IGES cooperates with central and local governments, businesses, international organisations and other development partners to guide the transition to a resource efficient, circular and low carbon economy.
Changing consumption and production patterns remains crucial for achieving a climate-resilient future. We promote upstream and downstream solutions aimed at supporting behaviour change and advancing resource efficiency including through the design of integrated waste management strategies.
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COP29 Japan Pavilion Side Event
Shaping Global Standards through Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Principles (CEREP) and Global Circularity Protocol (GCP)
As included in the outcome of the first Global Stocktake at COP28, circular economy approaches are recognized as an indispensable tool for climate solutions. The essential role of businesses in promoting global circularity, thereby meeting...
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Breaking the Plastic Habit in ASEAN Countries: Project Phase II ‐ Expanding the Application of Behavioural Insights to Reduce Single-use Plastic Waste in Cities and Communities in Asia
Plastic is pervasive in modern life, making its reduction a complex societal challenge. Reducing plastic consumption will necessitate substantial shifts in societal behaviour, supported by increased public awareness of the environmental and health...
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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...
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Dr. Johan Rockström Visits IGES and Delivers Special Lecture
On 9 October, Dr. Johan Rockström, the globally renowned scientist on planetary sustainability and leading researcher on planetary boundaries (Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Professor in Earth System Science at the...
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Six ASEAN partners selected for ‘Breaking the Plastic Habit in Asia’ project (Phase II)
Tokyo/Jakarta 20 September 2024 IGES and the Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine Plastic Debris of ERIA (the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia) have announced the launch of Phase II of the ‘Breaking the Plastic Habit in Asia’...
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【ISAP2024】 The 16th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific “Taking an Integrated Approach to Overcome the Triple Planetary Crisis”
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) will host the 16th International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP2024). This year, the Plenary Sessions will be held on Tuesday, 23 July 2024 at Pacifico Yokohama as a hybrid...
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Updated: December 2024
Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency
In recent years, circular economy (CE) and resource efficiency (RE) have become central to the G7 / G20 process and the sustainable development agenda, as well as the response to climate change. A circular economy aims to realise resource circulation...
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Updated: December 2024
ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme (SDGs-FC)
ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities The ASEAN SDGs Frontrunner Cities Programme (SDGs-FC) is an initiative under the ASEAN Working Group on Environmentally Sustainable Cities (AWGESC) funded by the Japan-ASEAN Integration Fund (JAIF). It aims to support...
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Updated: December 2024
IGES Plastic Focus: Tackling Pollution and Advancing Circular Solutions
Plastic Pollution as a Global Agenda Nearly a decade has passed since plastic pollution and its countermeasures began to be recognised as a major global agenda. A key turning point in this recognition was the 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur...