Events | IGES

19 December 2024

LCS-RNet 15th Annual Meeting How can we accelerate action to stay below 1.5 degrees C?

On 19-20 December, the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society Strategic Research Network (LCS-RNet) will hold its 15th Annual Meeting online. Under the main theme "How can we accelerate action to stay below 1.5 degrees C?", this annual meeting will...

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19 November 2024

Boost "UNEA Synergy Resolution" -Synergy-Building in National Climate (NDCs) and Biodiversity Strategies (NBSAPs)-

Following the commitment to leveraging synergies made during the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023, the UNEA6 Synergy Resolution was adopted in March 2024. This resolution encourages UN Member States to enhance synergies in implementing environmental...

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18 November 2024

For the Enhancement of the Implementation of Article 6 through Synergy of Capacity-Building and Private Investment

The Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) highlights its commitment to capacity building and optimising private investment, and to build momentum for establishing a high-integrity carbon market after the completion of Article 6...

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18 November 2024

Japan’s Efforts and Possible Contribution toward Building Decarbonization

Decarbonization of buildings and the construction sector is critical to achieve global climate goals, contributing 37% of CO2 emissions and 34% of final energy consumption globally. Since 2023, the movement of building decarbonization has been...

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18 November 2024

Net-Zero and NDCs: Science-based Climate Policymaking And Implementation in Asia

The Paris Agreement states that all parties should strive to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission development strategies. In addition, the outcome document on the first Global Stocktake at COP28 in 2023 indicates that...

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16 November 2024

Article 6.2 Implementation for High Integrity: Updates, Lessons and Challenges

The implementation of the cooperative approach under Article 6.2 is gaining momentum as more actors enter the space and gain experience. The side event will provide an overview of the status of cooperation and current mitigation activities as well as...

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16 November 2024

Enhancing Early Warning Systems (EWS) Deployment & Further Collaboration in Asia-Pacific

With increasing international attention to loss and damage related to climate change, Japan announced the “Assistance Package by the Government of Japan for Averting Minimizing and Addressing Loss and Damage” (APLD) at COP27. As part of the package...

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15 November 2024

Tackling Emerging Infectious Threats through Innovative Collaboration in the Era of Climate Change

Dengue fever is an infectious disease that the World Health Organization (WHO) named as one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019. However, with no effective treatment, approximately half of the world's population is currently at risk of...

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13 November 2024

Clean City Partnership Program (C2P2) Seminar: Urban Agenda on Climate Change, Pollution and Biodiversity Loss

In order to achieve the 1.5 degree target set in the Paris Agreement, it is essential for cities, which account for about 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption, to make the transition to decarbonization. International efforts...

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13 November 2024

Promoting Adaptation for ”Climate Resilient Development”

The impacts of climate change are becoming more severe, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable people and threatening their health, overall well-being and even their lives. Funding scarcity and the lack of proper and innovative approaches...

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12 November 2024

Efforts to Realize a Sound Material-Cycle Society through Multilevel Climate Action

At COP28 in 2023, the host country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced the “CHAMP” initiative, where over 70 countries, including Japan, declared their commitment to strengthening cooperation with local governments in formulating strategies...

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12 November 2024

Shaping Global Standards through Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Principles (CEREP) and Global Circularity Protocol (GCP)

As included in the outcome of the first Global Stocktake at COP28, circular economy approaches are recognized as an indispensable tool for climate solutions. The essential role of businesses in promoting global circularity, thereby meeting ambitious...

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21 October 2024

Kep City Establishes its first Tree Nursery and Initiates Efforts to Improve Solid Waste Management at New Beach

In line with the city’s vision and master plan to become Cambodia’s model ‘high-end’ leisure destination for eco-tourism, Kep City is committed to balancing its environmental protection activities with socio-economic development. In recent years...

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18 October 2024

Breaking the Plastic Habit in ASEAN Countries: Project Phase II ‐ Expanding the Application of Behavioural Insights to Reduce Single-use Plastic Waste in Cities and Communities in Asia

Plastic is pervasive in modern life, making its reduction a complex societal challenge. Reducing plastic consumption will necessitate substantial shifts in societal behaviour, supported by increased public awareness of the environmental and health...

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10 October 2024

What to expect at CBD COP16

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the world’s most comprehensive, and probably most consequential, multilateral environmental agreement on biodiversity. With almost 200 Parties (countries and the EU), the CBD covers a broad sweep of...

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8 October 2024

The Fourth International Forum on Low Carbon Cities

On 8 October, the 4th International Forum on Low Carbon Cities was held at JICA Kyushu, organised by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Kitakyushu City, and Incheon City. The forum was held for the first time in...

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30 July 2024

Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP)

Reporting of mitigation actions in the agriculture sector under Article13

The Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP), implemented and funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), aims to assist countries to prepare their Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs) under the enhanced transparency frame

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29 July 2024

The Fourth Workshop on 1.5°C Lifestyles in Kitakyushu～Experience a lifestyle that reduces global warming through food!～

The UN Paris Agreement, adopted by all countries worldwide to combat global warming, aims to limit the rise in average global temperatures to ‘within 1.5°C’ above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this, greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon...

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17 July 2024

HLPF 2024 Official side event

How are multi-stakeholder platforms for SDGs involved in the follow-up and review process at national level including the Voluntary National Review process?

The Political Declaration of the SDG Summit clearly states that the High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) will help “to further strengthen the follow-up and review of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda”. Indeed, achieving the SDGs requires robust...

Past Event

10 July 2024

The 6th SDGs Training

The SDGs Global Human Resource Development Program that Connects Learning and Society through Environmental Issues

IGES will organise the "SDGs Global Human Resource Development Program that Connects Learning and Society through Environmental Issues" from July 2024 to January 2025. This programme is being carried out as part of a UNESCO Activity Grant for...

Past Event

14 June 2024

Project Activity

Lao PDR’s Frontrunner Xay City Conducts its First Learning Exchange on Sustainable Urban Development with Luang Prabang City

On 14-15 June 2024, Lao PDR’s Xay City (District), Oudomxay Province, organised a two-day peer-to-peer Learning Visit with Luang Prabang City involving about 60 participants. This activity was the first ever city-to-city exchange and networking...

Past Event

29 May 2024

EU-Japan Subnational Climate Action Workshop : Exchanges between Cities in Europe and Japan – Opportunities for a Resilient Future

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 for the EU and...

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3 May 2024

Project Activity

Philippines’ Paranaque City Initiates the Development of its Inaugural City Clean Air Action Plan

On 3 May 2024, Philippines’ City of Paranaque and Clean Air Asia (CAI-Asia) organised a ‘Planning Workshop for Clean Air Transport Measures’ in Manila. The Workshop was attended by about 35 participants, including representatives from Paranaque...

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25 April 2024

Webinar

Independent Global Stocktake Southeast Asia Hub Navigating the Outcomes of the First Global Stocktake in Southeast Asia

The first Global Stocktake (GST1) held at COP28 in Abu Dhabi last December marked a significant milestone in global climate action. Following this event, countries are expected to update their nationally determined contributions (NDCs) by 2025...

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4 April 2024

INDONESIA - JAPAN ENVIRONMENTAL TALKS 2024

Faced with the urgent challenges of climate change, environmental pollution, and biodiversity loss, the world is increasingly recognising the need for decisive action. In response to these global issues, the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and...

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27 March 2024

Adopting Integrated Solid Waste Management towards Zero Waste Cities

Summary The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently convened a webinar titled "Adopting Integrated Solid Waste Management towards Zero Waste Cities" on March 27, 2024, in...