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21 June 2021

Integrated approaches to boost SDG7 and climate-relevant SDG actions towards sustainability in the Asia-Pacific

UNESCAP’s Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021 analysed the status of SDG7 in the Asia-Pacific and concluded, “At the current pace of progress, the region is likely to miss the 2030 targets on access to energy services and energy...

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16 June 2021

Webinar: “Integrating Clean Air and Climate Actions in Cities: Lessons Learned on Co-Benefits in Asia”

On 16 June, IGES co-sponsored a webinar titled “Integrating Clean Air and Climate Actions in Cities: Lessons Learned on Co-Benefits in Asia”, and also released guidelines on co-benefits Integrating air pollution and climate change in a single set...

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9 April 2021

Climate & Energy Webinar Series

Prospects for US Climate Policy in the Biden Administration

Following Prime Minister Suga's declaration in October last year that "Japan will go carbon neutral by 2050", the private sector and local governments have been accelerating their efforts to decarbonise. Outside of Japan, many countries including the

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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

Side event at APFSD

Carbon neutrality: The future of Asia-Pacific -- Contribution to the transition toward decarbonisation --

In the run-up to COP26, which will be held in November of this year, countries are moving more and more toward decarbonisation. Following the European Union’s lead, including France, a number of countries in the Asia-Pacific, among them Japan, the...

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17 February 2021

Awareness Workshop (Webinar) on Japanese Environmental Technologies to monitor emissions from thermal power plants and other energy-intensive industries in India

Air pollution is a serious problem in India, and 14 out of the world’s 15 most polluted cities are located there, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) database from 2018. To improve the situation, the Central Pollution Control Board...

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16 February 2021

Seminar on the Joint Crediting Mechanism

- Recent Developments in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement towards Carbon Neutral -

In October 2020, the Japanese government announced its aim for the "realization of a carbon-neutral and decarbonised society by 2050". In order to accomplish this goal, the seminar provides opportunities for private companies that are interested...

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9 February 2021

Workshop on Biennial Update Report

IGES in collaboration with the Global Support Programme (GSP) and the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC) for Asia and the Pacific, co-organised the “Workshop on Biennial Update Report (BUR*)” on 9 -11 February 2021. The three-day workshop...

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3 February 2021

International Cosmos Prize Online Symposium

Clear the Path for a Sustainable Future -The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Humankind in the COVID-19 era

COVID-19 has drastically changed our societies. The COVID-19 pandemic might have been caused by imbalances in the relationship between nature and humans, such as climate change and deforestation. When considering the COVID-19 era and beyond, we...

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8 January 2021

Steam management system

Awareness workshop (webinar) on Japanese Low Carbon Technology (Steam Management System) in India

On 8 January 2021, the Kansai Research Centre of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) held an online awareness workshop about Japanese Low Carbon Technology (LCT), in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in