地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）

Featured article: IGES Activities at the 4th World Water Forum (WWF4) Report: Senior Officials Meeting on the 3R Initiative and Future Prospects / Japan - US Cooperation: To Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and its Ancillary Benefits / Discussing Options for Encouraging Asia to Participate in the Future Climate Regime / Enhancing the...

Featured article: IGES Activities at the 4th World Water Forum (WWF4) Report: Senior Officials Meeting on the 3R Initiative and Future Prospects / Japan - US Cooperation: To Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction and its Ancillary Benefits / Discussing Options for Encouraging Asia to Participate in the Future Climate Regime / Enhancing the...

Outline of the IGES research projects including: Climate Policy Project, CDM Programme, Business for Sustainable Society Project, Forest Conservation Project, Freshwater Resources Management Project, Long-term Perspective and Policy Integration Project, Urban Environmental Management Project. In Japanese.

Currently economic integration in East Asia is accelerating along with a political movement towards the creating of an East Asia Community. Regional economic integration could promote sustainability through generating higher incomes and facilitating clean technology transfer on one hand, but equally it could cause natural resource degradation and...

While waste generation is still on the rise in many countries, some of them have succeeded in reversing the increase in waste generation and raising the recycling ratio by identifying the convergence of economic and environmental benefits. Wastes range widely from country to country and span the entire spectrum from containers and pakages...

Proceedings of the International Workshop on "Business and the Environment" 2005 on 22 November, 2005. In Japanese. IGES関西研究センターは、財団法人兵庫県環境クリエイトセンターとともに、日本におけるドイツ年事業の一環として、2005年11月22日に、2005年度「産業と環境」国際ワークショップをJICA兵庫国際センター（神戸市内）で開催した。 今回のワークショップでは、ドイツからのゲストスピーカー2名、日本から研究者3名による、合計5つの発表が行われた。また、総括セッションでは、日独の循環ビジネスにおける現状と今後のあり方について活発な議論が展開された。 ドイツ側の報告では...

This report consists of three main parts: 1) Recommendations for Sustainable Groundwater Management in Asian Cities, 2) Situation Analysis and 3) Summary of Case Studies. The first part highlights the recommendations for better groundwater management. The Remarks: Final Report: "Sustainable Groundwater Management in Asian Cities: A final report of...

Groundwater, often described as “out of sight, out of mind”, is a crucial resource for mankind, yet not many people realise its crucial situation. This edition of IRES aims to highlight the importance of groundwater resource, particularly in Asia, and present new technologies and innovative solutions for groundwater management and policy. EDITORS'...