Publications

This policy brief gives an overview about the environmental performance rating and public disclosure (EPRD) programme and enumerates some lessons learnt from the past cases. It also gives several policy recommendations on how to use such a scheme to promote corporate environmental management on a larger scale in developing countries. Remarks...

Outline of the IGES research groups and teams for 5th Phase Research (2010.04-2013.03) including Climate Change, Market Mechanism, Forest Conservation, Freshwater, Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Consumption and Production, Business and the Environment, Economy and Environment, and Governance and Capacity group. Remarks: 日本語版：http://pub.iges...

The Asian and Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD; Rio+20) was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea from 19 to 20 October 2011. IGES has been making substantial contributions to this Asia-Pacific regional and sub-regional preparatory process in North-East Asia, most recently by...

Climate change poses a serious threat to developmental aspirations of most countries in Southeast Asia. The historical observations indicated general warming over the entire region with variations in the degree of warming and localized impacts. The Mekong River basin, which is the largest basin in the region that provides livelihoods for millions...

The East Asia region has been a hot spot of economic growth, and a substantial amount of energy input is essential to fuel this growth. Given the diverse conditions of economic, demographic, physical and natural resources in this region, a harmonised and integrated energy market will be beneficial to secure an affordable and reliable energy supply...