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Peer-reviewed Article

Emerging threats from climate change on our oceans demand proactive action

In Sustainability Science
Author:
Jim
Falk
Swadhin
Behera
Nancy
Bermas
Tony
Capon
Joachim
von Braun
Rita R
Colwell
Adel S
El-Beltagy
Richard
Damania
Charles F
Kennel
Margaret
Leinen
Phoebe
Koundouri
Cherry A
Murray
Ismail
Serageldin
Chiho
Watanabe
Ismahane
Elouafi
Ellycia
Harrould-Kolieb
Stacy
Jupitar
Satoshi
Lizuka
Miko
Maekawa
Yutaka
Michida
Ali
Mashayek
Aditi
Mukherji
Katherine
Richardson
Ronald
Rooparine
Toshio
Suga
Gunter
Sutiyono
Makoto
Taniguchi
Michelle
Tigchelaar
Yoshihide
Wada
Consensus statement from the presenters and the International Advisory Committee of the Regional Action on Climate Change Symposium (RACC-16) held in conjunction with, and with the support of the Kyoto-based Science, Technology and Society Forum, 5 October 2024.
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Conference Proceeding

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2024) Summary Report

International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2024)
Author:
The International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) is an international forum where leading experts, international organisations, governments, businesses, and NGOs gather to discuss various aspects of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. ISAP is held annually in Japan to promote information sharing and strengthen...
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Keywords:
Sustainability
Just and Sustainable Transition
Biodiversity
climate change
decarbonisation
Climate and SDGs Synergy
Plastic Waste
Circular Economy
1.5℃
climate security
Circulating and Ecological Sphere
nature positive
Synergy
Net zero
Past Event
S-21 Project Open Public Event

Exploring Nature Positive Futures

Nature Positive is a global societal goal defined as ‘halt and reverse nature loss by 2030 on a 2020 baseline, and achieve full recovery by 2050’, in line with the mission of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Nature Positive...
Location:
Hybrid
Languages:
English / Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation)
(Simultaneous interpretation)
Conference Paper

Environmental Impact Caused by Open Waste Burning Activity in Asia

IWWG-ARB 2025 - The 6th Symposium of the International Waste Working Group Asian Regional Branch
Author:
Bimastyaji S. Ramadan
Open waste burning (OWB) is a source of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as CH4, BC, and CO 2, as well as other primary air pollutants such as total suspended particulates (TSP), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrous oxide (NO x), and sulfur dioxide (SO 2). This study aims to estimate the total OWB emissions from OWB activity. This study used...
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Keywords:
Open burning
Solid waste management
Greenhouse gas emissions
Black Carbon
Peer-reviewed Article

Assessing the Economic and Environmental Impacts of Anaerobic Digestion for Municipal Organic Waste: A Case Study of Minamisanriku Town, Japan

In Sustainability
Author:
Dami
Moon
Anaerobic digestion (AD), or biogas technology, is an optimal method for municipal organic waste (MOW) treatment, recovering both material and energy. This study takes a life cycle assessment perspective and examines the economic and environmental impacts of a BIO facility in Minamisanriku Town, Japan, which has utilized MOW (kitchen/food waste and...
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Commentary (Op. Ed)

Reinvigorating the Sustainable Development Goals: The Utrecht Roadmap

GlobalGoals2024, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Author:
Frank
Biermann
Dan
Banik
Marianne
Beisheim
Steven
Bernstein
Pamela
Chasek
Ines
Dombrowsky
Boniface
Dulani
Margarita
Gomez
Thomas
Hickman
Anna-Katharina
Hornidge
Louis
Kotze
Shirin
Malekpour
Asa
Persson
Prajal
Pradhan
Guilerme
de Queiroz Stein
Johan
Schot
Michelle
Scobie
Carole-Ann
Senit
Yixian
Sun
Mara
Wendebourg
Fronika
de Wit
In 2015, the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, extensive research and numerous policy reports suggest that these goals struggle to gain momentum, leading the UN Secretary-General to call for their urgent “rescue.” Several factors have been cited for the...
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Keywords:
SDGs
HLPF
science and policy interface
civil society
sustainable finance
localizing SDGs
SDG synergies
Past Event
COP29 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Enhancing Early Warning Systems (EWS) Deployment & Further Collaboration in Asia-Pacific

With increasing international attention to loss and damage related to climate change, Japan announced the “Assistance Package by the Government of Japan for Averting Minimizing and Addressing Loss and Damage” (APLD) at COP27. As part of the...
Location:
Hybrid
Languages:
English / Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation)
(Simultaneous interpretation)
Past Event
COP29 Japan Pavilion Side Event

Tackling Emerging Infectious Threats through Innovative Collaboration in the Era of Climate Change

Dengue fever is an infectious disease that the World Health Organization (WHO) named as one of the top 10 threats to global health in 2019. However, with no effective treatment, approximately half of the world's population is currently at risk of...
Location:
Hybrid
Languages:
English / Japanese (Simultaneous interpretation)
(Simultaneous interpretation)
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