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...

Past Event

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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7 November 2019

ACP/IIASA Joint International Workshop

Implementing Solutions to Air Pollution and Climate Change in Asia: Building Capacities, Strengthening Policies, and Financing Technologies

Approximately 4 billion people, around 92 percent of the population in Asia and the Pacific, are exposed to levels of air pollution that pose a significant risk to their health. Though developed countries like Japan have made visible progress...

Past Event

4 November 2019

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Myanmar

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC), Global Environment Centre Foundation (GEC), and Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center (OECC) jointly organised the...

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21 October 2019

Science-Policy Dialogues on the Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services: Southeast Asia & Northeast Asia

From 21 to 23 October, IGES, together with the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC), and the University of Tokyo Institute for Future Initiatives, organized the “Science-Policy Dialogues on the Assessment of...

Past Event

15 October 2019

Workshop to Facilitate Matchmaking for Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Bangladesh

On 15 October 2019, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), and the Department of Environment (DoE) on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Bangladesh, in collaboration with the Japan-Bangladesh Chamber...

Past Event

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...

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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...

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