Publications

Opportunities exist in G20 countries to strengthen existing climate policies. It can be shown from analyses at the national level that the emission reductions consistent with global pathways to reach the overall targets of the Paris Climate Agreement can be implemented. This is the main conclusion of a set of 11 national fact sheets developed as...

The Emission Quantification Tool (EQT) has been developed to support a rapid assessment of greenhouse gases (GHGs) and short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs), (i.e, black carbon), associated with municipal solid waste management in a city/country, considering all the phases of the life cycle. Specifically intended for policymakers and practitioners...

This presentation was made as one of the three key note presentations in a side event at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) fourteenth meeting of the conference of parties (COP14), entitled "Consolidation and replication of effective landscape approaches for biodiversity conservation and human livelihoods". It demonstrated key facts and...

This presentation was made for a keynote speech given at the event of the consultations of multi-stakeholders in Asia and the Pacific for the coming Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)2019, held on 12-13 November 2018, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The presentation introduced IGES SDG Interlinkages Analysis and Visualisation tool (Version 2.0)...

The presentation provides summaries of messages relevant to forest in IPCC Special Report “Global Warming of 1.5 °C” and recent progress on REDD+.

The Satoyama Development Mechanism (SDM) is a seed funding mechanism to encourage IPSI members to develop and accelerate sustainability actions in SEPLS. This report aims to present the SDM projects and their contributions to global goals, for the consideration of policymakers, businesses, researcher institutions, organizations and civil society...

In recent decades, economic development in Southeast Asian countries has made tremendous impacts on rural societies. People have tried to take advantage of the new opportunities brought about by such economic development, as well as the assets and capacities presented, to develop and diversify their livelihood options. Against this backdrop, this...

Shared socioeconomic pathways (SSPs) have been developed by global climate change communities for analyzing long-term global societal transitions through science-driven analysis. SSPs can be transformed into local-scale socioeconomic pathways; however, the urban scale requires an in-depth understanding of specific local significant factors. Three...

Based on "Global Foresight Expert Survey of Potential Changes in Society and Lifestyles in 2050", the presentation shared the results from six areas on Culture and Social Norms, Governance, Economy, Technology, Environment and Demography. It identified the challenges and opportunities ahead in future lifestyles. In the forthcoming report, there...

This paper presents a systematic review of biodiversity/ecosystem services scenario exercises from the Asia–Pacific region. From the limited scholarly literature available, 61 scenario exercises were examined to explore their typology and multiple scenario attributes, including geographic distribution, consideration for influential drivers, choices...