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4 September 2023

IGES and UN-Habitat Enter Partnership to Drive Transformative Change for Sustainable and Resilient Cities

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.

Announcement

19 July 2023

Enabling Youth Voices for Addressing Plastic Waste and Pollution in Galle City, Sri Lanka – a video competition

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...

Press Release

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.

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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...

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...