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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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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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4 December 2019

Voluntary Local Review Workshop

VLR Training @ADB-LOGIN Workshop

This one-day training session focused on introducing the theory, methods, and practices of the Voluntary Local Reviews to the LOGIN members (staff of the local governments' associations in South and East Asia).

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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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17 July 2019

Activity Report

Integrated and Inclusive Approaches to the SDGs in Asia and Globally: Coming Together Around Shared Solutions

This event was divided into two sections on what is needed to take an integrated and inclusive approach to the SDGs. The first section discussed a whole-of-Japan approach to the SDG. The second session offered a more focused discussion.

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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...

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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...

Past Event

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...

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18 December 2018

Dissemination workshop: Promoting the implementation of energy efficient technologies, Vapi, Gujarat, India

IGES and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organised a dissemination workshop on 18 December 2018 to promote the implementation of energy efficient technologies. The workshop was held at Vapi in the State of Gujarat in India as part of the...

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13 November 2018

Two-day training on applicable low-carbon technologies in Thailand

Two-day training on applicable low-carbon technologies in Thailand was co-organised by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, and Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency (DEDE), Ministry of Energy, Government of...