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Presentation
The research was presented at the Joint IIASA - RITE International Workshop,Towards Improved Understanding, Concepts, Policies and Models of Energy Demand - held in November 2019, Laxenburg, Austria.
Peer-reviewed Article
In sustainability
Due to its ability to recover both material and energy from organic waste, biogas technology is considered one of the best technology for treating organic waste. While in many emerging Asian countries more than 50% of municipal waste is organic waste, the amount of organic waste treated with biogas technology remains very limited. This study...
Discussion Paper
Sustainable Lifestyles Policy and Practice: Challenges and Way Forward provides an overview of the current (2019) situation for sustainable lifestyles globally. It includes 32 case studies from around the world, showing on-going efforts to support the transition to sustainable ways of living. The key messages of the publication are: There are...
PR, Newsletter or Other
The IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) was founded in 2014 to assist national, regional and local governments with advancing low impact, environmentally responsible waste management systems, helping to direct a wider shift towards more resource efficient and sustainable societies. In collaboration with other...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Energy Strategy Reviews
This paper explores Japan's energy and emissions-related choices up to 2050 using the Japan 2050 Low Carbon Navigator (Low Carbon Navigator), an energy and emissions scenario simulation tool based on the 2050 Pathways Calculator model. Using illustrative examples and scenarios, the paper demonstrates some unique features of the Low Carbon Navigator...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
Commissioned Report
SME sector in India offers considerable potential for reducing India’s GHG emissions through the introduction of low carbon technologies (LCTs). A business-to-business (B2B) model of technology cooperation, targeting Indian SMEs, has been successfully demonstrated by IGES and TERI through several joint projects (2010-2018). IGES and TERI propose to...
Book Chapter
In Sustainable Waste Management Challenges in Developing Countries
Myanmar, the largest country in mainland Southeast Asia, has been facing considerable challenges with the management of solid waste in the recent past because of increasing income and consumption patterns, urban growth, and lack of effective waste management policies, treatment, and disposal methods. Waste management is also a crosscutting issue...
Commissioned Report
Achieving sustainable consumption and production in Viet Nam through an SDG interlinkage perspective
Embracing the interlinkages between sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and other SDGs in the national action plan for achieving SCP is indispensable from both scientific and practical perspectives. In this paper, a systems approach is proposed for achieving SCP through the interlinkages between SCP and other SDGs in Viet Nam. The IGES SDG...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability
Addressing the prevailing mode of high-carbon lifestyles is crucial for the transition towards a net-zero carbon society. Existing studies fail to fully investigate the underlining factors of unsustainable lifestyles beyond individual determinants nor consider the gaps between current footprints and reduction targets. This study examines latent...