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The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), established in 1998 with the support of the Japanese government and Kanagawa Prefecture, has been conducting practical strategic research with the aim of realising sustainable development on a global scale, and particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. IGES strategic research is conducted...

-IGES Activities at COP19 -Declaration on Sustainable Forestry and Trade in Papua New Guinea -Proposal at the World Resources Forum for “Absolute Reductions” -Open Seminar on REDD+ Safeguards -Comparative Report on Climate Finance to Developing Countries -IPCC Open Symposium in Hokkaido -Researchers' Viewpoint: Can Myanmar Hold on to Being Green?...

In this paper we pointed out a hidden inequality in accounting for trade-related emissions in the presence of border carbon adjustment. Under a domestic carbon pricing policy, producers pay for the carbon costs in exchange for the right to emit. Under border carbon adjustment, however, the exporting country pays for the carbon costs of their...

-International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific: Regional Perspectives on Green Economy -The First Electric Heat Pump at Milk Plant in India -Development of Indicators of "Education for Sustainable Development" -Decontamination towards Reconstruction and Rebuilding Lives -User-friendly Calculation Tool for Waste Sector: Offered for Use in...

The Kyoto Protocol required only developed countries to reduce their emissions but did not require developing countries to do so, and this created an asymmetric condition for developed and developing countries to implement domestic climate policies. Implementing a domestic climate policy in developed countries, such as an emission trading system or...

-Launch of IGES Sixth Phase Integrative Strategic Research Programme: Becoming a change agent -Regional Level Discussion on Mainstreaming Adaptation in Asia and the Pacific -Publication of Fact Sheets on 3R Policy Indicators -Study Report Released on MRV for Low Carbon Development -Researchers' Viewpoint: A New Research Network for Low Carbon Asia...