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Agricultural smoke from rice residue fires is now regarded as a dominant source of India’s autumn haze. Yet, the degree to which yield-driven intensification amplifies this pollution remains uncertain. To assess this environmental issue, there is an urgent need to analyze long-term datasets and to develop fine-grained fire-severity mapping. This...

Global food security is increasingly shaped by the convergence of climate change, water scarcity, energy transitions, and evolving food systems, creating complex and interdependent risks that cannot be addressed in isolation. This paper highlights the urgent need for integrated, systems-based approaches to understand and manage these interconnected...

地球・人間環境フォーラムの月刊環境情報誌、「グローバルネット」に地球環境戦略研究機関(IGES)北京事務所所長の小柳秀明が、中国の最新環境事情を偶数月で連載しています。

The Seventh G20 Report on Action against Marine Plastic Litter is the seventh compilation of policies and measures undertaken by countries and international organisations globally to tackle marine plastic litter, and is prepared under the leadership of South Africa, the G20 Presidency for 2025, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment...

脱炭素化に不可欠な重要鉱物の適正管理について、供給網の透明性確保や法的拘束力のある枠組み構築など、今後の温暖化交渉等の国際交渉プロセスにおいて議論を進展させる必要性を述べています。

生物多様性、水、食料、健康および気候の悪化の直接要因および根本的な原因は相互に絡み合っているにもかかわらず、各課題への対処は個別に対処されていることが多く、その結果として、政策間の潜在的な不整合や、計画外の背反性（トレードオフ）、意図しない結果が生じます。ネクサス評価は、トレードオフを克服し、生物多様性、水、食料、健康および気候変動の間の相乗性（シナジー）を高める首尾一貫した意思決定を促し、公正で持続可能な未来に向けた社会変革につながる対応策を提示しています。

環境新聞にて連載中の「シャオリュウの中国環境ウオッチ」では、地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）北京事務所長の小柳秀明が、中国の環境の現状と対策を毎月報告しています。

Agriculture lies at the centre of the climate change challenge, simultaneously functioning as a highly climate-vulnerable sector and a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions through land use, crop production, livestock, and food systems. This presentation examines the climate change–agriculture nexus through a comparative analysis of...

Plastic waste in Indonesia threatens environmental sustainability and health. This study explores waste bank as a social innovation based on the 3R principle, as a means of education, behavior change in waste management, and the implementation of the circular economy. Aims: This study aims to identify and describe the practices and reasons of...

The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD), a cornerstone of national food security, is increasingly affected by salinity intrusion arising from the combined influences of upstream hydropower development, climate change, and sea-level rise. Despite growing attention to this issue, the long-term hydrological mechanisms shaping these changes remain...