Events

The Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center organized the fourth Plenary Meeting of the A6IP on March 19th, 2025. Following the adoption of remaining Article 6 rules and guidelines at COP 29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, 2025 is...

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...

The surging impacts of climate change pose significant challenges to the Asia-Pacific region, particularly its highly interconnected and resource-dependent energy systems. The region is vulnerable to diverse climate security challenges that...

As part of the Closing Conference on Strengthening Plastic Pollution Management in Asia and the Pacific, held on 5–6 March 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, IGES organized a special session titled “South-to-South Cooperation and Peer Learning for...

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...

The global transition to clean energy has increased demand for key minerals such as lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. While these minerals are essential for renewable energy technologies, their extraction and trade often come with...

With only five years left until 2030, accelerating the localization of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is more critical than ever. Local and regional governments play a pivotal role in...

IGES contributed as a collaborator for the Symposium on Peatland Fire 2025. This event served as a final session, presenting the outcome of the JICA’s Verification Survey with the Private Sector for Disseminating Japanese Technologies to...

The 6th ERIA’s Experts Working Group (EWG) on Marine Plastic Debris Meeting was held on 18 February 2025 in a hybrid format, co-organised by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)’s Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine...

The UNEP Global Dialogue & Youth Day: Circular Economy Model of Waste Management, co-organized by UNEP-IETC, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and the Global Environment Centre (GEC), convened key stakeholders from around...