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Plastic pollution is a growing challenge in Southeast Asia, where rapid urbanisation and rising consumption are driving sharp increases in plastic waste. While traditional regulations such as plastic bans and information campaigns are important, they often fail to shift deeply ingrained consumption and waste management habits on their own. This new...

This paper examines the complex relationship between climate change and food security in the Asia-Pacific region. It demonstrates how climate change disrupts food systems through impacts on crop yields, fisheries, and supply chains, while interacting with socio-economic inequalities, governance failures, and competing resource demands to produce...

This paper outlines a comprehensive strategy for Lao PDR to eliminate open waste burning (OWB), a prevalent disposal method caused by limited waste collection services. It emphasizes that OWB is a major source of toxic air pollutants like PM2.5 and black carbon, which severely threaten public health and exacerbate climate change. Rather than...

What a Waste 3.0 is the third edition of the World Bank Group’s What a Waste series, following the 2012 and 2018 publications. It updates and expands these earlier publications and provides a global reference dataset on municipal solid waste in the context of a transition toward circularity, drawing on the most recent publicly accessible data from...

This Regional Roadmap to End Open Burning of Waste in Asia provides a structured, holistic, and evidence-based guide for policymakers, practitioners, academics, and development partners to eliminate OWB in a manner that is feasible, equitable, and aligned with global and national development priorities. The Roadmap draws on literature review...

The special session was co-organized by the Embassy of Japan in Thailand and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, focuses on establishing and expanding an international metal resource circularity network through the proper treatment of e-waste between ASEAN and Japan. Dr. Hotta and Dr. Menikpura presented about lifecycle sustainability...

Asia Pacific Roundtable for SCP (APRSCP), IGES, Thai SCP Net, and Viet Nam's Institute for Circular Economy Development co-organized a special session on "Promoting SCP model and beyond for the decarbonized and circular economy" at the 3RINCs 2026 held in Bangkok on March 9-11, 2026. The session was organized to Showcase National SCP-CE Models...

From 24 to 27 February 2026, the UNDP held a training course in Yokohama for 40 ASEAN officials on the link between measures to tackle marine plastic pollution and the tourism sector. Mr. Hiroshi Ono, Executive Director of IGES, shared Japan’s experience on Circular Economy and waste management policy development, helping the participants to gain...

The Seventh G20 Report on Action against Marine Plastic Litter is the seventh compilation of policies and measures undertaken by countries and international organisations globally to tackle marine plastic litter, and is prepared under the leadership of South Africa, the G20 Presidency for 2025, in collaboration with the Ministry of the Environment...

The global environmental governance landscape is undergoing a paradigmatic shift from state-centric pollution control to market-based Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). This report provides an exhaustive analysis of the EPR landscape within the Indo-Pacific region, contrasting the mature, strict-liability frameworks of East Asia (Japan, South...