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Project Updated : December 2022

CBD COP15 Special Webpage

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is a multilateral environmental agreement on: (1) the conservation of biodiversity; (2) the sustainable use of the components of biological diversity; and (3) the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits

Project Updated : November 2022

G7/G20 Summit in 2022 Special Webpage

This year, the Group of Seven (G7) Summit in June and Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in October will be convened in Elmau, Germany and Bali, Indonesia, respectively. With the strengthening of interdependence between countries around the world and the s

Project Updated : November 2022

IGES Activity on UNFCCC COP27

27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) will be held in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, from 6 November to 18 November. On this special webpage, you will find information on side events during COP27, as well as explanatory articles and related

Project Updated : March 2023

Global Stocktake (GST) Special webpage

The final approval of the implementation guidelines for the Paris Agreement at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change last November has prompted a phase in which countries will be required to take

Project Updated : March 2022

About Sustainability... The IGES Podcast

About Sustainability… is a podcast presented by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, featuring IGES staff and guests having in-depth discussions about sustainability-related topics.

Project Updated : February 2023

Enhanced Transparency

Based on the Paris Agreement’s enhanced transparency framework (ETF), countries regularly provide information on their progress with national climate actions. IGES supports full implementation of the ETF by all countries, especially in Asia. This...

Project Updated : July 2022

1.5°C Lifestyles

IPCC’s special report on global warming, launched in 2018, emphasized that in order to limit global warming to 1.5C or below, we should achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050. To achieve this ambitious target, CO2 emissions reductions across both pro...

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Updated: November 2019

Climate Databases

Having been developed in some cases over more than 10 years, IGES Climate Databases compile unique data about climate change policies and sustainable development projects, and offer in-depth insights through analytics, summary and figures. The...

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Updated: October 2019

IPCC 48 - Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C

This is a special page containing information relevant to the 48th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), held in Incheon, Korea on 1-6 October 2018 and the its special report on Global Warming of 1.5°C.

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Updated: September 2019

IGES Activity on "UN Climate Action Summit and SDGs Summit"

For the recent Climate Action Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to come to New York on 23 September with concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing...

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Updated: September 2019

SDGs City Reports

Sustainable Development Goals Reports on Cities - Launch of the World-First Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) on Shimokawa, Toyama, and Kitakyushu

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Updated: August 2019

Integrated Policies for Sustainable Cities

Launched in April 2013, the Sustainable Cities Programme of the Integrated Policies for Sustainable Societies (IPSS) Area at IGES was created to 1) develop tools and methods to assess sustainable urban transport, architecture (spatial planning), and...

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Updated: August 2019

Co-benefits - Bringing Climate and Development Together in Asia

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