Publications

Grave Concern for Environmental and Climate Damage Caused by Russian Invasion of Ukraine

The oceans have been warming globally for the past 50 years, and since the early 1990s they have been warming about twice as fast as before that time. Ocean warming and associated environmental changes are projected to continue over the century, leading to more severe extreme weather events and an increased risk of coastal disasters such as storm...

This presentation explores how Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) can help to accelerate the local implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It reviews the benefits of conducting a VLR for local governments, and details how this process provides a framework to guide SDG localisation, looking at recent examples of cities that have...

Planners worldwide are exploring ways to regenerate shrinking cities, varying from pro-growth strategies with the aim of reversing population losses, to strategies that manage urban decline by adjusting the built environment to a smaller population. However, both approaches are reactionary rather than anticipatory, addressing decline after...

The ‘Scoping study on compound, cascading and systemic risks in the Asia-Pacific’, undertaken by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and Asia Pacific Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (AP-STAG), presents an important opportunity to explore the challenges and potential associated with better understanding and managing...

At the Stockholm50 Regional Multistakeholder Consultations for the Asia-Pacific, IGES’ Yasuhiko Hotta co-facilitated Parallel Working Group 1 on plastics. The Asia-Pacific, particularly Southeast/East/South Asia has emerged as both a major source & a hotspot of plastic pollution. At the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA), countries agreed to end...

Understanding nature's contributions to people (NCP) can improve people's ability to manage earth systems effectively, equitably, and sustainably (Chaplin-Kramer et al. 2019; Brauman et al., 2020). NCP can be perceived as a benefit or detriment depending on the cultural, temporal, or spatial context (Diaz et al. 2018). According to IPBES (2019)...

The article introduces an innovative model for bilateral technology cooperation titled ‘Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform’ (JITMAP), which has been designed and implemented by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan in partnership with TERI to facilitate the transfer of low carbon technologies (LCTs) and best practices...

This booklet was made in order to introduce success stories on adoption of Japanese Low Carbon Technologies (LCTs), best operating practices, energy-saving and economic impacts, etc. through activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP). JITMAP is a multi-stakeholder platform launched by IGES and TERI in July 2016 with the...

Groundwater offers smallholder farmers in the lowlands of Lao PDR opportunities to diversify cropping beyond wet season paddy and thus enhance their livelihoods while reducing climate risks. This chapter focuses on evaluating existing and specifically developed groundwater irrigation options on the Vientiane Plain, and framing the findings around...