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Updated: November 2025

IGES Activity on COP30

From 10 to 21 November, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Belém, located at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. As the highest decision-making

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E-newsletter（English）| 5 November 2025

E-newsletter (English) | 5 November 2025 News on IGES research activities and events. View on your browser. 日本語 5 November 2025 NEWS UNEP Executive Director and Director of UNEP’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific visited IGES for an Exchange...

Peer-reviewed Article

October 2025

Losing Ground: Flow Fragmentation and Sediment Decline in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (2000–2023)

In Earth Systems and Environment

The Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is undergoing increasing disruption to its sediment–water continuum due to upstream hydropower development, regional land use change, and climate variability. Suspended sediment concentration (SSC) and streamflow are key indicators of the delta’s ecological stability and agricultural productivity, yet their recent...

Past Event

3 October 2025

National Stakeholder Consultation on Developing Policy Recommendations to End Open Waste Burning (OWB) in Lao PDR

The national Stakeholder Consultation on Developing Policy Recommendations to end Open Waste Burning (OWB) in Lao PDR was held on October 3, 2025, at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Vientiane Capital. The event was co-organised by the Biotechnology...

Past Event

18 November 2024

COP29 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Net-Zero and NDCs: Science-based Climate Policymaking And Implementation in Asia

The Paris Agreement states that all parties should strive to formulate and communicate long-term low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission development strategies. In addition, the outcome document on the first Global Stocktake at COP28 in 2023 indicates...

Past Event

7 October 2025

ISAP2025: Thematic Track 6 (ADD-1)

How do Socio-Ecological Production Landscapes and Seascapes (SEPLS) promote the Nexus Approach? – Integrating theory and practice

In December 2024, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) approved the Nexus assessment which assessed the interlinkages between biodiversity, water, food, and health. The term, “Nexus approach”...

Past Event

8 October 2025

ISAP2025: Thematic Track 4 (TT-4)

Progress and Challenges of the Asia-Pacific Climate Security Project: How to Address Diverse Risks

The Asia-Pacific Climate Security Project is entering its final year. Undertaken by IGES, efforts have been made to survey and research the current state of climate change measures and the understanding of climate security in the Asia-Pacific...

Past Event

10 October 2025

ISAP2025: Thematic Track 5 (TT-5)

National Implementation and Current Status of Nature-based Solutions (NbS) to Address Climate Change Issues

Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for climate change represent one of today's most pressing research areas. This session brings together global NbS experts to share current developments, cutting-edge research, and practical examples while exploring key...

Announcement

17 October 2025

South Asia Unites to End Open Waste Burning: Kathmandu Declaration Finalised

On 6-7 September 2025, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) held a high-level regional policy dialogue in Kathmandu, Nepal, where participants adopted the Kathmandu Declaration on...

Peer-reviewed Article

October 2025

Critical phase transitions and early-warning frameworks for ecological networks in typical arid regions

In Journal of cleaner production

With accelerating global environmental change, arid ecosystems are entering a destabilized state, exhibiting greater fragmentation, impaired ecological functions, and diminished resilience. However, the systemic thresholds and collapse dynamics underlying these transitions remain poorly understood. This study addresses this gap by proposing a...