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This paper tries to capture the main characteristics of financial components of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), in order to deepen understanding of developing countries’ financial needs. Such analysis will help developed countries and other countries consider provisions of financial support to developing countries. For this...

A key but contentious aspect of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the means of implementation (MOI). Many developing countries emphasize the importance of international assistance while developed countries focus more on domestic financing and the private sector. The text of the SDGs includes a broad range of MOI. However, a discussion has...

The first G20 Summit meeting in China was held in Hangzhou on 4 and 5 September, 2016. This IGES Briefing Note considers the implications of the meeting for climate change, green finance and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the overall context of holding the meeting in China for the first time. From a sustainability perspective, the...

The presentation was presented at a dissemination workshop held on 16 November 2016, Mumbai, India. It introduced the key findings from IGES-TERI joint activities on promoting the application of Japanese low carbon technologies in India and their initiative of launching Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP).

This presentation was presented at a seminar titled “Low Carbon Technologies: bridging Japan and Europe” held on 11-12 October 2016, in Szentendre, Hungary. It introduced key Japanese initiatives to promote low carbon technology transfer, while mainly focusing on considering the stakeholders 'matchmaking as innovative business model to promote low...

The presentation shared the key findings from IGES and TERI's joint activities regarding the promotion of the application of Japanese low carbon technologies in India. It emphasised on the initiation of Japan-India technology matchmaking platform which promotes mutually beneficial engagement of Japanese and Indian stakeholders in clean energy...

IGES have undertaken various research activities to promote Low Carbon Technology Transfer (LCTT). The presentation aimed to share the key findings generated through those activities so far, and called for considering stakeholders' matchmaking as innovative business model to promote LCTT. It was presented at International Forum for Sustainable Asia...

Despite the existence of a large number of partnerships, programmes, initiatives and instruments to promote Low Carbon TechnologyTransfer (LCTT), no framework, agreement, assessment or monitoring mechanism currently exists to bind them all together, which means they are becoming ever more fragmented and uncoordinated. The presentation proposes to...