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The Capacity Building and Technical Training Programme on Waste Characterisation Survey Methodology, held in Lesotho on 15–16 June 2026, aimed to strengthen national capacity for evidence-based waste governance and planning. Organized by UNEP-IETC, IGES-CCET, UNDP, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and the National University of Lesotho...

Urban heat in rapidly growing megacities is spatially uneven, yet the relative influence of built form, socioeconomic activity and blue-green spatial configuration remains insufficiently resolved in cities of the Global South. This study examines neighbourhood-scale controls on land surface temperature (LST) in Delhi, India, using a single clear...

Tourism is a key driver of economic growth in Thailand, but it also generates significant environmental and socio-economic pressures, particularly in coastal destinations such as Krabi. Increasing plastic pollution, resource stress, and socio-economic inequalities highlight the limitations of conventional tourism models and the need for more...

This paper examines the governance of agrivoltaics (AV) in the context of Japan’s rapid rural depopulation and farmland abandonment. While AV is traditionally framed as a solution to land-use competition, this study argues that in shrinking regions, the primary challenge is not land scarcity but a shortage of human capacity to manage...

This study provides an indicative comparative assessment of the factors underlying these challenges by examining policy content, regulatory enforcement, and institutional capacity related to OWB across ten selected Asian countries: Cambodia, China, India, Iraq, Jordan, Laos, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. The researchers employed a...

Agriculture in semi-arid regions is increasingly vulnerable to climate variability and land degradation, threatening rural livelihoods and food security. At the same time, the global transition toward clean energy, particularly solar power, offers synergistic opportunities to mitigate climate change while supporting sustainable rural development...

2050年カーボンニュートラルの実現と豊かで持続可能な地域社会の構築を両立させるためには、GX（グリーン・トランスフォーメーション）を単なる環境施策に留めず、産業振興・福祉・防災・子育て支援などと連携した地域の総合政策として推進していく必要があります。こうした背景から、IGESは先進自治体のリーダーや関係省庁、研究機関の専門家が一堂に会する本フォーラムを開催しました。 フォーラムでは、岩手県・群馬県・葛飾区・西粟倉村の4自治体が登壇し、規模・立地・資源の異なる地域でCGO（チーフ・グリーン・オフィサー）等の全庁横断の推進体制を構築することで、脱炭素と地域課題の同時解決（コベネフィット）を実現してきた取り組みを紹介しました。また、環境省・農林水産省・経済産業省の各担当者から...

In Japan, almost all Climate Citizens’ Assemblies (CCAs) to date have been held at the municipal level. Although considerable efforts have been made to produce valuable recommendations—those that go beyond existing local climate policies-, the usefulness of CCAs in Japan continues to be questioned. This case study examines two contrasting...

IGESは、北九州市産業経済局、（公財）北九州産業学術推進機構（FAIS）、北九州工業高等専門学校と連携し、北九州GX推進コンソーシアムの会員企業向けに、カーボンニュートラルの実現と産業競争力の強化を同時に目指すビジネススクールを2023年度から開催しています。 IGESは、本スクールのカリキュラム設計から当日の運営を行う他、講師およびファシリテーターとしても携わっています。 北九州GX推進コンソーシアム内、 ビジネススクールのページにて、募集要件の他、全6回のカリキュラムもご確認いただけます。