Events

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 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...

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 the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Emergency Management (DECEM), and the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), organised a workshop to strengthen...