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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。

Urban blue infrastructure (UBI) offers a sustainable solution to mitigate urban heat island (UHI) effects and water scarcity in semi-arid cities, yet its implementation remains underexplored in water-stressed environments. This study introduces the Urban Blue Infrastructure Suitability Index (UBISI), a novel GIS-based framework to assess the...

Key Messages • The timely provision of high-quality data across all SDGs and regions is essential to the evidence-based decision-making needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda. • However, significant data gaps for SDG 5 (Gender), SDG 13 (Climate) and SDG 16 (Peace & Institutions) as well as across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have...

時評「気候安全保障　海面上昇で移住を余儀なくされる太平洋の島国」

このレシピブックは、地球温暖化を考える「1.5℃ライフスタイルワークショップ in 北九州」の調理実習で作ったレシピをまとめたものです。食品ロスを減らす工夫や、代替肉や旬の野菜を活用した料理など、ご家庭で簡単に美味しく作ることができるものをご紹介しています。

This recipe book is a collection of dishes prepared during the cooking sessions of the "Workshop on 1.5℃ Lifestyles in Kitakyushu," which focuses on addressing global warming. It features easy and delicious recipes that can be made at home, incorporating ideas to reduce food waste and using alternative meats and seasonal vegetables.

Southeast and East Asia play a pivotal role in global efforts to end plastic pollution. ASEAN Plus Three countries are at the heart of this region, represented by the 10 Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Japan, Korea and the People’s Republic of China (hereafter, China). This region has become a hotspot for plastic...

The AgriVolt Navigator is an interactive mapping tool designed to identify and analyze suitable locations for agrivoltaics—the practice of combining agricultural production with solar energy generation on the same land. The tool integrates diverse geospatial datasets, including the location of key infrastructure such as major roads, electricity...

Open waste burning ( is a persistent and growing environmental and public health issue across Asia, particularly in low and lower-middle-income countries in Asia contribute to 82% of global CO 2 emissions from OWB, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean and Africa. This poster presents a comprehensive analysis of OWB using the DPSIR (Driving...

Land carbon fluxes are key to the Paris Agreement. However, data comparability issues persist between countries’ land greenhouse gas inventories and mitigation targets, and what land models (bookkeeping and integrated assessments) provide as Paris-aligned benchmarks for land. As a result, the Global Stocktake, aiming to track collective mitigation...