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The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) have entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate sustainable waste management and combat climate change in cities. This...

Introduction In order to tackle the growing challenge of plastic pollution facing the country, the Ministry of Environment (MOE), Sri Lanka formulated its National Action Plan on Plastic Waste Management, 2021-2030 (NAPPWM, 2021-2030) based on...

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...

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...

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'...

IGES and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) have renewed a Cooperation Agreement to further strengthen the long-term cooperation on mutual areas of interests of both organisations. The Parties have agreed on the...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have updated and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to enhance their joint efforts in policy research and sustainable development initiatives...

Dr. Sivapuram Ventaka Rama Krishna PRABHAKAR , Principal Policy Researcher, Adaptation and Water area, IGES has been selected as a member of the Policy and Finance Committee of World Adaptation Science Programme (WASP). WASP's vision is primarily to...

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...

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 collaboration with the Regional Knowledge Centre...