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1 December 2023

The Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center to collaborate with IETA to advance private sector engagement in international high integrity carbon markets

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), which serves as the secretariat of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the International Emissions Trading...

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10 November 2023

Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center is now fully operational and ready to support capacity building implementation of Article 6

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is proud to announce the start of operations for the “Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center”. The A6IP Center was established by the Ministry of the Environment...

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4 October 2023

【ISAP2023】 The 15th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “Accelerating Sustainability Transitions in Asia and the Pacific: The Transformative Potential of Integration, Inclusion and Localisation”

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will host the 15th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2023). This year, the Plenary Sessions will be held on Tuesday, 19 December 2023 at Pacifico Yokohama as a...

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23 May 2023

The relationship between female and younger legislative representation and performance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Researchers from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) recently published an article entitled “The relationship between female and younger legislative representation and...

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19 May 2023

Southeast Asian civil society pushes for stronger Paris climate pledges

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), together with Manila-based think tank, the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (ICSC), and civil society organisations across Southeast Asia, backed by the Climate Change Commission...

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28 April 2023

Establishment of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will serve as the secretariat of the "Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center" to be established by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan and welcomed at the G7 Ministers'...

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13 January 2023

IGES Content Rankings 2022

In 2022, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) produced a wide range of reports, events and web content. As a special feature at the start of 2023, we have compiled the most popular IGES content from the past year for the following...

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23 December 2022

Mikiko Kainuma, IGES Research Advisor, Receives IAMC Lifetime Achievement Award

On 14 December, Dr. Mikiko Kainuma, Research Advisor at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC). IAMC is an international consortium esta

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14 December 2022

Climate Bonds Initiative and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Join Forces to Mobilise Japanese Capital Market for Climate Action

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Japan on meeting the 2030 Agenda and Paris Climate Agreement,

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25 October 2022

【ISAP2022】 The 14th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “Strengthening Synergies between Climate Change and Biodiversity: From Science to Policy to Action”

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will host the 14th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2022). Held in Japan, ISAP is an annual forum that features a range of discussions on sustainable development in...