Events

16 September 2021

The Next Chapter of Sustainable Finance in the EU and Japan: Key Implications for Financial Market Actors and Industry

The EU and Japan have both recently made important progress in enacting key sustainable finance policies. The European Commission (EC) adopted a comprehensive package of measures in April 2021 to facilitate the flow of investments towards sustainable...

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5 August 2021

Measure! Monitor! Manage! Innovative approaches to evidence-based plastic pollution prevention

Join us to learn from leading experts and practitioners about innovative approaches to measuring and managing marine plastic pollution. We will take a deep dive into tracking plastic pollution in cities and oceans, with real world applications and...

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27 July 2021

Book Launch Webinar for "Environmental Resilience and Transformation in Times of COVID-19: Climate change effects on environmental functionality"

The novel coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has brought countries around the world to a standstill for most of 2020. This event will begin with expert presentations about the broad range of topics the book has covered on COVID-19 and its impacts on...

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11 May 2021

15th Asia Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production Webisode 4 “Facilitating Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles”

IGES will co-organise the 4th webisode of the 15th conference of the Asia Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP), which began on 20 April 2021 and will release new episodes on Tuesdays until 11 May 2021. Co-organised...

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22 April 2021

Earth Day 2021 - Webinar on Safe Closure and Rehabilitation of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites

On 22 April 2021, contributing to the Earth Day 2021, IGES will present a webinar dedicated to assisting policymakers and practitioners in developing countries with safe closure and rehabilitation of municipal solid waste dumpsites. This is based on...

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9 April 2021

Prospects for US Climate Policy in the Biden Administration

The first in a series of webinars on climate change and decarbonisation will focus on US Climate Policy in the Biden Administration.

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5 April 2021

How to Accelerate Asia's Renewable Energy Transition

IGES will co-host the webinar with CEEW on 5 April. The discussion will cover critical debates on policies, markets and emerging issues that shape the renewable energy transition in the Asian region.

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25 March 2021

Zero Waste Solutions towards a Regenerative Asia-Pacific Region

Production and consumption in Asia and the Pacific are outpacing the renewal capacity of natural resources and the capability of local governments in managing their waste. The Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2020 (UN, 2020) highlights how...

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17 February 2021

Awareness Workshop (Webinar) on Japanese Environmental Technologies to monitor emissions from thermal power plants and other energy-intensive industries in India

Air pollution is a serious problem in India, and 14 out of the world’s 15 most polluted cities are located there, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) database from 2018. To improve the situation, the Central Pollution Control Board...

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17 February 2021

Mechanical-Biological Treatment

Webinar on the CCET guideline series on intermediate municipal solid waste treatment technologies

On 17 February, IGES co-presented the third of three webinars dedicated to assisting policymakers and practitioners in developing countries with their selection of appropriate waste management technologies, and in carrying out related policies and...

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16 February 2021

Seminar on the Joint Crediting Mechanism

- Recent Developments in Article 6 of the Paris Agreement towards Carbon Neutral -

In October 2020, the Japanese government announced its aim for the "realization of a carbon-neutral and decarbonised society by 2050". In order to accomplish this goal, the seminar provides opportunities for private companies that are interested...

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9 February 2021

Workshop on Biennial Update Report

IGES in collaboration with the Global Support Programme (GSP) and the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC) for Asia and the Pacific, co-organised the “Workshop on Biennial Update Report (BUR*)” on 9 -11 February 2021. The three-day workshop...

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3 February 2021

International Cosmos Prize Online Symposium

Clear the Path for a Sustainable Future -The Harmonious Coexistence between Nature and Humankind in the COVID-19 era

COVID-19 has drastically changed our societies. The COVID-19 pandemic might have been caused by imbalances in the relationship between nature and humans, such as climate change and deforestation. When considering the COVID-19 era and beyond, we...

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8 January 2021

Steam management system

Awareness workshop (webinar) on Japanese Low Carbon Technology (Steam Management System) in India

On 8 January 2021, the Kansai Research Centre of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) held an online awareness workshop about Japanese Low Carbon Technology (LCT), in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in

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18 December 2020

Beyond coal – Towards net-zero emissions: A common challenge for Japan and Germany

This online event brings together high-level government representatives, businesses, think tanks, and NGOs from Japan, Germany, and other countries to discuss questions such as: What does a net-zero emissions pledge mean for the coal sector? What...

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14 December 2020

Asian Transparency Workshop (Online)

In the Paris Agreement (PA), Article 13 mandates that each Party regularly provide information on progress made in implementing and achieving its nationally determined contributions (NDCs) through Biennial Transparency Reports (BTRs). Article 6 of...

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7 December 2020

Second author meeting of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species and their control

From 30 November to 7 December 2020, IPBES convened the second author meeting for the assessment of invasive alien species, and which also represented the first ever fully virtual author meeting in the history of IPBES. In the IPBES Global...

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7 December 2020

Training for "Creating Sustainable, Zero-Carbon Societies through City-to-City Collaboration"

From 7 to 10 December, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) and Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organized the training program "Creating Sustainable, Zero-Carbon Societies through City-to-City Collaboration". This...

The Next Chapter of Sustainable Finance in the EU and Japan: Key Implications for Financial Market Actors and Industry

Measure! Monitor! Manage! Innovative approaches to evidence-based plastic pollution prevention

Innovation from nature • Innovation for nature

Fostering 1.5 Degrees Lifestyles With Urban Partnerships

The health and climate imperatives to address open burning of waste

Ecology Note - From Critical Thinking to Critical Action

Book Launch Webinar for "Environmental Resilience and Transformation in Times of COVID-19: Climate change effects on environmental functionality"

15th Asia Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production Webisode 4 “Facilitating Transition to Sustainable Lifestyles”

Earth Day 2021 - Webinar on Safe Closure and Rehabilitation of Municipal Solid Waste Dumpsites

Prospects for US Climate Policy in the Biden Administration

How to Accelerate Asia's Renewable Energy Transition

Zero Waste Solutions towards a Regenerative Asia-Pacific Region