Publications

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) offers a new framework for achieving sustainable development in a targeted way. Goal 6 encapsulates a comprehensive set of targets for achieving sustainable water resources management. The Lower Mekong Basin (LMB) countries has been recommended as a potential case for basin wide implementation of the Goal 6. A...

The low-carbon technology innovation for climate change mitigation attracts increasing attention from both entrepreneurs and policymakers. The accelerated technology development is expected to achieve the stringent climate goals and reduce the costs. The existing sophisticated econometric models incorporate a mechanism in it that allows the economy...

ISAP is an annual forum aiming to promote diverse discussions on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, with the participation of front-line experts and stakeholders from governments, international organisations, business and NGOs. The ninth ISAP was organised by IGES and UNU-IAS. As the world works towards implementing the Paris...

Executive Summary: The purpose of this issue brief is to provide an overview of the latest movement of the emissions trading scheme (ETS), with a focus on the three key Asian carbon markets in Tokyo, China (esp. the pilots) and the Republic of Korea (hereinafter abbreviated as Korea). The key findings are as follows: - As of 2017, the global share...

IGES made a proposal of an MRV methodology for the JCM projects which installs solar PV systems to the JCM Joint Committee between Mexico and Japan. The Joint Committee approved a methodology MX_AM001 Ver1.0 "Installation of Solar PV System" on the basis of this proposal. The attached proposed version (PM_001) includes three documents: the JCM...

The Tonle Sap Lake located in Cambodia is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and is the seventh largest lake in the world in terms of size in the wet season. It provides habitats for hundreds different kind of fish, reptile, bird and mammal species. Moreover, it supports one of the most productive freshwater fisheries in the world, with...

This Briefing Note explores the implications for climate change, green finance, and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the G20 Summit which was held in Hamburg, Germany, on 7-8 July 2017. On climate, the final encouraging result was a consensus among all countries except for the US to maintain strong support for implementation of the Paris...

Asian Development Bank (ADB) hosted the Regional Seminar entitled Gender Equality in Climate Change and Disaster Risk management: Weathering and Uncertain Future and invited IGES as the discussant for the session on Perspectives from Global/Regional Alliances, Research and Advocacy Organizations on Gender and Climate Change. ADB Regional Seminar...

Literature suggests a significant potential for synergies among climate change adaptation and mitigation (CCA & M) policies, especially in urban areas. However, the understanding of how best to integrate CCA &M is limited despite the fact that there is an increasing interest, particularly in Southeast Asian countries, in achieving the integration...

This document is a presentation given at one of the Thematic Tracks of ISAP2017. It introduced IGES-TERI efforts to promote environmentally sound technologies through a stakeholder’s matchmaking approach.