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Workshop on Biennial Update Report
IGES in collaboration with the Global Support Programme (GSP) and the UNFCCC Regional Collaboration Centre (RCC) for Asia and the Pacific, co-organised the “Workshop on Biennial Update Report (BUR*)” on 9 -11 February 2021. The three-day workshop...
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【ISAP2021】 The 13th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “The Decisive Decade: Towards Integrated Solutions to Climate, Biodiversity and Other Planetary Challenges”
24 November 2021, Plenary Sessions (Hybrid) 25 November – 3 December 2021, Thematic Tracks (Online) The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will host the 13th International Forum on Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2021)...
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Updated Memorandum of Understanding Between IGES and UNESCAP
On 31 March, IGES and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that reaffirmed their desire to work together in areas of mutual interest in the service of Asia...
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IGES Submitted Recommendations for Revising Japan’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) －On the validity of and methodology for raising the emissions reduction targetー
On 21 February, 2020, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) submitted its recommendations to the Ministry of the Environment for revising Japan's emissions reduction target, through its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)...
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IGES Activity on "UN Climate Action Summit and SDGs Summit"
For the recent Climate Action Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on world leaders to come to New York on 23 September with concrete, realistic plans to enhance their nationally determined contributions by 2020, in line with reducing...