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This study’s objective is to examine how ASEAN countries reported their environment-related policies for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), and a dataset of their environmental policies was developed. This is a necessary first step in analyzing the reasons for insufficient progress on the...

Adopted in 2015, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were intended to motivate governments and the international community to address the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. However, most countries are not on pace to achieve the SDGs. The economic and human toll of the...

Learning from cultural traditions and philosophies could help place countries in Asia on more sustainable development paths. This paper argues why and outlines how countries in Asia should collaborate in pooling and promoting good practices grounded in indigenous knowledge and philosophies to mainstream sustainability at the local, national...

This report assesses to what extent the national governments of ASEAN countries have made concrete domestic efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in terms of policies and budgets as listed in their Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs). Methods used by this report are similar to those used by a comparable study of the G20...

Despite considerable hope and enthusiasm raised by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and some quick initial efforts, many governments and stakeholders are uncertain about how to proceed concretely. The 2030 development agenda is intended to be transformative, and the goals seem comprehensive, but they also are very complex - with 17 goals...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) has launched an interactive online tool to assess how the observed and projected changes in river basins relate to various Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their associated targets, from both a spatial and temporal perspective. The Interactive SDG Tool for River Basins is the outcome...

This report summarises the findings of the following OECD initiatives that are particularly useful in considering the integrated implementation of domestic measures in Japan: the latest developments in OECD work on the environmental aspects of responsible corporate behaviour; the latest IPAC developments and good practices in climate policy; and...

This submission, which includes a paper maintaining that indigenous knowledge and philosophical richness can help Asia transition to a more sustainable development paths, argues for a greater focus on looking back as countries move toward a post-pandemic future. More concretely, the paper outlines why and how countries in Asia should collaborate in...

第 7 回持続可能な開発に関するアジア太平洋フォーラム（ APFSD7 ）が、国連アジア太平洋経済社会委員会（ UNESCAP ）により、 2020 年 3 月 25 日から 27 日にタイ・バンコクの UN カンファレンスセンターにて開催される予定である。過去の、少なくとも 2017 年以降の APFSD との大きな違いとして、 APFSD7 ではレビュー対象となる持続可能な開発目標（ SDGs ）のゴール群が存在しないことが挙げられる。これは、 2020 年度の SDGs に関する「ハイレベル政治フォーラム（ HLPF ）」が、レビュー対象となる S DGs の ゴールを設定する代わりに、 2019 年 9 月の S DGs サミットで採択された政治宣言である...

持続可能なアジア太平洋に関する国際フォーラム（International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific: ISAP）は、第一線で活躍する専門家、国際機関、政府、企業、NGO関係者が集い、アジア太平洋の持続可能な開発に関する多様な議論を行う場です。主催機関である（公財）地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）が関与している国際的なネットワークと協力しつつ、関係者間の情報共有の促進や連携強化を図ることを目的として、毎年、日本で開催しています。 2022年のISAPでは、「気候変動と生物多様性のシナジーを強化する：科学から政策、そして行動へ」をメインテーマに選びました。気候変動と生物多様性の損失は...