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Related Publications

PR, Newsletter or Other

April 2021

Safe Water Use on Tonle Sap Lake

Working Paper

March 2021

Governing the SDGs in the COVID-era: Bringing back hierarchic styles of governance?

Commissioned Report

March 2021

Small & Medium Enterprises and the Sustainable Development Goals in ASEAN: A Brief Overview and Way Forward

Submission to Policy Process

March 2021

IGES Key Messages on “Sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia and the Pacific” Prepared for the Asia Pacific Forum for Sustainable Development (APFSD)

Briefing Note

March 2021

A virtual UNEA governance session made some progress but revealed the limitations of online negotiations.

Related Events

Past Event

30 September 2020

HLPF Related Webinar

Report on the United Nations High-Level Political Forum 2020: Japan's Role in Recovery from the COVID-19 Pandemic and Achievement of the SDGs

The United Nations has designated the 2020s as the "decade of action to deliver the SDGs by 2030", and calls on all countries and stakeholders to take accelerated actions toward achieving the SDGs. However, at the start of this important decade...

Past Event

3 September 2020

International Conference on Science and Technology for Sustainability 2020 “Social Inclusion in the Global Era” -Sustainable post-COVID-19 Society-

Now that the mobility of people and goods as the base in the global era is being restricted greatly due to the COVID-19, the issues of sustainability and inclusion at the global level are becoming more important than ever. This Conference will...

Past Event

4 December 2019

Voluntary Local Review Workshop

VLR Training @ADB-LOGIN Workshop

This one-day training session focused on introducing the theory, methods, and practices of the Voluntary Local Reviews to the LOGIN members (staff of the local governments' associations in South and East Asia).

Related News

Announcement

2 April 2021

Updated Memorandum of Understanding Between IGES and UNESCAP

On 31 March, IGES and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that reaffirmed their desire to work together in areas of mutual interest in the service of Asia...

Announcement

29 September 2020

Launch of new report: “SDGs and Business in the ESG era: Actions by Companies and Organisations in Japan”

Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) launched a new report, “SDGs and Business in the ESG era: Actions by Companies and Organisations in Japan”.

Announcement

4 June 2020

MOU Between IGES and START International for Advancing the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere Approach in Asia

On 28 May, IGES and START International signed a Memorandum of Understanding to advance research and capacity building that strengthens understanding and promotes utilisation of the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere concept.

Related Projects

Project

Updated: April 2021

Online Voluntary Local Review (VLR) Lab

This online platform provides all you need to know about cities and regions taking a lead on “Voluntary Local Reviews.”

Project

Updated: April 2021

UNEA Special webpage

The United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) is the world’s highest-level decision-making body on the environment, with a universal membership of all 193 Member States. The Assembly meets biennially in Nairobi, Kenya, to set priorities for global e...

Project

Updated: March 2021

UNEA-4 Special webpage

The UN Environment Assembly (UNEA) was held in Nairobi from 11-15 March 2019, and focused on the theme of “Innovative Solutions for Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Consumption and Production”.