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More than 90 systematic reviews have been conducted on the topic of nature-based solutions for climate change adaptation (NBS-CCA). These prior reviews, however, are scattered across more than 45 different peer-reviewed journals and gray literature sources, making it difficult to follow all of the knowledge generated and remaining research gaps. In...

This presentation introduces how COVID-19 has evolved into a systemic risk that sets the background for the seminar.

The objective of this report is to provide an analysis of the current policy environment for garment production in Cambodia, applying a systems lens to identify challenges and opportunities for enhancing the sustainability of the sector. To maintain the competitiveness of Cambodia’s garment sector in the global market, a shift to sustainable...

Starting as a health emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic has evolved into a global crisis impacting health, the economy, society, the environment and institutions. The crisis reveals that building a resilient and sustainable society is important and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is urgently needed. It is imperative to ensure that...

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現場からレポートする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」の第44回から第１００回までを収録したブックレット。

「第３回パリ協定と持続可能な開発のための2030アジェンダの相乗効果の強化に関する国際会議」の会議サマリー。13の項目にわたり、主要メッセージや今後の方向性を記載している。

The presentation was given at the COP 27 official side event on "Sharing best practices and lessons learned from capacity building for implementation of Article 6". It shows our capacity building activities for Article 6.2 reporting - mutual learning program for enhanced transparency (MLP), and explains key findings from MLP discussion and lessons...

A global agreement to end plastic pollution must be based on pertinent, multi-disciplinary knowledge. Consideration of the full life cycle impacts of plastics and substitutes is important to achieve sustainable solutions rather than shifting the burden. Hence, this process requires considerations of fossil-based and biobased feedstocks for plastic...

IGES organized a training course on muncipal solid waste management and circular economy on November 14-16, 2022 for ADB staff. During the training, Hotta provided a lecture as follows; Hotta shared that with economy and social development, policy is shifting towards CE. He buttressed his case with Japan as a case study. He stressed that in 60s and...