Publications

This document is the first of two project briefs being developed as part of the ‘'Living laboratories for achieving sustainable development goals across national and sub‐national scales' (known for short as the ‘Luanhe Living Lab’) project that is funded by NERC (UK), NSFC (China) and JST (Japan). The overarching aim of the research is to provide...

In the last few years, marine debris and plastic pollution have emerged as policy priorities in the ASEAN region. Political leaders have repeatedly expressed their determination to address these issues and in the last couple of years several ASEAN Member States (AMS) have adopted dedicated action plans. AMS governments have also declared their...

A common framework for agriculture and land use in the nationally determined contributions

Assessing policy gaps and opportunities in the NDCs: a sectoral methodology for agriculture and land use. FAO – Environment and Natural Resources Management

An ADB stocktake highlights that weak governance and a lack of incentives and finance are among the factors holding back the region’s progress on environmental sustainability. The authors urge decision-makers to prioritize investments that privilege the environment and to apply integrated development approaches, systems thinking, and a circular...

This Final Commission Report was prepared for the National Institute for Environmental Studies as part of the outputs for the PoDIWM Project on "POLICY DIALOGUE & NETWORK BUILDING OF MULTI‐STAKEHOLDERS ON INTEGRATED DECENTRALIZED DOMESTIC WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN ASEAN COUNTRIES" led by NIES. IGES Team works as an international consultant for the...

This Final Commission Report was prepared for the National Institute for Environmental Studies as part of the outputs for the PoDIWM Project on "POLICY DIALOGUE & NETWORK BUILDING OF MULTI‐STAKEHOLDERS ON INTEGRATED DECENTRALIZED DOMESTIC WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN ASEAN COUNTRIES" led by NIES. IGES Team works as an international consultant for the...

This Final Commission Report was prepared for the National Institute for Environmental Studies as part of the outputs for the PoDIWM Project on "POLICY DIALOGUE & NETWORK BUILDING OF MULTI‐STAKEHOLDERS ON INTEGRATED DECENTRALIZED DOMESTIC WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT IN ASEAN COUNTRIES" led by NIES. IGES Team works as an international consultant for the...

This report is the second compilation report on policies and measures with regards to marine plastics litter taken / to be taken by the participating countries, regions and organizations. This comprehensive report was produced under the responsibility of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with the support...

This report presents three case studies in the context of centralised large-scale composting facilities in Sri Lanka in order to reveal the factors and approaches that led to positive results under different type of operational modality, i.e., 1) single municipal operation, 2) provincial operation, and 3) joint consortium operation (operated by two...