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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National Technical Workshop on Enhancing the Capacity of the Waste Recycling Sector Towards a Zero Waste Society in Cambodia
The National Technical Workshop on Enhancing the Capacity of the Waste Recycling Sector Towards a Zero Waste Society in Cambodia was held on March 25–26, 2025, at the Cambodiana Hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The workshop convened international...
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South to South Cooperation and Peer Learning for Effective EPR Policy Development - Closing Conference: Strengthening Plastic Pollution Management in Asia and the Pacific
As part of the Closing Conference on Strengthening Plastic Pollution Management in Asia and the Pacific, held on 5–6 March 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand, IGES organized a special session titled “South-to-South Cooperation and Peer Learning for...
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Strengthening ASEAN+3 Efforts to Tackle Marine Plastic Pollution
The 6th ERIA’s Experts Working Group (EWG) on Marine Plastic Debris Meeting was held on 18 February 2025 in a hybrid format, co-organised by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)’s Regional Knowledge Centre for Marine...
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Towards a Plastic Waste-Free Galle City: A Collaborative Journey to Sustainability
Plastic pollution is a growing global challenge that demands urgent, comprehensive, and collective action. In response, Sri Lanka’s Ministry of Environment (MOE) developed the National Action Plan on Plastic Waste Management, 2021–2030 (NAPPWM)...
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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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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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Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency
In recent years, circular economy (CE) and resource efficiency (RE) have taken centre stage in the G7 and G20 processes, contributed to the sustainable development agenda (SDGs), and played a role in addressing climate change. Circular economic...
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Emission Quantification Tool (EQT): A Pathway to Climate-Friendly Waste Solutions
The Emission Quantification Tool (EQT) was developed by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) as a science-based tool designed to empower policymakers and practitioners to estimate emissions, plan climate-friendly systems, and...