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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...

This side event will reveal the evolution of government public commitments over time, country-specific challenges and opportunities linked to the energy transition, and inform which policy instruments governments can use to increase climate action...

The IBAQ is supporting the implementation of clean air action plans and technologies to help address air pollution and climate change in Asia. Aligned with this objective, IGES and Clean Air Asia (CAA) co-organised a virtual technology event with...

Recent studies such as the 1.5-Degree Lifestyles report illustrate the scale of the sustainable living challenge: the need for reductions of over 80 per cent in GHGs by 2050 from today’s intensity of lifestyles. This research proposes that we need...