Strengthening efforts toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an urgent priority.
To this end, IGES tackles the different challenges associated with sustainability by promoting and implementing integrated and synergistic approaches, such as the Regional Circulating and Ecological Sphere (Regional-CES) model, through local level coordination, business engagement and citizen participation. Recommendations are made in line with the needs of the Asia-Pacific region as well as on a global level, and also contribute to the discussions on the post-2030 Agenda.
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Bridging Science, Policy, and Practice to Address the Triple Planetary Crisis: Strengthening Synergies for the SDGs and a Sustainable Post-2030 Future
Background The world currently faces an increasingly interconnected set of global crises spanning multiple socio-economic and environmental challenges. To accelerate the lagging implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, it is...
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Regional Kick-off and Capacity Building Workshop on “Accelerating Waste Methane Mitigation in South Asia for Climate, Health, and Development Co-Benefits”
Summary The Regional Kick-off and Capacity Building Workshop on "Accelerating Waste Methane Mitigation in South Asia for Climate, Health, and Development Co-Benefits", organised by the South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme (SACEP) in...
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Co-Designing the Regional Circular Economy Framework for South Asia: Consultation and Knowledge-Sharing Workshop
Summary The Consultation and Knowledge-Sharing Workshop for Co-Designing the Regional Circular Economy Framework for South Asia, co-organised by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), the South Asian Chamber of Commerce and...
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IGES Contribution to UNEP’s Global Environment Outlook 7 (GEO-7): A Future We Choose
On 9 December, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released the "Global Environment Outlook 7 (GEO-7): A future we choose". A total of 10 researchers from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) contributed to this report...
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South Asia Unites to End Open Waste Burning: Kathmandu Declaration Finalised
On 6-7 September 2025, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) held a high-level regional policy dialogue in Kathmandu, Nepal, where participants adopted the Kathmandu Declaration on...
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Updated: November 2025
IGES Activity on COP30
From 10 to 21 November, the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in Belém, located at the gateway to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. As the highest decision-making