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Announcement

27 February 2019

Actions on Plastic Waste

With the growing awareness of the damage to marine life caused by plastics, at IGES, we are strengthening our efforts by participating in an initiative by MOEJ and Kanagawa Prefecture. MOEJ campaign and forum on Plastics Smart On 23 January 2019...

Past Event

12 February 2020

10th World Urban Forum

Integrating and Localising Global Sustainability Agenda through Voluntary Local Reviews in Cities

This training event equips the participants with the knowledge, methodology, and tools to implement the VLRs and look at the VLRs from a critical point of view. It also touches issues of integrating climate action and the SDGs in cities.

Past Event

19 February 2020

Training Workshop on Writing Proposals for the Joint Crediting Mechanism

On 19 February 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Department of Environment (DoE) on behalf of the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, jointly organised a training workshop on writing proposals for...

Past Event

21 January 2020

Workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism in the Lao PDR

Contribution to NDC Roadmap and SDGs Implementation

On 21 January 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) organised a workshop on the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in Lao PDR. The workshop aimed to promote further dissemination of low carbon technologies in Lao, through the...

Past Event

23 January 2020

Seminar on Climate Actions and the Joint Crediting Mechanism in Indonesia

On 23 January 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Indonesia JCM Secretariat, Coordinating Ministry of Economic Affairs, Indonesia (CMEA) jointly organised the “Seminar on Climate Actions and the Joint Crediting...

Press Release

25 November 2019

World’s First Portal Site on G20 Actions and Progress on Marine Plastic Litter Launched

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is pleased to announce the launch of a portal site, “Towards Osaka Blue Ocean Vision - G20 Implementation Framework for Actions on Marine Plastic Litter”, as part of support provided to the...

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Interview with the author (Yukiko Hirabayashi)

“Changes in the Cryosphere are an Important Piece of Evidence of Global Warming” Yukiko Hirabayashi, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology Lead Author, Chapter 2, IPCC Special Report on...

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Interview with the author (Hiroyuki Enomoto)

“The Sleeping Giant is Beginning to Stir.” Hiroyuki Enomoto, Vice Director, Arctic Environment Research Center (AERC) of the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) Lead Author, Chapter 1, IPCC Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere 1...

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What are SDGs

The international community is currently accelerating its efforts to ensure that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are a common goal for the world. On the other hand, the situation is different from when the MDGs were adopted in 2000, with a...

Announcement

1 February 2019

IPBES technical support unit for the assessment of invasive alien species established at IGES

IGES is honored to announce that, today, the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) technical support unit (TSU) for the thematic assessment of invasive alien species and their control was established at the IGES...