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On 30 November, IGES and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a new Cooperation Arrangement with the purpose of further strengthening their relationship. The organisations were represented by Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President, IGES, and Bambang...

Junko Ota, Researcher at IGES’ Kitakyushu Urban Centre, received the Incentive Award in the individual category of the "14th Kitakyushu City Women's Active Participation and Work-Life Balance Awards" for 2020. This award is given to companies...

An employee at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) tested positive for COVID-19 on 26 November 2020. The affected employee has been off-duty and teleworking from home since they fell ill on 9 November, took a test on 25 November...

On 29 October, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (the Alliance) signed a Memorandum of Understanding on developing mutual initiatives to strengthen engagement with cities over the next...

On 24 October, IGES dispatched a researcher to Mauritius as a member of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) research team, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) for the purpose of fleshing out future support measures. Koji...

On 20 October, Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President of IGES, and Eric Zusman, Research Leader, held a session at the Earth League meeting, about greening the recovery and the Triple R Framework. Their presentation was titled: “Greening the COVID-19 Response...

On 21 October, IGES, along with ICLEI and the Ministry of the Environment Japan (MOEJ) will host a session at the “Daring Cities 2020” Forum. Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President of IGES, will provide a keynote speech which focuses on the Redesign2020...

In August 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) was certified as a public interest organisation that can nominate individuals and/or entities to receive the Medal with Dark Blue Ribbon, one of Japan’s medals of honor. The...

On 26 August, IGES and PEMSEA (The Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia) signed a MOU at a virtual ceremony. Its objective was to establish IGES as PEMSEA’s Regional Centre of Excellence (RCoE) focusing on building...