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9 September 2019

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism in Cambodia Contribution to NDC Roadmap and SDGs Implementation

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised a workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) on 9 September 2019 in Cambodia. The workshop aimed to promote further dissemination of low carbon technologies in Cambodia...

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5 September 2019

Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechanism

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) jointly organized the “Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechanism” in Thailand on 5 September...

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4 September 2019

Contribution to NDC implementation through the JCM - Scaling up the JCM under the Paris Agreement -

On 4 September 2019 the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), together with the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), organized the JCM side event “Contribution to NDC implementation through the JCM: Scaling up the JCM under...

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6 August 2019

Training workshop for reviewing JCM proposed methodology

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised a training workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) on 6 August 2019 in the Philippines. The event was aimed at developing the capacity of officials from the Philippines’...

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12 July 2019

Activity Report

From Science to Implementation: Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface (SPI) to Integrate Climate Change, Resilience, and the Sustainable Development Goals

A key message from IPCC 1.5 C special report is that leveraging synergies and avoiding trade-offs between climate-action and development priorities can help limit global warming to safe levels. There nonetheless remain questions on how policymakers c

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8 July 2019

Case Visit

Learning through Malaysia’s Integrated Flood Management

The frequency of large-scale natural disasters has increased in recent years, as is evident from the rise in the number of disaster events, and the severity and scale of their impact. Immediate action is required to counteract the growing disaster...

Past Event

7 June 2019

New Ideas for Sustainable Business and Lessons from Pioneers in Circular Economy and Climate Change

As a part of the exhibition and conference “ASEAN Sustainable Energy Week 2019” in Bangkok, a number of specialists and scholars, senior government officials, and representatives from the business sector joined a multi-stakeholder seminar.

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Symposium on New Directions and Future Initiatives for Air Pollution Control in Asia

22 May 2019

Commemorating the Japanese Edition of the “Science-Based Solutions Report: Air Pollution in the Asia-Pacific Region” “Symposium on New Directions and Future Initiatives for Air Pollution Control in Asia" -Aiming to simultaneously solve problems with air

Air pollution, which has become a serious social problem in the Asia-Pacific region, is closely related to climate change, in terms of both impact and necessary countermeasures. It is also an important issue for achieving the SDGs. Thus, at the...

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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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19 February 2019

International Workshop

How Can Asia Manage Air Pollution and Climate Change? From Understanding Impacts to Implementing Solutions

The Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised an international workshop titled “How Can Asia Manage Air Pollution and Climate Change? From Understanding Impacts to...