019

Workshop to Facilitate Matchmaking for Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Bangladesh

On 15 October 2019, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and the Department of Environment (DoE) on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Bangladesh, in collaboration with the Japan-Bangladesh Chamber...

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10 October 2019

Seminar on Implementing the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) - Accelerating Promotion of a Low Carbon Economy in Vietnam -

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Global Environmental Centre Foundation (GEC), and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Vietnam jointly organized a workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) on 10 Oct