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19 November 2024

COP29 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Boost "UNEA Synergy Resolution" -Synergy-Building in National Climate (NDCs) and Biodiversity Strategies (NBSAPs)-

Following the commitment to leveraging synergies made during the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023, the UNEA6 Synergy Resolution was adopted in March 2024. This resolution encourages UN Member States to enhance synergies in implementing environmental...

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13 March 2024

Asia-Pacific Climate Security Project (APCS)

International Workshop "Ensuring Food Security under Climate Crisis"

This workshop investigated current debates, research gaps, and possible policy interventions for ensuring food security under climate crisis. The communiqué issued at the World Food Summit in 1996 defines food security as follows: ‘Food security...

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6 March 2024

Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Pollution ～Promoting synergistic approaches to address the triple planetary crisis～ the 15th SDGs Stakeholders Meeting and 4th SDGs Roundtable Environment Subcommittee Meeting

Purpose of the event The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which form the core of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (2030 Agenda) adopted in September 2015, have become the common language for the international community's goals...

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1 March 2024

UNEA6 Side Event

Synergistic Approaches to Overcome the Triple Crisis and the SDG Deadlock

This side event, held at the 6th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA6), focused on the critical need for enhancing synergistic approaches to addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. These...

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8 December 2023

UNFCCC COP28 Side Event

Climate-Biodiversity-SDGs Synergistic actions in Asia-Pacific

This seminar, hosted at the Japan Pavilion, serves as a platform for expanding partnerships with like-minded nations and international organizations. The main focus of this gathering is to engage in substantive dialogues about policy measures.

Past Event

1 December 2023

UNFCCC COP28 Side Event

Local Governments lead Resilient Zero Carbon and Sustainable Society Transition

Global and Japanese local governments lead resilient zero carbon and sustainable society transitions

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23 October 2023

The 8th Asia-Pacific Urban Forum [Parallel session]

Unlocking the Potential of VLRs: Building Sustainable Cities through Local Action and Follow-up and Review Processes

This session aims at fostering knowledge exchange and sharing experiences of good practices regarding the utilisation of VLRs as a means to structure the follow-up and review processes of the 2030 Agenda at the local level. Through this session, part

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23 February 2023

Workshop on Voluntary Local Reviews for Regional Governments

Following the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, several local governments showed their commitment to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the local level by undertaking a voluntary local review (VLR). VLRs have emerged as a ke

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30 June 2022

IGES webinar on Voluntary Local Reviews 2022

Overcoming Barriers to Implementation

As the world rapidly approaches the deadline for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), progress is not occurring fast enough. However, cities are increasingly making a meaningful...

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8 December 2021

Knowledge-Exchange Webinar Series 1

Assessing the Climate and Sustainable Development Impacts of Projects and Policies

The close links between the climate change and the sustainable development agendas have led to growing demands for tools that can assess the multiple benefits of climate projects and policies. These linkages also open opportunities to bring...