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Past Event

19 November 2024

COP29 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Boost "UNEA Synergy Resolution" -Synergy-Building in National Climate (NDCs) and Biodiversity Strategies (NBSAPs)-

Following the commitment to leveraging synergies made during the G7 Hiroshima Summit in 2023, the UNEA6 Synergy Resolution was adopted in March 2024. This resolution encourages UN Member States to enhance synergies in implementing environmental...

Past Event

12 November 2024

COP29 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Efforts to Realize a Sound Material-Cycle Society through Multilevel Climate Action

At COP28 in 2023, the host country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), announced the “CHAMP” initiative, where over 70 countries, including Japan, declared their commitment to strengthening cooperation with local governments in formulating strategies...

Policy Report

September 2023

Sixth ASEAN State of the Environment Report

The ASEAN State of the Environment Report (SOER) is a regular flagship publication of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) which is periodically published every 3-5 years. The SOERs present a comprehensive review of the state and trends of the environment, the pressures on it and the drivers of those pressures, and the national and...

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ASEAN

climate change

air pollution

Biodiversity

water

coastal ecosystems

environmental education

Circular Economy

Sustainable Development Goals

Past Event

11 November 2024

Multi-Stakeholder Meeting on Environmentally Sound Management of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in the E-Waste Sector in Malaysia

On 11 November 2024, a multistakeholder workshop on the environmentally sound management of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the e-waste sector was successfully held at Le Meridien Hotel, IOI City Mall, Putrajaya, Malaysia. The workshop was...

Policy Report

November 2024

Beyond the adaptation finance gap: Towards a more effective adaptation framework

This paper critically reassesses the dominant narrative that insufficient adaptation finance is the primary obstacle to climate change adaptation in developing countries. Through a comprehensive review of UNEP's 2023 Adaptation Gap Report (AGR2023), which has played a pivotal role in shaping this narrative, the paper uncovers serious methodological...

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adaptation finance

GAP report

national adaptation plans

adaptation policy

climate justice

Project

Updated: November 2024

IGES Plastic Focus: Tackling Pollution and Advancing Circular Solutions

Plastic Pollution as a Global Agenda Nearly a decade has passed since plastic pollution and its countermeasures began to be recognised as a major global agenda. A key turning point in this recognition was the 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur...

Upcoming Event

19 December 2024

LCS-RNet Meetings

LCS-RNet 15th Annual Meeting How can we accelerate action to stay below 1.5 degrees C?

On 19-20 December, the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society Strategic Research Network (LCS-RNet) will hold its 15th Annual Meeting online. Under the main theme "How can we accelerate action to stay below 1.5 degrees C?", this annual meeting will...

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Employment ＆ Procurement

Employment The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies conducts interdisciplinary policy research to promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region in collaboration with international organisations, government agencies, local...

Project

Updated: November 2024

IGES Activity on COP29

From 11 to 22 November, the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan. As the highest decision-making body of the UNFCCC, COP oversees the...

Data or Tool

October 2024

IGES Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Database

IGES Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Database provides detailed information on the JCM methodologies, projects, and JCM feasibility studies to be utilized for research and development of JCM project. The JCM is being implemented under bilateral cooperation between Japan and 29 partner countries: Mongolia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Viet...

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Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)