Publications

-IPCC Fifth Assessment Report - Adaptation in Asia: Focus from IGES -"An integrative Approach to Mitigation and Adaptation": Global Environment Seminar Held by IGES -Applying Japan's Technologies to India -Lecture at the Council of Prefectural and Municipal Environmental Research Institutes -Expanding "Environmentally Sustainable Cities" throughout...

5th High Level Seminar on Environmentally Sustainable Cities Proceedings

This report summarises the key outputs of a three-year research project by IGES Kansai Research Centre on “Market-based Instruments (MBIs) for Improving Company Carbon Performance in Northeast Asia”. By carrying out a comprehensive overview of related policy progress in the region and conducting various questionnaire surveys and empirical analyses...

In April 2014, the Annex B countries of the Kyoto Protocol published the number of transactions of Kyoto units that had taken place by the end of 2013 as well as the GHG emissions of the Annex B countries in 2012. This report summarises how each country achieved their emission reduction targets during the first commitment period of the Kyoto...

Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of the Asian region over the past century (high confidence). Water scarcity is expected to be a major challenge for most of the region as a result of increased water demand and lack of good management (medium confidence). The impacts of climate change on food...

The booklet provides the results of the first year of the Satoyama Development Mechanism operations and a brief introduction of the six projects selected for the year 2013.