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The surging impacts of climate change pose significant challenges to the Asia-Pacific region, particularly its highly interconnected and resource-dependent energy systems. The region is vulnerable to diverse climate security challenges that...

The global transition to clean energy has increased demand for key minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. While these minerals are essential for renewable energy technologies, their extraction and trade often come with...

IGES organised the Asia Pacific Climate Security (APCS) International Workshop, together with our partner - the Institute for Future Initiatives of the University of Tokyo, and our collaborators from Sasakawa Peace Foundation. The two-day workshop...

From December 4th to 6th, 2024, IGES, in collaboration with adelphi, Germany, hosted an introductory training focused on climate-related security risks at its headquarters in Kanagawa, Japan. This event was part of the broader "Asia-Pacific...

IGES will organise the "SDGs Global Human Resource Development Program that Connects Learning and Society through Environmental Issues" from July 2024 to January 2025. This programme is being carried out as part of a UNESCO Activity Grant for...

In order to accelerate efforts toward net zero with rapid and deep GHG emission reductions, systemic change which covers both the energy-demand side and supply-side is necessary. Such systemic change is also critically important for businesses to...

This event examined the COVID-19 impact across Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the integrated, indivisible and interlinked nature of the goals. The pandemic has particularly emphasized the interlinkages (synergies and trade-offs) between...

The 4th Kitakyushu SDG Training Programme called for 10 undergraduate and graduate students who were interested in practices related to renewable energy and the integration of the three basic SDG principles: environment, economy, and society...

Asia’s growing vulnerability to a warming climate and significant share of greenhouse gas (GHG) makes achieving a net zero future a development imperative in the region. But what steps will countries in Asia need to take to make such a future...

Over the past year, Japan has stepped up its climate commitment on the international stage to cut the emissions of methane, a short-lived but powerful greenhouse gas. In November 2021, at COP26, Japan along with more than 100 countries signed the...