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29 September 2022

Expert Roundtable (TICAD8 Official Side Event)

How to Foster ‘Win-Win’ Net-Zero Partnerships Between Japan and Countries in North Africa

In the past few years in Japan and North African countries, there has been a strategic shift regarding policies and initiatives related to the energy transition, green economy, and climate change. North African countries were among the first to...

Past Event

19 September 2022

Technical Session at 7IMDC

Evidence-Based Policy for Environmentally Sound Management of Plastics in Asia-Pacific Region

Evidence-based policy-driven measures under the Basel Convention for preventing and minimizing the generation of plastic waste, improving its environmentally sound management, and controlling its transboundary movement in the Asia-Pacific region.

Past Event

8 August 2022

High Level Talks on Zero Carbon City Kuala Lumpur

The 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), held in November 2021, solidified consensus around the new global goal of limiting the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre...

Past Event

21 July 2022

Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [Plenary Session]

Calling for an integrative approach: Climate, SDGs and biodiversity Serious concerns were underlined at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) regarding the current NDC targets

Past Event

20 July 2022

Climate & SDGs Conference [Side Events]

Promoting synergies at local level: Why are Local Governments strengthening synergies between climate agenda and sustainable development?

Recently, local and regional governments (LRGs) are actively engaging in both the climate agenda and the SDGs. In Japan, around 52% of local governments, which accounts for 932 local governments, have SDGs plans or activity promoting SDGs through...

Past Event

20 July 2022

Climate & SDGs Conference [Side Events]

Applying Circulating and Ecological Sphere (CES) Concept for Placing Urban Rural Linkages at the Core of Localization of Climate and Sustainable Development Actions.

The ambitions expressed in the UN2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals, the Paris Climate Agreement, and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction underscores the urgency with which societies need to transform towards a more livabl

Past Event

20 July 2022

Climate & SDGs Conference [Side Events]

Youth Day - Designing the future beyond the achievement of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 agenda -

*This side event was hosted by three youth organizations; Japan Youth Platform for Sustainability (JYPS), Climate Youth Japan (CYJ) and Change Our Next Decade (COND). The Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development addresses key targets including SDGs...

Past Event

20 July 2022

Climate & SDGs Conference [Side Events]

How to synergize the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development?

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...

Past Event

7 July 2022

HLPF 2022 Side Event

Asia-Pacific Regional Review of Knowledge and Experiences on Environmental Dimension VNRs

How have countries in the Asia-Pacific region approached reporting on the SDGs generally, and on the environment specifically? Many countries in the Asia and Pacific region have conducted at least one Voluntary National Reviews (VNR), while...

Past Event

7 July 2022

HLPF 2022 Side Event

Climate Action and the SDGs - Closing Gaps and Strengthening Synergies

Accelerated and equitable climate action is critical to sustainable development, yet a stronger connection is needed between these two global priorities. Scaling up climate action presents gaps and challenges - including trade-offs - as well as...