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4 December 2023

COP28 Azerbaijan Pavilion Side Event

Lessons Learned from Reporting on Article 13 within the MLP in Eurasia, Central Asia and the Caucasus

The Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP), supported by the Ministry of Environment of Japan and implemented by IGES with Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting in close collaboration with the Capacity Building Initiative for...

Past Event

2 December 2023

COP28 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Triggering an upward spiral towards decarbonization with subnational leaders - from the G7 Roundtable on Subnational Climate Actions

Cities account for approximately 70% of global GHG emissions, and subnational governments are at the forefront of making global efforts to address climate change as well as of adapting to its impacts. The latest IPCC report stated that government...

Past Event

1 December 2023

UNFCCC Official side event

Bottom-up Approach of Regional Non-state Actors toward Updating NDCs in Post-GST

As the first GST is to be concluded at COP28, one important consideration is the involvement of Non-State Actors (NSAs) in the post-GST activities. The independent Global Stocktake (iGST) Regional Hubs in Southeast Asia and West Africa have been...

Past Event

1 December 2023

UNFCCC COP28 Side Event

Local Governments lead Resilient Zero Carbon and Sustainable Society Transition

Global and Japanese local governments lead resilient zero carbon and sustainable society transitions

Past Event

1 December 2023

COP28 Japan Pavilion Side Event

IIASA-JAPAN Joint Project on Cities

Ministry of the Environment has contributed to IIASA in the past and has conducted joint research on environmental issues. This year, the IPCC just started its 7th assessment cycle and is scheduled to prepare and publish a "Special Report on Cities a

Past Event

30 November 2023

Marine Littering & Micro Plastic in Asia and the Pacific - Regional & National Rules, Action Plans and Present Status

At the 13th International Conference on Sustainable Waste Management & Circular Economy & IPLA Global Forum 2023, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and International Society of Waste Management, Air and Water (ISWMAW) organised

Past Event

20 November 2023

Project Activity

Training and Capacity Building for Community Working Groups on Disaster Management in Prik Sub-district, Songkhla Province of Thailand

On 20 November 2023, Prik Municipality organised training for working groups on disaster management for all 7 communities. The training was conducted in collaboration with the Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Center (Songkhla) using...

Past Event

17 November 2023

Japan-IIASA International Workshop

Japan-IIASA Collaboration to Promote Integrated Actions for Clean Air and a Sustainable Future in Asia

The global community faces the triple crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. These three crises interact with each other, and a sustainable transition requires addressing these issues in an integrated manner. In Asia, air polluti

Past Event

15 November 2023

Engaging Regional Non-State Actors in the Follow-up Period of the First Global Stocktake (GST): Insight from the Independent Global Stocktake

This event will discuss the role of the regional non-state actors (NSA) in the GST follow-up processes, identify the gap between the NSA's own efforts and actual policy, and discuss the conditions necessary to close the gap in the Asia-Pacific...

Past Event

15 November 2023

Side-event at APCW 2023

Shaping ‘Climate Security’ in Asia-Pacific

Climate security is an emerging concept that underlines the critical importance of addressing climate change issues in the context of security. This session rolls out the IGES’s new initiative aiming to explore climate security in the Asia-Pacific...