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Conference on ASEAN SCP Policies and Practices: Celebrating 12 Years of German-Southeast Asian SCP Cooperation In partnership with 17th Asia-Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP)
On Day 2, the morning session, Rethinking Sustainable Urban Living, featured an opening by Dr. Yasuhiko Hotta, President of the Asia-Pacific Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production (APRSCP), followed by a keynote from Dr. Atsushi Watabe, Program Director at Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
Peer-reviewed Article
In Environmental Research Letters
The announcement of India's 2070 net-zero target has demonstrated the power of a credible policy signal and changed the course of India's climate debate. While the Government of India (GoI) has not specified whether this target refers to carbon-dioxide or all greenhouse gases, the announcement has been a watershed moment in India's climate policy...
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In Scientifica
Vermicelli production generates wastewater that is rich in organic and nutrient pollutants, which poses significant environmental challenges. Conventional biological treatments, either alone or in combination with other methods, often fail to achieve high efficiency and operational stability. This study explored the potential of the Fenton process...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Microplastics
Synthetic fibers are widely used in daily life due to their durability, elasticity, low cost, and ease of use. The textile industry is the primary source of synthetic microfibers, as these materials are mostly used in production processes. Globally, plastic pollution has been identified as a major environmental threat in this era, since plastics...
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Seminar on Gender Studies, Undergraduate Module.
This presentation examines how cities are implementing SDG 5 (Gender Equality) within the broader framework of the 2030 Agenda, highlighting both opportunities and limitations. Through examples from Tokyo, Los Angeles, and Barcelona, it explores how local policies can promote gender equity, while also questioning whether the SDG framework...
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
Frequent flooding has become a persistent issue in floodplain regions, causing significant disasters during each rainy season due to insufficient disaster management planning. This study proposes a methodology to prioritize flood susceptibility areas at the district level and identify suitable sites for flood shelters using a combination of machine...
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The survey aimed to reveal the status of, and challenges and opportunities in, biodiversity efforts by individual companies in Japan, and collectively as the Japanese business sector, referring to key global frameworks such as the Kunming Montreal Biodiversity Framework (GBF) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the Taskforce on...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Scientific Data
Aboveground biomass density (AGBD) estimates from Earth Observation (EO) can be presented with the consistency standards mandated by United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This article delivers AGBD estimates, in the format of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 1 values for natural forests, sourced from...
Book Chapter
In All-Hazards Approach Towards Resilience Building
The risks, climatic and non-climatic, are increasingly integrating and interacting with each other across geographical and time scales. This is largely happening due to factors and processes outside the purview of the risk management community that they have mostly ignored for most of the risk management history. The recent pandemic COVID-19 has...
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Nature Communications
The integrated and indivisible nature of the SDGs is facing implementation challenges due to the silo approaches. We present the three interconnected foci (SDG interactions, modeling, and tools) at the science-policy interface to address these challenges. Accounting for them will support accelerated SDG progress, operationalizing the integration...