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Presentation

July 2019

From Science to Implementation: Strengthening the Science Policy Interface to Integrate Climate Change, Resilience, and the SDGs

HLPF2019 IGESSide Event “From Science to Implementation: Strengthening the Science Policy Interface (SPI) to Integrate Climate Change, Resilience, and the SDGs” on 11thJuly 2019, UNHQ, NY

Presentation

July 2019

STI Road Maps and the Circulating and Ecological Economy

Report of the STI Forum At the High Level Political Forum under the Auspices of ECOSOC

Report of the STI Forum At the High-Level Political Forum under the Auspices of ECOSOC: 12 July 2019

Book Chapter

August 2019

Sharing Place: A Case Study on the Loss of Peri-urban Landscape to Urbanization in India

In Sharing Ecosystem Services

Peri-urban landscapes are fast changing with the loss of its own characteristics and transforming into a new landscape with new mosaic set of characteristics that are strikingly different from the previous. There is an increasing trend across the world to transform these peri-urban areas, just outside the periphery of bigger cities, into satellite...

Presentation

July 2019

Mainstreaming the SDGs in Business: Actions by Companies and Organisations in Japan

HLPF2019

This is a presentation delivered at a side event of HLPF 2019. The results of the latest SDG survey and interviews targeting member companies and organisations of the Global Compact Network Japan are presented.

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