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The presentation provides an overview of the progress of corporate biodiversity actions based on the survey conducted by the Keidanren Nature Conservation Council.

This report evaluates a pilot project in Padang, Indonesia, that introduced the digital application to modernise community-based waste banks. The study explores how digital transformation can improve operational efficiency, data accuracy, and transparency within a circular economy framework. While the initiative successfully digitised thousands of...

Air pollution is Southeast Asia’s leading environmental health risk and a key driver of climate change through short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as black carbon and methane. The Southeast Asia Climate & Clean Air Initiative (SEACAI), co-financed by Germany and Switzerland, demonstrates how coordinated donor action can deliver tangible...

Asia Smart City Conference 2025, organized by City of Yokohama in November 2025, organized a session on Mutual pitches between city and company representatives on urban issues and technological solutions. This session shared the needs of Asian cities in addressing urban challenges, including rapid urbanization, population concentration in city...

Many cities have integrated health co-benefits into their climate plans to address cost concerns and build multi-stakeholder support for resilient, net-zero transitions. While some studies have demonstrated that cities vary in how much they link health and climate, few have examined why this is the case. This study fills this gap by using 16...

Groundwater contamination has become a critical global challenge due to population growth, industrialization and climate variability, while in India it is further intensified by urbanization, over-extraction and heavy metal pollution. Accurate prediction of water quality is critical for the sustainable groundwater management. This research used...

The presentation examines the need for a paradigm shift from traditional national security to one that incorporates climate security as a fundamental component of human security. The study, based on field research in Sri Lanka, investigates how National Adaptation Plans (NAPs) can be restructured to explicitly address climate security concerns...

Municipal solid waste (MSW) management in developing countries largely relies on open dumping and minimal sanitary landfilling, contributing significantly to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The waste management sector is a global concern due to its impact on climate change, with inefficient collection systems and improper disposal exacerbating...

This study explored the governance structure that supported the implementation of the European plastic circular economy by examining the relationships among legal requirements, technical standards, industrial practices, and digital infrastructure. In recent years, the European Union (EU) has strengthened its circular economy policies through...

IGES's ASEAN NDC Database compiles the key elements of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which are submitted by the ASEAN member states to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). ASEAN member states are Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao DPR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and...