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This paper provides basic information on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in order to help a general audience from multiple sectors with planning and action on the new SDGs. Section 1 provides an introductory background on the goals and their key principles, and Section 2 outlines a number of steps, which different actors may consider using...

2015年の持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）の採択から約1年が経過し、また、今年３月には、国連グローバル・コンパクト（UNGC）等による「SDGコンパス：SDGsの企業行動指針－SDGsを企業はどう活用するか－」（日本語版）が、グローバル・コンパクト・ネットワーク・ジャパン（GCNJ）/IGESの共同翻訳を通じて発表された。こうした背景の下で、特に国内外のUNGC/GCNJ加盟企業を中心としてSDGsへの取り組みが加速されており、企業によってはSDGsの経営への統合を図っている動きも見られている。しかし、企業のこうした取り組みは、社内でどのような議論やプロセスを経て、どの程度まで進んできているのだろうか。海外では既にUNGCや持続可能な開発のための世界経済人会議（WBCSD）を中心に...

This presentation discuss the potential synergy between material resource efficiency approach and low-carbon approach, showing Japanese best practices.

The author first introduced about the Joint Crediting Mechanism proposed by the Government of Japan to all audiences, who are Japanese and Vietnamese enterprises located in Ho Chi Minh city. Then, he explained about the JCM Financing Programmes funded by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan. He also gave a detailed explanation on (i) the...

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This paper modifies and uses an advanced computable general equilibrium model coupled with biophysical data on land and water resources by agro-ecological zone at the river basin level to examine the economy-wide consequences of improvements in water use efficiency (WUE) in irrigation in South Asia. This is the first time the benefits of such...

This document aims to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-understand description of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) including JCM concept, JCM project cycle, JCM related bodies, JCM project methodology, project design document (PDD), Registration process, post registration activities, procedure for issuance of credits, and procedure for...

Supply of non-timber Forest Products (NTFPs) is an important provisioning ecosystem service. It is often argued that forest conservation contributes to poverty alleviation through provisioning of NTFPs to the poor. However, implicit assumptions of the argument that NTFPs are more intensively utilized by poor who lack alternative sub-sistence...