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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...

Press Release

10 November 2023

Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center is now fully operational and ready to support capacity building implementation of Article 6

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is proud to announce the start of operations for the “Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership (A6IP) Center”. The A6IP Center was established by the Ministry of the Environment...

Press Release

4 October 2023

【ISAP2023】 The 15th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “Accelerating Sustainability Transitions in Asia and the Pacific: The Transformative Potential of Integration, Inclusion and Localisation”

IGES will host the 15th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2023). This year, the Plenary Sessions will be held on Tuesday, 19 December 2023 at Pacifico Yokohama as a hybrid event, with participation in-person and online. In...

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

Announcement

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...

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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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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.

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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...

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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...

Press Release

1 February 2022

International Conference for Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will hold the International Conference for Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, as two-part, on-line event co-hosted by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan on 17 February (Part 1).

Announcement

27 January 2022

Launch of Tool for Estimating Climate Impact from the Waste Sector in China

The IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) has launched version III of its IGES-GHG calculator entitled “Estimation Tool for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management in a Life Cycle...

Announcement

27 January 2022

Employees Tests Positive for COVID-19

Three employees at the headquarters of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES, Hayama, Kanagawa) tested positive for COVID-19 on 21, 24 and 25 January 2022, and an employee at the Japanese Center for International Studies in Ecology...

Press Release

5 January 2022

IGES Content Rankings 2021

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) produced a wide range of reports, events and web content in 2021. As a special feature at the start of 2022, we have compiled the most popular IGES content of the past year by category (Top 10...

Announcement

5 January 2022

Sustainability Week Asia

From 14 to 17 February, Economist Impact will host Sustainability Week Asia, held to aid businesses in Asia-Pacific in their path toward greater sustainability. On 14 February at 11:00-11:50 Japan Time (10:00 - 10:50 HKT), IGES Executive Director...