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14 March 2025

Advancing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: 4th Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Global Partnership Meeting (GPM) held in Tokyo

The Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center, for which the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) serves as Secretariat, held the 4th Meeting of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Global Partnership in Tokyo...

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26 February 2025

IGES to serve as Secretariat for initiative to develop Asia-Pacific Synergy Report

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will serve as Secretariat for a new initiative to develop the Asia-Pacific Synergy Report: Addressing the SDGs and the Triple Planetary Crisis (APSR). The United Nations Economic and Social...

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20 January 2025

IGES and UNFCCC Secretariat Sign MOU to Strengthen Collaboration through the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP)

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement have formalised their cooperation by signing a Memorandum...

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17 December 2024

Towards a Plastic Waste-Free Galle City: A Collaborative Journey to Sustainability

Plastic pollution is a growing global challenge that demands urgent, comprehensive, and collective action. In response, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) developed the National Action Plan on Plastic Waste Management, 2021–2030 (NAPPWM)...

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1 November 2024

IPCC Chair Jim Skea Visits IGES for an Exchange of Views with Researchers

On Tuesday, 22 October, Professor Sir Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Professor at Imperial College London, visited IGES's headquarters in Hayama and exchanged views with IGES researchers. Since 1999, IGES...

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21 October 2024

Dr. Johan Rockström Visits IGES and Delivers Special Lecture

On 9 October, Dr. Johan Rockström, the globally renowned scientist on planetary sustainability and leading researcher on planetary boundaries (Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the...

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20 September 2024

Six ASEAN partners selected for ‘Breaking the Plastic Habit in Asia’ project (Phase II)

Tokyo/Jakarta 20 September 2024 IGES and the Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine Plastic Debris of ERIA (the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia) have announced the launch of Phase II of the ‘Breaking the Plastic Habit in Asia’...

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12 September 2024

IGES and the Climate Action Center of Excellence Forge New Partnership to Amplify Global Climate Action

IGES and the Gulf Organization for Research and Development's Climate Action Center of Excellence (GORD/CACE) signed a Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation (MOUC), marking a significant step forward in collaborative climate action efforts...

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8 August 2024

Call for Proposals Breaking the Plastic Habit in Asia: Piloting the Application of Behavioural Insights for Plastic Reduction

IGES is launching Phase II of the Breaking the Plastic Habit in Asia project to test the effectiveness of behaviour-centred interventions to reduce the use and waste of single-use plastics in cities and communities. The project is conducted in close...

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18 June 2024

Obituary for MORISHIMA Akio, Former Chair of the Board of Directors of IGES

Professor MORISHIMA Akio, the first Chair of the Board of Directors and President of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, passed away on 26 May, 2024 at the age of 89. We would like to express our deepest sympathy to Prof. Morishima’s...

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23 May 2024

【ISAP2024】 The 16th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “Taking an Integrated Approach to Overcome the Triple Planetary Crisis”

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will host the 16th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2024). This year, the Plenary Sessions will be held on Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at Pacifico Yokohama as a hybrid...

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24 April 2024

Mikiko Kainuma, IGES Research Advisor, selected as one of the 15th Group of Inductees into the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto

Mikiko Kainuma, IGES Research Advisor, has been selected as one of the 15th Group of Inductees into the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto. The induction ceremony will be held on 14 October 2024. The Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto is an award to honour in perpetuity...

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1 April 2024

Establishment of Global Environmental Action (GEA) Secretariat

On 1 April 2024, IGES established the Global Environmental Action (GEA) Secretariat at the IGES Tokyo Sustainability Forum. GEA is an NGO founded in 1991 by former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita to contribute to the solution of global environmental...

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15 March 2024

IGES and Its Partners Launch Global Project to Cease Open Waste Burning for Mitigation of Air Pollution, Climate Change and Health Risks

IGES, in partnership with Engineering X, the International Solid Waste Association (ISWA), Practical Action and UN Habitat, announces the launch of a ground-breaking project “Creating the enabling conditions for eliminating open burning of waste...

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8 March 2024

Announcing the Establishment of the Technical Support Unit for the IPBES Task Force on Scenarios and Models of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in IGES

On Friday 1 March 2024, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), in cooperation with the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, established the Technical Support Unit (TSU) for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on...

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20 February 2024

IGES Regional Centre in Bangkok (BRC) celebrates opening of new office

IGES celebrated the opening of a new office for its Regional Centre in Bangkok (BRC) and hosted a ceremony at the Pullman Bangkok Hotel G, on Friday, 19 January 2024. The ceremony was attended by approximately 50 representatives from various Thai min

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31 January 2024

IGES Content Rankings 2023

In 2023, 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 2024, we have compiled the most popular IGES content from the past year for the following

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30 January 2024

Symposium “Transformative and Behavioral Changes towards Nature-Positive Society”

IGES is co-hosting the Symposium “Transformative and Behavioral Changes towards Nature-Positive Society”, which will be held online by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, on Monday 26 February, 2024. Ecosystems supported by rich biodiversity are...

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23 January 2024

IGES Researcher-authored Book “Corporate Management in an Era of Climate Change” Wins the 2023 Golden Book Awards in Taiwan

In November 2023, Yusuke Matsuo, Programme Director of Business Task Force at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), was awarded the Golden Book Award by the Small and Medium Enterprise and Startup Administration (SMESA), Ministry...