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This presentation discusses the tools and guidelines for establishing the holistic and integrated waste management system at national and city levels and explains the current activities of the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET)

This policy brief analyzes the position of air pollution in the SDGs, and makes recommendations for how air pollution could be better integrated into SDG implementation. The SDGs, with 17 goals, 169 targets, and even more indicators, were criticized by some for having too many goals and lacking a clear sense of priorities. However, this policy...

This presentation introduces the policy works of Material Flow Accounting (MFA) conducted by Japanese government on the occasion of the launch of IRP(International Resources Panel) MFA assessment report; and discuss the expectation to the interaction between science body such as IRP for further development of Resource Efficiency.

The “Fundamentals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” training took place on 6th and 7th of June 2016. During those two days three virtual training sessions of 90 minutes each were held in Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters in Tokyo. Altogether more than 50 JICA offices from around the world registered and...

Presented at Caux Round Table Japan's workshop on SDGs

In a poorly developed, water-rich country such as Lao PDR, most attention has historically been given to surface water development issues with limited consideration to groundwater. However, even with such relative abundance, spatial or temporal shortfalls and occasional droughts are faced, and groundwater is being increasingly relied upon to...

Agricultural groundwater use in the Lower Mekong is gradually gaining attention due to increasing uncertainty over water availability. Although this region is blessed with abundant rainfall and a network of rivers, climate change, commercial agriculture, and competition for hydropower, ecosystem and urbanization are shifting demand-supply pattern...

企業の競争力に対するカーボンプライシングの影響を考察した、カーボンプライシングリーダーシップ連合（CPLC）によるエグゼクティブ・ブリーフィングの日本語訳。

This presentation, delivered at Myanmar's First National/City Workshops for Developing National/City Waste Management Strategies held 13-17 June, 2016, summarizes the main challenges identified by the country's quick study/baseline assessment with regard to waste management at the national and sub-national levels. Challenges are classified...

Remarks: http://www.iges.or.jp/jp/climate/climate_update/201606_suzuki.html