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IGES is honoured to be one of the organising partners of Thailand Ocean Week 2025, a UN Ocean Conference (UNOC) official virtual side event hosted across Bangkok, Koh Chang, and other coastal cities. This nationwide event brings together over 50...

Background Plastic pollution is a global environmental issue. East and Southeast Asia are of strategic importance in the fight against plastic pollution, the rivers and coastlines of which are some of the most affected by plastic pollution. The...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), in collaboration with Malaysia's Department of Environment (DOE) and the Basel, Rotterdam, and Stockholm (BRS) Secretariat, organized the ‘Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Environmentally...

The concept of a “Climate Resilient Development Pathway” (CRDP), highlighted in both the IPCC’s Fifth and Sixth Assessment Reports, refers to sustainable development trajectories that integrate adaptation and mitigation, with a net-zero transition...

The National Technical Workshop on Enhancing the Capacity of the Waste Recycling Sector Towards a Zero Waste Society in Cambodia was held on March 25–26, 2025, at the Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop convened international...

The Inception Workshop on ‘Improving source segregation to cease open waste burning in Vientiane, Lao PDR’ was held on the 24th March 2025 in Vientiane, Lao PDR, in collaboration with the National University of Laos and the Institute for Global...

Nakhon Si Thammarat Province (Thailand) is facing a significant plastic waste challenge, generating over 9,000 tonnes of plastic waste annually, much of which is either ended up in landfills or leaked into the environment. In response, the city...

The impact of climate change has led to an increase in natural disasters such as heavy rainfall worldwide, and the disaster risk faced by regional communities has become more severe. Last year, the Noto Peninsula experienced disasters caused by...

Cities play an important role in addressing climate change. In recognition of this, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has decided to prepare a "Special Report on Climate Change and Cities" (SR-Cities) in its Seventh Assessment...

This side event marks the official kick off the development of the “Asia-Pacific Synergy Report to Address the SDGs and the Triple Planetary Crisis,” a collaborative initiative aimed at driving sustainable development in the region, with the...