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The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by the United Nations in 2015, set 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with 169 targets. 232 indicators were proposed as the global framework for monitoring the progress made in achieving SDGs. SDG targets and their corresponding indicators interact with each other forming an...

国際社会は2015年に「持続可能な開発のための2030アジェンダ」を採択した。これは、我々が将来の世代に繋げていくための「持続可能な社会」の理想像と、それを実現するための17の目標と169のターゲットからなる持続可能な開発目標（Sustainable Development Goals: SDGs）により構成されている。SDGsは、「地球の境界（プラネタリー・バウンダリー）」と「誰一人取り残さない」という考えの下で、到達点の目標を先に掲げ、経済、環境、社会にわたる諸課題を包括的に扱っている点がこれまでに見られなかった新たな視点である。既に政府のみならず、自治体や企業などあらゆるステークホルダーがSDGsに取り組み始めているが、こうした動きはまだ始まったばかりであり...

This work was developed as the methodology for analysing a long-term transformation for cities. This work was presented at 10th Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium in 2017. (Later presented at Cities IPCC, 2018: Also included in the TWI2050 report (p.98) in 2018 https://iiasa.ac.at/web/home/research/twi/Report2018.html)

The goal of ensuring water availability and sustainable management of water for all by 2030 is one of the top priorities of the UN-SDGs. The fragile institutional capabilities induce the transitioning towards the sustainable urban water paradigm to accommodate the complexities and uncertainties. This research methodically draws sustainable water...

In response to climate change, Korea is attempting to shift the paradigm of energy and climate change policies by introducing carbon pricing based on market mechanisms. While policy adoption is proceeding at a rapid pace, the introduction of carbon pricing has been faced with great opposition from industry. This study measures to what extent Korean...

This paper describes the trans-river migration of the Iban and Bekatan to the Tatau River Basin in Bintulu Division, Sarawak. Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, the Iban and Bekatan did not inhabit the Tatau River Basin, but migrated there from other river basins from the middle of the nineteenth century onward. We describe the...

This paper describes the trans-river migration of the Iban and Bekatan to the Tatau River Basin in Bintulu Division, Sarawak. Until the beginning of the nineteenth century, The Iban and Bekatan did not inhabit the Tatau River Basin, but migrated there from other river basins from the middle of the nineteenth century onward. We describe the...

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1.Efficient and reliable methods for estimating animal density are essential to wildlife conservation and management. Camera trapping is an increasingly popular tool in this area of wildlife research, with further potential arising from technological improvements, such as video recording functions that allow for behavioural observation of animals...

This pamphlet offers a description of IGES’s set of Climate Databases. Having been developed in some cases over more than 10 years, the Databases compile unique data about climate change policies and sustainable development projects, and offer in-depth insights through analytics, summary and figures. All Databases are freely accessible online using...