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17 April 2023

OECD's Activities and Contribution to G7 in the Area of Climate Change and the Environment

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) works towards better policies for better lives with expertise in many areas including economics, education, environment, and development assistance. The OECD is a key provider of policy...

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6 March 2023

Learn from the Front-runner Practices of Creating Synergy Effects from Renewable Energy by Visiting Two Zero-Carbon Cities in Kyushu, Japan

The 4th Kitakyushu SDG Training Programme calls for 10 undergraduate and graduate students who are interested in practices related to renewable energy and the integration of the three basic SDG principles: environment, economy, and society. During a...

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1 March 2023

Zero Carbon City International Forum 2023

IGES will co-host the "Zero Carbon City International Forum 2023", organised by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan and the Office of Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, the United States of America on March 1, to accelerate subnational...

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16 February 2023

8th International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia / 8th NIES International Forum: How has Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) committed to decarbonization?

The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) has been developing and applying the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM), an integrated assessment model, to various countries in cooperation with research institutes in Japan and abroad, especi

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25 January 2023

EU-Japan 100 Cities Event on Climate Action

On 27 May 2021, the European Union (EU) and Japan announced a Green Alliance to accelerate their respective transition towards a climate-neutral, circular and resource-efficient economy over the coming decades. The alliance is the first of its kind...

Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform

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13 January 2023

Initiatives and Issues related to Transfer of JITMAP

The main objective of this seminar is to introduce the outline and outcomes of activities to promote Japanese environmental technologies through JITMAP to the participants, who are mainly Japanese and Indian government agencies, local governments, in

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19 December 2022

Strengthening the Science-Policy Interface for Clean Air and a Sustainable Future in Asia

In many parts of Asia, the single greatest threat to human health and a sustainable future is air pollution. A growing body of modelling research have employed emissions inventories, scenario development, and benefit estimation techniques to identify...

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16 December 2022

Regional Workshop on Climate Vulnerability Monitor: Focus on East Asia

Climate change is an existential crisis for the people of all countries. However, climate change poses an even more undeniable threat to countries that are particularly highly vulnerable due to their underlying biophysical and socio-economic characte

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12 May 2022

Climate & Energy Webinar Series

Commentary on the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group 3 Report Part 3

The 56th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) General Assembly and Working Group 3 (WG3) were held from 21 March to 4 April, and approved the Summary for Policymakers (SPM) of the 6th Assessment Report (AR6) WG3 Report...

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22 April 2022

Webinar Series on Open Waste Burning in Asia (2022/2023)

Webinar No. 1: Practices of Open Waste Burning in Asian Cities – Challenges and Opportunities

Download PDF (858KB) Open burning of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) is a common practice, especially in developing countries with inadequate solid waste management systems (2019; Singh et al., Karunarathana et al.). Open burning is commonly practiced...

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Commentary on the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group 3 Report Part 2

21 April 2022

Climate & Energy Webinar Series

Commentary on the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group 3 Report Part 2

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10 April 2022

Third author meeting and the third meeting to advance the summary for policymakers (SPM) of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species and their control

From 4 to 10 April 2022, IPBES convened, simultaneously, the third author meeting and the third meeting to advance the summary for policymakers (SPM) for the assessment of invasive alien species in Aarhus, Denmark in a hybrid setting. The venue...

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31 March 2022

Localization of NDCs through community-led ‘adaptation innovation’ in the Asia-Pacific region: Needs and Pathways

The session is a continuation of the GGC1 session “Capacity Building for Promoting “Local Adaptation Innovation” through regional collaboration on 22nd January 2021. The session aims to discuss regional capacity building initiatives on localizing Nat...

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28 March 2022

APFSD side event

A One Health Approach to Regulating Ocean Microplastics: Translating Advocacy into Action

The COVID-19 crisis has focused a growing amount of attention on the close interrelationship between human, animal and environmental health. Efforts to capture this interrelationship in policy and practice are often summarised under the heading of “o...

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22 March 2022

Integrated Programme for Better Air Quality in Asia

Technology Roundtable and Fair for Combating Air Pollution and Climate Change in Asia

The IBAQ is supporting the implementation of clean air action plans and technologies to help address air pollution and climate change in Asia. Aligned with this objective, IGES and Clean Air Asia (CAA) co-organised a virtual technology event with...

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16 March 2022

Greening Health Care Waste Management: Policies and Good Practices

The provision of sustainable health care waste management (HCWM) has been receiving increasing global attention. Due to the risk of COVID-19 transmission, there has been a growing need for proper medical waste management worldwide, particularly in de

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15 March 2022

The 3rd Kitakyushu SDGs Training

Initiating a Decarbonized Domino Effect in Kyushu Region, Japan ～Learn how Kitakyushu City & Goto City integrate environment, economy & society through local renewable energy～

The IGES Kitakyushu Urban Center will organize an online bilingual (English-Japanese) event, "3rd Kitakyushu SDGs Training: Initiating Decarbonized Domino Effect from Kyushu Region, Japan" on 15th (Tue) March, 15:00-18:00 (JST). Anyone from...

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14 March 2022

Keynote Presentation of the 3RINCs 2022

Regional Conference on the OECD Global Plastics Outlook

There is an incomprehensible amount of plastic in our society, driven by population growth and higher incomes. Estimates put the global plastics production to have doubled between 2000 and 2019, coming up to 460 million tonnes (Mt) in 2019. While...