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Submission to Policy Process

August 2022

IGES submission to the first Global Stocktake

This submission provides inputs to the first Global Stocktake based on key findings from our transparency capacity building activities such as the mutual learning program for enhanced transparency (MLP) and the Asian Transparency Workshop (ATW).

Keywords:

Enhanced transparency framework

Global Stocktake

Policy Brief

September 2021

Envisioning 1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Policies for Low-Carbon Cities in 2030

The concept of 1.5-degree lifestyles involves changes in household consumption for achieving levels of per person carbon footprint compatible with the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement (IPCC, 2018). This requires, on average, emitting the equivalent of 2.5 tons of CO₂ per person per year by 2030, and 0.7 tons of CO₂ per person per year by 2050...

Report Chapter

February 2019

1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Targets and options for reducing lifestyle carbon footprints

This report demonstrates that changes in consumption patterns and dominant lifestyles are a critical and integral part of the solutions package to addressing climate change. The report fills a gap in the existing research by establishing global targets for lifestyle carbon footprints, examining current consumption patterns and their impacts on...

Peer-reviewed Article

January 2019

January 2019

The Design of Environmental Priorities in the SDGs

In Global Policy

This article argues that the environment was extensively incorporated into the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with broad and ambitious targets, reflecting environmental concerns throughout the SDGs. Many environment‐related targets – including some of the most important ones – were placed under ‘non‐environmental’ goals. The SDGs also...

Policy Report

November 2018

The Satoyama Development Mechanism progress evaluation summary report

The Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) is a seed funding mechanism to encourage IPSI members to develop and accelerate sustainability actions in SEPLS. This report aims to present the SDM projects and their contributions to global goals, for the consideration of policymakers, businesses, researcher institutions, organizations and civil society...