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23 May 2023

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

IGES and the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) recently published an article entitled “The relationship between female and younger legislative representation and performance on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” that finds a...

Press Release

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...

Press Release

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'...

Announcement

31 March 2023

IGES and ICIMOD renewed Cooperation Agreement to enhance collaboration on sustainable development

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.

Announcement

20 February 2023

IGES and Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) updates Memorandum of Understanding

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...

Announcement

6 February 2023

IGES Researcher Selected as a member of the Policy and Finance Committee of WASP

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 f

Press Release

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...

Results 21 - 30 of 111 (Sorted by date)

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...

Announcement

31 March 2022

IGES receives Certificate of Merit from the Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee

IGES was awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Chairman of the Da Nang People’s Committee in recognition of its outstanding contribution to sustainable urban and socio-economic development in the city through leadership in a number of initiatives and...

Announcement

23 March 2022

Case Study on Safe and Sustainable Healthcare Waste Management

The IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) has published a case study report on safe and sustainable management of Health Care Waste, based on a project at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH), one of the...

Announcement

22 March 2022

Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

An employee at the at the Kansai Research Centre (Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and an employee at its headquarters (Hayama, Kanagawa) tested positive for COVID-19 on 15 and 17 March 2022...

Announcement

18 March 2022

Launch of International Initiative for Development of Article 6 Methodology Tools (II-AMT)

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) partnered with Perspectives Climate Research to launch the International Initiative for Development of Article 6 Methodology tools (II-AMT).

Announcement

17 March 2022

Joint Submissions to the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement (GST)

IGES submitted five joint submissions to the first Global Stocktake (GST) of the Paris Agreement, together with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), among others.

Announcement

15 March 2022

Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

An employee at the headquarters of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES, Hayama, Kanagawa) tested positive for COVID-19 on 1 March 2022, and they are under quarantine following instructions from the local health authority. We are...

Announcement

18 February 2022

An Employee Test Positive for COVID-19

An employee at the headquarters of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES, Hayama, Kanagawa) tested positive for COVID-19 on 17 February 2022, and the person is under quarantine following instructions from the local health authority...

Announcement

17 February 2022

Employees Test Positive for COVID-19

Four employees at the headquarters of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES, Hayama, Kanagawa) tested positive for COVID-19 on 10, 15 and 16 February 2022, and they are under quarantine following instructions from the local health...

Announcement

10 February 2022

Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19

An employee at the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN, Kobe, Hyogo) of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) tested positive for COVID-19 on 3 February 2022, and the person is under quarantine following...