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The presentation focuses on financing MSMEs in India. It provides a few recommendations to strengthen the Japan-Indian Technology Matchmaking Platform, established by IGES and TERI, to promote MSMEs' access to sustainable/green finance.

The presentation raises awareness about the urgency for MSMEs to embrace sustainability. MSMEs’ sustainability is interlinked with the sustainable lifestyle of their employees and the surrounding communities. The presentation emphasizes that financing MSMEs’ journey to sustainability should be part of a Wholistic/inclusive approach to promoting a...

Poster presentation at the IAMC academic conference held online in December 2021. The authors presented the current development of Local Climate Change Action Plan for Da Nang city based on carbon neutral strategy by 2050.

Official stakeholder consultation meeting was organized between experts team and Da Nang city authority under the project 'MOEJ City to City collaborations' for the development of Local Climate Change Action Plan (LCCAP) which was chaired by the Department of Natural Resource and Environment, Da Nang city. Key departments provided inputs and...

Presentation at IAMC annal meeting in December 2021. The project is a part of IIASA-MOEJ collaborative project B, Bhutan component. The unexpected Covid-19 pandemic, however, hit global society at the end of 2019, and Bhutan is no exception. Covid-19 has significantly highlighted the social systematic vulnerabilities in a global context. In such a...

Asia’s rapid urbanization and economic growth over the past few decades have resulted in an increasing number of social and environmental challenges. Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) stands out amongst these issues, as the waste itself is highly visible and prevalent, increasing environmental pollutions (land, air and water), climate change...

UN Secretary-General Guterres said “Phasing out coal from the electricity sector is the single most important step to get in line with the 1.5 degree goal.” At the COP 26, the world was divided into the coal phase-out countries and the phase-down countries. On the other hand, Japan adopts “fade-out” policy and maintains “highly efficient” coal...

Dr Yasuhiko Hotta, Sustainable Consumption and Production Program Director of IGES, on behalf of Mr Michikazu Kojima, Research Fellow of ERIA, emphasized the need to collect more data on which, science-driven policymaking has to develop. He also put forth the new capacity building needs in the region that the Regional Knowledge Centre can...

Paris agreement should not be seen as just one policy process But,in more wider changes in policy landscape on sustainability. Since 2015, we see mainstreaming of very ambitious sustainability goals such as decarbonization by the end of century in the Paris Agreement, marine plastic-free society by 2050 in G20’s Osaka Blue Ocean Vision, or...

Hotta made a keynote presentation in front of ASEAN member countries and Japanese businesses on how plastic issues can be an opportunity to promote circular economy in ASEAN member states.