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Asia is an extremely diverse region, in terms of the political regimes of its constituent countries, and of their level of development and the nature of their civil societies. As such, its countries are producing a wide range of governance approaches to climate change. Covering the diversity of climate change governance in Asia, this book presents...

With a population of 250 million, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country and second-largest plastic polluter in the world after China. The country produces 3.2 million tonnes of un-managed plastic waste a year, of which about 1.29 million tonnes ends up in the marine environment. In addition, approximately 10 billion plastic carry bags...

In the race for infrastructure connectivity across Asia, several states have established initiatives to provide funding for developing countries. Chief among these are the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the Japanese Partnership for Quality Infrastructure (PQI). The most recent addition to these competing multilateral initiatives in...

本稿は第 36 回消費科学講座での講演の解説原稿である。IGESが実施した調査結果等に基づき、SDGs の意義と世界の現状、日本企業による SDGs の取組状況、企業が SDGs の取組を強化するための視点を提供している。

The spread of online taxi services is transforming mobility patterns in many of the world’s rapidly motorizing cities. Yet few studies have systematically assessed which factors are behind this transformation. This article fill this critical knowledge gap for the three fast-growing cities of Indonesia, namely, Semarang, Bogor and Bandung. The...

The IGES NDC Database compiles the main features of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), which were communicated by the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in order to present the targets and measures that will be taken in order to implement the Paris Agreement, according to countries’ national...

On 1 May 2020, the National Institute of Urban Affairs, NIUA, (autonomous body under India’s Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) and the National Mission for Clean Ganga, NMCG, (under India’s Ministry of Jal Shakti) organized an Ideathon on “The Future of River Management”. The purpose of this Ideathon was to use the current COVID-19 crisis as a...

A ‘Voluntary Local Review’ (VLR) is a process whereby local and regional governments voluntarily carry out a review of progress being made in their implementation of the SDGs. This review includes policies, programmes, data, institutional set-ups and stakeholder engagement mechanisms to implement the 2030 Agenda at the local level. VLRs are then...

With only ten years left to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all UN member States in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, action is more urgent than ever. Cities, which are responsible for delivering many of the targets highlighted by the SDGs are accelerating their efforts. This is recognised by the...

「北摂里山地域循環共生圏」が目指す姿は、西谷、中谷、東谷の3地区のそれぞれの強みと弱みを補完し、融合を進めることで、豊かな自然環境を保全し、さらに近接する都市部住民との交流を積極的に促すことにより地域経済を活性化し、里山文化保全を中心とした地域循環共生圏モデルを形成することです。その実現に向けた具体的な活動として、以下の5つを実施する。 1） 太陽光発電と農業を両立させたソーラーシェアリング（営農型太陽光発電）の普及・拡大 2） 間伐材や剪定枝葉を原料とした木質チップやペレットの生産及び乳牛ふん尿からのバイオガス生成等のバイオマスの利活用 3） 太陽光発電による電力及びバイオガス（バイオ燃料）利用によるクリーンで住民及び訪問者の需要に応じた地域交通システムの構築 4） 農畜産物や市民農園...