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Under S-16 project, Japan-Thailand SCP Research Collaboration Joint Symposium was held to desicuss possible collaboration for Policy Design Research for SCP on October 22nd 2019 at Sukosol Hotel, Bnagkok, Thailand. Hotta and Tasali presented how SCP policy research and design requires co-design approach.

A report on the policy related to Circular Economy in Japan, developed for The EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation.

More and more researchers are working with cities on innovative responses to climate change. Many of these efforts involve purposive experimentation. These experiments entail collaboration between researchers and policymakers in efforts to introduce small-scale initiatives that open opportunities for large-scale transformations. The promise of...

The participants of the Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) Annual Conference 2019 “ The Role of Consumers in Triggering Change in Consumption & Production” brainstormed the root causes of the plastic waste problem and proposed policy recommendations based on national experiences and expertise on the issue. The following were the key insights...

On June 5th 2019, Da Nang city, Viet Nam, conducted 10 years assessment of the progress of implementation of its environmental action plan. IGES has provided summary report of the progress of collaboration between Yokohama city and Da Nang city including JICA partnership project on source separation and recycling for improving solid waste...

Indonesia begins to prepare a long-term GHG emissions reduction target (2050), which is commonly called Long Term Strategy (LTS). In line with this National LTS, DKI Jakarta is preparing its Provincial LTS aiming to establish the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) for achieving the Low Carbon Society (LCS). In conjunction with this DKI Jakarta...

Chapter 2 presents a general overview of the academic landscape of sustainability science research in Africa and summarizes the challenges and knowledge gaps for sustainable development in Africa. The chapter sets out to examine the current trends and patterns of sustainability research and how they can contribute to addressing sustainable...

Faced with a lack of fine grain data availability, in rapidly emerging urban centers of developing nations, the study explored a mapping methodology to create thematic map of public urban green space (UGS). Using GIS, a thematic map of Nagpur city, India was prepared. The objective was to prepare spatial data that are relevant for planners and...

Presentation on G7 Resource efficiency synthesis report as a follow-up activity of the G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency on both the Toyama Framework on Material Cycles (2016) at G20 Resource Efficiency Dialogue 2019 and Follow up of the G20 Implementation Framework for Actions on Marine Plastic Litter

This report is an output of the Expert Thematic Workshop on Landscape Approaches for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework held 3-6 September 2019 in Kumamoto, Japan, which was organized by the United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS) in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Convention on...