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9 June 2025

IGES and KEI Renew MOU to Advance their Collaboration

On 5 June 2025, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Korea Environment Institute (KEI) renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). IGES and KEI have been partners since signing their first MOU in March 2003, with...

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29 May 2025

ISAP2025 The 17th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “Our World in Flux: How to Shape a Sustainable Future through Just Transition”

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is set to host the 17th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2025). This year, the Plenary Sessions will be held on Tuesday, 29 July 2025 at Pacifico Yokohama as a...

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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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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...

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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'...

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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. The Parties have agreed on the...

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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...

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6 February 2023

IGES Researcher Selected as a member of the Policy and Finance Committee of World Adaptation Science Programme (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...

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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...

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26 December 2022

Four partners will work with IGES and ERIA on applying behavioural insights to reduce plastic consumption and waste

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...

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23 December 2022

Mikiko Kainuma, IGES Research Advisor, Receives IAMC Lifetime Achievement Award

On 14 December, Dr. Mikiko Kainuma, Research Advisor at the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC). IAMC is an international consortium esta

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14 December 2022

Climate Bonds Initiative and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies Join Forces to Mobilise Japanese Capital Market for Climate Action

The Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) are pleased to announce that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Japan on meeting the 2030 Agenda and Paris Climate Agreement,

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28 November 2022

IGES Makes Major Contribution to the Action Plan on Integrated Solid Waste Management in Padang City, Indonesia

On 1 November, Padang City, Indonesia, launched an action plan and baseline report on integrated municipal solid waste management on the occasion of the 5th Green Cities Mayor Council Meeting of the Indonesia–Malaysia–Thailand Growth Triangle (IMT-GT