Publications

In order to assist policymakers and implementers at the national and city level to select and implement appropriate waste management technologies for improving the waste management, CCET (IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies) aims to develop a series of waste management guidelines on the targeted subjects related to the...

In the course of implementing the Paris climate agreement and the 2030 sustainable development goals, policymakers, practitioners, and academics have increasingly acknowledged the urgency of addressing the issue of food waste, both globally and more especially in Asian countries. Various research is being carried out in high-income countries such...

Aim to improve the decision-making process＆further promote 3R policies in AP, we framed related data and information of 11 countries and 1 region in a table together with "interpretation" by local experts to provide an overview of the definitions and classifications of waste and MSW＆MSW generation, as well as the national legislative waste...

MSW, Biomass waste, marine and coastal plastic waste, EPR GHG emissions, and macro-level material flows are being developed to identify current conditions and future directions. "State of the 3Rs in AP" was made to improve waste management, improve resource efficiency, promote green and circular economies, mitigate climate change, and contribute to...

Water energy, food energy form some of the basic elements of economic growth and development. These resources are intrinsically interdependent on both the supply and demand sides. Urban areas are major consumers of these resources and growing urban population will require large flow of water, energy and food. Urbans are dynamically connected with...

The Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP) is a multi-stakeholder platform to promote low carbon technologies (LCT) in India through facilitating business matchmaking between Japanese LCT providers, and Indian deployers. This brochure was developed for promotional purposes as part of the activities under the project on evaluation and...

Organic waste presents a significant portion of MSW compositions in many cities. The proper treatment of organic waste is therefore an important concern, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Biological treatment methods are widely accepted as a technical option to get the full advantage of organic waste as a resource. The most popular...

Forest conservation is a key component of multilateral environmental agreements related to biodiversity conservation (Convention on Biological Diversity; CBD)) and climate change (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; UNFCCC), and ambitious national commitments are essential to the implementation of these agreements. To understand the...

The "JCM in CHARTS" series aim to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-understand description of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in each host country. This version describes the rules, procedures, and references for implementing the JCM in Indonesia. The Bahasa Indonesia version of this CHARTS is available: https://pub.iges.or.jp/pub/jcm-dalam...

Waste-to-energy (WtE) can be considered as a potential alternative source of energy and is a subject of very considerable interest in both developed and developing countries. In order to provide a guideline for introducing WtE from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Asian countries, investigations were carried out on the overall framework and factors...