Events | IGES

28 October 2020

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

Waste management is becoming a particularly urgent issue in developing countries, especially as their economic growth accelerates. Globally, various approaches have been attempted to solve waste management issues, and proper treatment of the...

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30 September 2020

Report on the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2020: Japan's Role in Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Achievement of the SDGs

The United Nations has designated the 2020s as the "decade of action to deliver the SDGs by 2030", and calls on all countries and stakeholders to take accelerated actions toward achieving the SDGs. However, at the start of this important decade, the...

Past Event

29 September 2020

11th High Level Seminar on Sustainable Cities

The High-Level Seminar (HLS) on Sustainable Cities (former title: HLS on Environmentally Sustainable Cities) is organised annually as a platform to gather together influential East and Southeast Asia policymakers, experts and practitioners working to...

Past Event

3 September 2020

International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2020 “Social Inclusion in the Global Era” -Sustainable post-COVID-19 Society-

Now that the mobility of people and goods as the base in the global era is being restricted greatly due to the COVID-19, the issues of sustainability and inclusion at the global level are becoming more important than ever. This Conference will...

Past Event

23 July 2020

City to City Inception Meeting under Closing the Loop Project

IGES organizes the City to City Inception Meeting as part of the “Closing the Loop” Project On 23 July, IGES, in partnership with the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and with financial support from the...

Past Event

30 June 2020

International Symposium "Climate Action and Disaster Risk Reduction"

In recent years, the severity of climate-related disasters has intensified across the world, and we have seen great damage caused by typhoons and heavy rainfall in Japan. Climate change is predicted to exacerbate disaster risk in the future, and so...

Past Event

25 February 2020

-Further understandings of Corresponding Adjustment and Reporting of Article 6 of Paris Agreement and seeking more opportunities with SDGs-

On 25-26 February 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) jointly organised a Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) workshop on “Further understandings of Corresponding Adjustment and...

Past Event

19 February 2020

Training Workshop on Writing Proposals for the Joint Crediting Mechanism

On 19 February 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Department of Environment (DoE) on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, jointly organised a training workshop on writing proposals for...

Past Event

7 February 2020

Session on Japanese Energy-Efficient Technologies at GEDA and NPC’s State Level Energy Auditors and Energy Managers Meet (Surat, Gujarat, India)

As part of Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) activities, IGES and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organised a session in Surat, Gujarat, on Japanese low-carbon steam management and compressed air technologies, in...

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11 February 2020

VLRs Cities and Regions Networking & Match-making Event

Localization of SDGs needs to go beyond adapting global goals to the local level. Commitment and political will, as well as co-creation of solutions with communities to urgently address global challenges and objectives, requires serious effort from...

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4 February 2020

Launching of National Waste Management Strategy and Master Plan (NWMSMP) in Myanmar

The Government of Myanmar officially launched its National Waste Management Strategy and Master Plan (NWMSMP, 2018-2030) at the 6th Green Economy Green Growth (GEGG) Forum, organized in Nay Pyi Taw on 4-5 February 2020. The NWMSMP was developed by...

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21 January 2020

Contribution to NDC Roadmap and SDGs Implementation

On 21 January 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised a workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Lao PDR. The workshop aimed to promote further dissemination of low carbon technologies in Lao, through the...

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23 January 2020

Seminar on Climate Actions and the Joint Crediting Mechanism in Indonesia

On 23 January 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Indonesia JCM Secretariat, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Indonesia (CMEA) jointly organised the “Seminar on Climate Actions and the Joint Crediting...

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10 October 2019

Seminar on Implementing the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) - Accelerating Promotion of a Low Carbon Economy in Vietnam -

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Global Environmental Centre Foundation (GEC), and Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of Vietnam jointly organized a workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) on 10 Oct

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4 October 2019

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) for governme

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) for project participants in Mongolia and Third Party Entity

The aim of the workshop was to provide information about potential Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) projects to the Mongolian government, and to build the capacity of the local Third Party Entity (TPE) and project participants in Mongolia under the...

Past Event

26 September 2019

Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechanism in Indonesia

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs (CMEA) of Indonesia, and Indonesian JCM Secretariat jointly organized the “Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechani...

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16 September 2019

CCET

Third Sub-Regional workshop on Preparation of status Report and sub-regional Roadmap for Implementing the Global Waste Management Goals toward Addressing SDGs in South Asia

Third Sub-Regional workshop on Preparation of status Report and sub-regional Roadmap for Implementing the Global Waste Management Goals toward Addressing SDGs in South Asia was jointly organized by CCET, SACEP, UNEP-IETC on 16-17 September 2019 at...

Past Event

12 September 2019

CCET

1st Consultative Meeting on the Development of Educational Material for Promoting 4R in Primary Education in Bhutan

Bridging Learning and Social Problem-solving through Active-Learning Consultative Workshop for the Development of Educational Material for Promoting 4R in Primary Education in Bhutan was co-organized by National Environment Commission (NEC) and...

Past Event

9 September 2019

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism in Cambodia Contribution to NDC Roadmap and SDGs Implementation

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised a workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) on 9 September 2019 in Cambodia. The workshop aimed to promote further dissemination of low carbon technologies in Cambodia...

Past Event

5 September 2019

Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechanism

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO) jointly organized the “Training workshop for Third Party Entity under the Joint Crediting Mechanism” in Thailand on 5 September...

Past Event

4 September 2019

Contribution to NDC implementation through the JCM - Scaling up the JCM under the Paris Agreement -

On 4 September 2019 the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), together with the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ), organized the JCM side event “Contribution to NDC implementation through the JCM: Scaling up the JCM under...

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19 August 2019

First author meeting of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species

On 19-23 August 2019, a few months after approval of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment Report on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES assessment of invasive alien...

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6 August 2019

Training workshop for reviewing JCM proposed methodology

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised a training workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) on 6 August 2019 in the Philippines. The event was aimed at developing the capacity of officials from the Philippines’...