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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...

Announcement

16 July 2024

IGES and the Vientiane Capital Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office Exchange an MOU to Enhance Urban Greening, Mainstreaming Biodiversity and Environmental Education in Vientiane

In May 2024, a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Vientiane Capital Provincial Agriculture and Forestry Office (VC PAFO) of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR)...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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

Press Release

15 December 2023

IGES and Hachinohe City Sign Cooperation Agreement to Address Climate Change and Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Hachinohe City are delighted to announce the signing of a Basic Agreement of Cooperation. This Agreement represents a commitment to collaboratively address climate change and achieve the...

Press Release

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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Announcement

9 November 2022

Call for Proposals: Piloting the Application of Behavioural Insights for Plastic Reduction

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)launched a project to test the effectiveness of behavioural insights to reduce the use and waste of single-use plastics in cities and communities. The project is funded by and conducted in close

Press Release

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...

Announcement

20 October 2022

IGES-supported City-to-City Collaboration between Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur to Decarbonise Buildings Wins C40 Award

City-to-city collaboration between the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (KL City) to decarbonise buildings, supported by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), has been recognised by the C40...

Press Release

19 October 2022

IGES and ITTO Strengthen Cooperation on Tropical Forests

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the International Tropical Timber Organization(ITTO) will work more closely together in assisting tropical countries and stakeholders to conserve and sustainably manage their forests under...

Announcement

22 September 2022

IGES Signed a Cooperation Agreement with Circular Regions to Promote Circular Economy from Regional and City Perspectives

On 26 August, IGES signed a cooperation agreement with Circular Regions , a Norway-based non-profit organisation with strengths in promoting the circular economy from regional and city perspectives. IGES and Circular Regions both focus on the...

Press Release

25 July 2022

Successful Conclusion of the Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

The Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development took place on 20-21 July in Japan. This globally-significant conference concluded successfully...

Press Release

20 July 2022

Launch of SDGs Progress Report 2022 Survey Results on the Efforts of Global Compact Network Japan Companies and Organisations

How can companies and organisations contribute to delivering the essential transformations required to achieve the SDGs? The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ) launched their annual report...

Announcement

Shuzo Nishioka, Senior Research Advisor at IGES, was selected as one of the 13th inductees of the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto

23 May 2022

Shuzo Nishioka, Senior Research Advisor at IGES, was selected as One of the 13th Group of Inductees into the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto

Shuzo Nishioka, IGES Senior Research Advisor, was selected as one of the 13th group of inductees into the Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto. The induction ceremony will be held on 14 November 2022. The Earth Hall of Fame Kyoto is an award to honour in...

Press Release

13 May 2022

The Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the SDGs to be held in Tokyo, Japan

IGES will collaborate in the Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the SDGs to be held on 20 and 21 July, and co-convened by the UN DESA and UNFCCC Secretariat.

Announcement

28 April 2022

Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

Several employees of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) tested positive for COVID-19: one case at the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN, Kobe, Hyogo) on 30 March, one case at the Tokyo Sustainability Forum...