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Peer-reviewed Article

April 2025

Assessment of long‑term rainfall trends and variability in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: implications for water resources management strategies

In Discover Environment

The water budget in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) depends heavily on rainfall which play crucial roles in supporting agriculture, aquaculture, and local livelihoods. This study evaluated rainfall trends across the VMD from 1978 to 2022, revealing significant spatial and seasonal variations. While a few inland stations showed marginal increases...

Peer-reviewed Article

May 2024

Examining the unsustainable relationship between SDG performance, ecological footprint and international spillovers

In Scientific Reports

For almost a decade, countries have been working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Yet progress on the SDGs across countries, as well as across the 17 goals, has proven frustratingly slow. Even countries that have performed relatively well on the SDGs may have done so by causing negative externalities, such as environmental...

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Spillovers

Material Footprint

SDGs

Just Transition

Peer-reviewed Article

December 2024

Spatiotemporal dynamics of bioproduction systems and ecosystem services in the Baroro and Pagsanjan-Lumban watersheds, Philippines

In Paddy and Water Environment

The expansion and intensification of bioproduction systems (BPS) have historically contributed to ecosystem loss and degradation. However, recent studies have shown the ability of BPS to supply multiple ES and its potential to contribute to global biodiversity conservation goals. Hence, this study investigates the changes in BPS and land uses...

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InVEST model

Spatial autocorrelation

Land Use Change

Watershed management

Spatial heterogeneity

Technical Report

November 2024

Guidebook on the State of River Basin Reporting for Local Governments and River Basin Organizations in the East Asian Seas Region

The Guidebook on the State of the River Basin (SORB) Reporting System is intended for local governments and/or river basin organizations in the East Asian Seas region currently or planning to implement integrated river basin management (IRBM)/integrated water resources management (IWRM) programs. The Guidebook provides guidance to local governments...

Keywords:

integrated river basin management

monitoring

reporting

source-to-sea

state of river basins

Peer-reviewed Article

June 2024

Understanding Japan's Land-use Dynamics between 1987 and 2050 using Land Accounting and Scenario Analysis

In Sustainability Science

Amidst global concerns about land use change and its far-reaching impact on biodiversity and human well-being, there is a growing need to understand how land use stock and flow changes over time through land use accounting. While existing studies on land accounting have focused on historical land changes, little attention has been paid to future...

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land use

Land accounts

Future projection

Abandoned farmland

Shrinking society

Peer-reviewed Article

June 2024

Influence of Image Compositing and Multisource Data Fusion on Multitemporal Land Cover Mapping of Two Philippine Watersheds

In Remote Sensing

Cloud-based remote sensing has spurred the use of techniques to improve mapping accuracy where individual images may have lower quality, especially in areas with complex terrain or high cloud cover. This study investigates the influence of image compositing and multisource data fusion on the multitemporal land cover mapping of the Pagsanjan-Lumban...

Keywords:

Google Earth Engine

land cover classification

map accuracy

Landsat

ALOS PALSAR

gray-level co-occurrence matrix

seasonal median composite

annual percentile composite

Peer-reviewed Article

December 2024

Putting power in perspective: a systematic review of power dynamics in social-ecological traps

In Discover Sustainability

This paper explores the use of power and politics in empirical literature on social-ecological traps. Social-ecological traps describe conditions where self-reinforcing interactions between social and ecological elements perpetuate a system in an unfavorable or undesirable state. Researchers across disciplines have theorized the nature and...

Peer-reviewed Article

January 2025

How the Concept of “Regenerative Good Growth” Could Help Increase Public and Policy Engagement and Speed Transitions to Net Zero and Nature Recovery

In Sustainability

Just and fair transitions to low-carbon and nature-positive ways of living need to occur fast enough to limit and reverse the climate and nature crises, but not so fast that the public is left behind. We propose the concept of “Regenerative Good Growth” (RGG) to replace the language and practice of extractive, bad GDP growth. RGG centres on the...

Keywords:

Regenerative Good Growth

bad GDP growth

climate crisis

nature crisis

renewable assets

public engagement

story and hope

social tipping points

backlash

green authoritarianism

Net zero

Peer-reviewed Article

April 2025

Climate-Induced Migration in India and Bangladesh: A Systematic Review of Drivers, Impacts, and Adaptation Mechanisms

In Climate

Climate-induced migration has emerged as a major concern in India and Bangladesh, due to their geographical vulnerability and socioeconomic conditions. Coastal areas, such as the Sundarbans and the Ganges–Brahmaputra Delta, face relentless threats due to rising sea levels, cyclones, and floods. These factors force millions to relocate, resulting in...

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E-newsletter (English) | 1 April 2025 News on IGES research activities and events. View on your browser. 日本語 1 April 2025 NEWS Advancing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement: 4th Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Global Partnership Meeting (GPM) held in...