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The Regional Dialogue on Transformative Action to End Open Burning (OWB) of Waste in South Asia was held on September 6–7, 2025, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The event was co-organised by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and...

The Asia-Pacific region faces unprecedented environmental challenges requiring coordinated responses and synergistic approaches to climate change, biodiversity loss and land degradation, as well as pollution and waste. Research demonstrates that...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is organising a two-week on-site SDGs training programme in Kitakyushu City (Fukuoka Prefecture) for university undergraduate, graduate and postgraduates students who reside in Japan. We are...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), on behalf of the ASEAN Secretariat Environment Division,which serves as the lead entity for the project, organised the ASEAN Regional Consultation Meeting (RCM) on the ASEAN Climate Change...

The Paris Agreement, an international treaty on climate change, aims to limit the average global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this, carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be reduced to net zero by around 2050...

Background Generating and accessing accurate plastic data is essential for planning, implementing, and monitoring how plastics move through the economy and leak into the environment. However, significant gaps in data availability and accessibility...

The Ministry of Environment of Sri Lanka, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions, the Global Tourism Plastics Initiative (GTPI), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and...

IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (IGES-CCET), in collaboration with the Urban Unit, jointly organized a two-day capacity-building workshop titled “Climate Impact Assessment in the Waste Sector Using IGES EQT...

In response to the increasing need for sustainable urban planning and efficient waste management, the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (IGES-CCET) in collaboration with the Urban Unit and the United Nations...

IGES is proud to join more than 30 island communities, government agencies, development partners, academic institutions, private sector actors, and civil society organisations in co-organising Thailand’s largest island-wide clean-up and the 3rd...