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Updated: August 2021

Special Feature on G7 & G20 in 2021

The year 2021 will be a milestone for accelerating international efforts on various environmental issues, including climate change and biodiversity: the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological Diversity...

Announcement

28 July 2021

Employees Test Positive for COVID-19

Two employees at the Kansai Research Centre (Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture) of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) tested positive for COVID-19 on 26 July 2021. The employees fell ill on 26 July and both took a test on the same day...

Past Event

20 July 2021

The health and climate imperatives to address open burning of waste

The uncontrolled burning of waste takes place worldwide, particularly in lower-and–middle income countries (LMICs) where waste management systems are often limited in effectiveness or altogether non-existent. The evidence about this issue's...

Past Event

28 June 2021

IGES webinar on VLR

From Reporting to Action: How “Voluntary Local Review” can amplify local sustainability?

In 2018 four pioneer local governments—Kitakyushu, New York, Toyama, and Shimokawa—presented their Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda. Ever since, the VLR movement has grown, with an increasing number of...

Past Event

9 July 2021

HLPF2021 Side Event

Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Role of the Satoyama Initiative for Green and Blue Recovery

In line with the key theme of the 2021 HLPF, this side event will highlight the role of socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) under the Satoyama Initiative in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as its...

Announcement

29 August 2019

Launch of the IGES “SDG Interlinkages Analysis & Visualisation Tool” (Version 3.0)

An upgraded version of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies’ (IGES) SDG Interlinkages Analysis & Visualisation Tool (Version 3.0) is now available.

Past Event

16 June 2021

Webinar: “Integrating Clean Air and Climate Actions in Cities: Lessons Learned on Co-Benefits in Asia”

On 16 June, IGES co-sponsored a webinar titled “Integrating Clean Air and Climate Actions in Cities: Lessons Learned on Co-Benefits in Asia”, and also released guidelines on co-benefits Integrating air pollution and climate change in a single set...

Past Event

24 June 2021

2nd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development

On 24 and 25 June, IGES will co-host the 2nd International Symposium on Sustainable Development and Disaster Resilience (in a virtual format), with a focus on disaster risk reduction and sustainable development. This symposium will bring...

Past Event

21 June 2021

Integrated approaches to boost SDG7 and climate-relevant SDG actions towards sustainability in the Asia-Pacific

UNESCAP’s Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2021 analysed the status of SDG7 in the Asia-Pacific and concluded, “At the current pace of progress, the region is likely to miss the 2030 targets on access to energy services and energy...

Project

Updated: June 2021

JBF-IPBES Capacity Building Project

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) implemented “the Capacity building Project for the implementation of IPBES Asia Pacific Regional Assessment” from 2016 to 2020. This project was supported by the Japan Biodiversity Fund (JBF),