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Research Report

July 2019

Digital Revolution and Sustainable Development: Opportunities and Challenges

This report assesses all the positive potential benefits digitalization brings to sustainable development for all. It also highlights the potential negative impacts and challenges going forward, particularly for those impacted by the ‘digital divide’ that excludes primarily people left behind during the Industrial Revolution like the billion that...

Presentation

September 2019

Japan’s Clean Wood Act and Tokyo Olympic Sustainable Sourcing Code for Timber

Seminar “PSP NETWORK FOR SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT IN SARAWAK”

Japan is still the largest market for timber from Sarawak. Thus, it is important to understand the latest trends of the policy and initiative for timber legality and sustainability. Japan issued the Act on Promotion of Use and Distribution of Legally-harvested Wood and Wood Products (Clean Wood Act) in 2016. The objective of this new act is to...

Fact Sheet

September 2019

IGES Climate x SDGs Infographics Series: Industry Transition

The infographic on Industry Transition is part of the IGES Infographics Series on the interactions between Climate Action and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The six transformative action areas for the infographics series were: Climate Finance and Carbon Pricing; Energy Transition; Industry Transition; Nature-based Solutions...

Peer-reviewed Article

September 2019

Hydrogeochemical Assessment of Groundwater Quality of Mokopane Area, Limpopo, South Africa Using Statistical Approach

In Water

Despite being a finite resource, both the quality and quantity of groundwater are under tremendous pressure due to rapid global changes, viz. population growth, land-use/land-cover changes (LULC), and climate change. The 6th Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) aims to “Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all”...

Policy Brief

June 2019

Biodiversity - A Key Source of Technological Innovation

Biodiversity – the variety of life on Earth – provides a virtually infinite source of inspiration for technological innovation. Thousands of designs and strategies from thousands of unique species and ecosystems are being uncovered and mimicked for applications as diverse as surgery and space exploration. At the same time, however, unique species...

Annual Report

September 2019

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies FY2018 Annual Report

Briefing Note

September 2019

The Tie that Binds: How Inclusion Strengthens the Integration of Climate and Sustainable Development

This briefing note draws upon our experiences at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) and International Forum for a Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) to reflect on how inclusion and integration can affect the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Report Chapter

July 2019

Biodiversity and Industry

Industry, in the context of this chapter, is mostly confined to the strict definition of the word: -“economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories”. Industry has a major impact on nature and its biodi- versity in Asia and the Pacific, as it does elsewhere in the world. Industry impacts...

Peer-reviewed Article

April 2019

Tree diversity, forest structure and species composition in a logged-over mixed dipterocarp forest, Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia

In Transitions on Science and Technology

The Anap Muput Forest Management Unit (AMFMU) located in Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia is a production forest. It have undergone at least one or two cycle of selective logging where valuable timber species are depleting. Therefore the structure, composition and productivity of the re growth forests are quite different from the virgin stands. Measuring...

Discussion Paper

October 2019

The Current Status and Prospects for Coal Industry Transition in China

This paper provides some background information on coal industry transition that has occurred recently in China, and shows prospects for better transition management with a focus on employment. Using statistical data and scenario analysis results provided in existing literature, changes in coal consumption, production and international trade in...