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Bhutan faces mounting pressure on its municipal solid waste (MSW) management systems. Its capital city, Thimphu, generates approximately 50 tonnes of MSW per day, of which roughly 30 tonnes per day is organic (wet) waste that is currently deposited at the Memelakha landfill — an ageing open-dumpsite already well beyond its intended lifespan. At the...

This research aims to contribute to the new scientific knowledge related to the adaptation and climate resilient development strategies. In particular, cultural heritage is a new element for the Global Goals on Adaptation (GGA) in the UAE Framework for Global Climate Resilience, which was adopted in Dubai 2023. Creating new scientific knowledge on...

Presentation at the year-end project meeting : Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage and Climate Change in the Asia-Pacific Region, coordinated by International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI)

環境省業務「令和７年度途上国における適応M&Eツールの適応プロセス実装支援及び国際整合化検討業務」では、ユーザー対話型の適応のモニタリングと評価（M&E）ツール「Japan Adaptation Monitoring and Evaluation System」 （以下、「JAMES」）を開発途上国の諸都市における適応計画や防災計画等の気候変動適応推進プロセスに引き続き実装し、途上国の地域での適応プロセス推進を支援するとともに、国際援助機関や開発コンサルタント等が実施する支援事業とJAMESの連携可能性について検討を行った。併せて、2023年に国連気候変動枠組条約（UNFCCC）第28回締約国会議（COP28）で合意されたUAEフレームワークとの整合性を図りつつ、各国...

From "Islands of Excellence" to a "Sea of Change": How ASEAN's Secondary Cities are Localising the SDGs in the region As the ASEAN region rapidly urbanises, the focus often falls on its mega-cities. However, a quiet transformation is underway in the region’s secondary cities -- the agile urban centres that are proving to be fertile ground for...

IGES Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Database provides detailed information on the JCM methodologies, projects, and JCM feasibility studies to be utilized for research and development of JCM project. The JCM is being implemented under bilateral cooperation between Japan and 29 partner countries: Mongolia, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Kenya, Maldives, Viet...

The 2nd Technical Working Group meeting to develop National Plastic Action Plan in Myanmar was organized on January 11, 2023 as an online event. During the TWG meeting, Hotta presented the current status of internatonal cooperation on plastic pollution in ASEAN countries as well as its implications to interanational negotiation to develop...

Open waste burning is a widespread practice that is provoked by a lack of systematic waste collection, the unavailability of other disposal options, and inadequate land for the final disposal of the collected waste, especially in low- and middle-income countries. From a global perspective, two billion people have no waste collection at all, and the...

The sound management of healthcare waste (HCW) has been receiving increasing global attention, now even more so given the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic. Uncontrolled fluctuations in generation quantities, the composition of HCW as well as the significant impacts it poses on public health and the environment require a more dynamic and cohesive...

Since the late 2000s, the global timber trade has undergone emerging legality requirements on imported timber products in major consumer countries. As a key country in supplying tropical hardwood, Myanmar's potential to participate in expanding regulated markets rests on its capacity to hold accountability for the legal origin of timber products...