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This booklet was made in order to introduce success stories on adoption of Japanese Low Carbon Technologies (LCTs), best operating practices, energy-saving and economic impacts, etc. through activities of the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP). JITMAP is a multi-stakeholder platform launched by IGES and TERI in July 2016 with the...

The article introduces an innovative model for bilateral technology cooperation titled ‘Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform’ (JITMAP), which has been designed and implemented by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan in partnership with TERI to facilitate the transfer of low carbon technologies (LCTs) and best practices...

In this paper, the quality of a source of drinking water is assessed by measuring eight water quality (WQ) parameters using 710 samples collected from a water-stressed region of India, Jodhpur Rajasthan. The entire sample was divided into ten groups representing different geographic locations. Using American Public Health Association (APHA)...

This report covers the technical assessment of the voluntary submission of Thailand on its proposed forest reference emission level (FREL) and forest reference level (FRL) in accordance with decision 13/CP.19. The author at IGES (Chisa Umemiya) served as a member of the technical assessment team.

Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging pollutant in the aquatic environment, and this has gradually been recognized in the Asian region. This systematic review study, using the Scopus database, provides an insightful understanding of the spatial distribution of scientific studies on MPs in freshwater conducted across the Asian region, utilized...

Coastal communities are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change on the ocean, including depleted marine ecosystems, sea-level rise, and coastal hazards such as storm surges. These climate changerelated impacts have been experienced by Guimaras, a small island province located in Western Visayas, Philippines. IGES and PEMSEA...

In order to ensure accountability for each research project and provide feedback to improve overall effectiveness, IGES has traditionally invited external experts to conduct a review at the end of each Phase. The IGES external review examines to what extent studies and activities conducted in the Integrative Strategic Research Programme for the...

This presentation presented a summary of the targets within the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (GBF) that relate to health. There are four such targets, which is a considerable proportion the total number, demonstrating the importance afforded to biodiversity and health.

This study intends to identify conditions that determine the characteristics of donors who allocate a larger share of Official Development Assistance (ODA) to climate change mitigation (mitigation ODA) following the adoption of the Paris Agreement. The study uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) which allows us to examine...

A presentation of a paper written by Johnson, Mader, Dasgupta and Kumar in 2020, as part of an online event on citizen science. The original paper by Johnson et al. is available at https://www.iges.or.jp/en/pub/citizen-science-and-invasive-species/en.