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Asia-Pacific Climate Security Project (APCS)

International Workshop "Ensuring Food Security under Climate Crisis"

This workshop investigated current debates, research gaps, and possible policy interventions for ensuring food security under climate crisis. The communiqué issued at the World Food Summit in 1996 defines food security as follows: ‘Food security...
Location:
Hayama
Languages:
English / Japanese
(Simultaneous interpretation)
Past Event
UNEA6 Side Event

Synergistic Approaches to Overcome the Triple Crisis and the SDG Deadlock

This side event, held at the 6th United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA6), focused on the critical need for enhancing synergistic approaches to addressing the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. These...
Location:
Nairobi
Languages:
English
Past Event

Adopting Integrated Solid Waste Management towards Zero Waste Cities

Summary The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently convened a webinar titled "Adopting Integrated Solid Waste Management towards Zero Waste Cities" on March 27, 2024, in...
Location:
Online
Languages:
English
Announcement

Establishment of Global Environmental Action (GEA) Secretariat

On 1 April 2024, IGES established the Global Environmental Action (GEA) Secretariat at the IGES Tokyo Sustainability Forum. GEA is an NGO founded in 1991 by former Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita to contribute to the solution of global environmental...
Peer-reviewed Article

Assessment and Sustainable Management Strategies for Plastic Waste in Can Tho City, Vietnam: A Circular Economy Approach

In Water
Author:
Nguyen Truong
Thanh
Pham Van
Toan
Tran Van
Ty
Kim
Lavane
Huynh Vuong Thu
Minh
Dinh Van
Duy
Fayaz Ahmad
Tantray
Gowhar
Meraj
This study presents a comprehensive analysis of plastic waste accumulation in both terrestrial and aquatic environments in Can Tho city, Vietnam, a nation with high per capita plastic consumption and significant plastic waste discharge. Focusing on urban residential areas, riverside communities, suburbs, and rural regions, the research investigates...
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Keywords:
Plastic Waste
Peer-reviewed Article

Mortality Mapping of Pinus wallichiana in Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve: A UNESCO World Heritage Site in India

In Earth Systems and Environment
Author:
Shailesh
Pandey
Maneesh S.
Bhandari
Rajeev
Shankhwar
Pawan Kumar
Thakur
Gowhar
Meraj
Sabyasachi
Banerjee
Rajendra K.
Meena
Amit
Pandey
Harish S.
Ginwal
This study addresses the concerning mortality of Pinus wallichiana (blue pine), a crucial timber species in the northwestern Himalayas, specifically within the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (NDBR)––a UNESCO world heritage site in India. Hazard prediction mapping was carried out during the study period (2018–2021) using the MaxEnt program and...
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Past Event

Practical Workshop on Climate Assemblies: Featuring Local Cases in Japan and the UK

Climate Citizens' Assemblies are anticipated to be one way for various regions and countries to have a broad social consensus on promoting the transition to a decarbonised society. Climate Citizens' Assemblies gather together randomly selected...
Location:
Yokohama
Languages:
English and Japanese
(Simultaneous interpretation)
Book Chapter

Policies and Practice of Sound Material-Cycle Society in Japan: Transition Towards the Circular Economy

In Circular Economy Adoption Catalysing Decarbonisation Through Policy Instruments
Author:
This chapter provides the most recent policy frameworks for sound material-cycle society (SMCS) and promoting the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, and recycle) as well as circular economy transition in Japan, with some illustrations of the best practices carried out by the private sector and Japanese local governments as outcomes.
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Keywords:
Circular Economy
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