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The expansion of the online food services (collectively referred to as ‘OFS’) sector has been accelerating at high rates worldwide over the last few years. This sector is widely acknowledged, especially by urban consumers, for making life more convenient. During the strict lockdown following the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic, the OFS sector saw...

As the nature of environmental issues is constantly changing, the development of the Sixth ASEAN State of the Environment Report (SOER6) is pivotal to equipping the ASEAN Member States (AMS) with up-to-date information on the status and trends of the region’s environment. SOER6 has several new elements. It assesses the progress and contribution...

▪ Remarkable progress has been made to improve access to safe and clean drinking water over the last 20 years; however, water degradation caused by poor sanitation and hygiene services, low water-use efficiency for agriculture, and lack of appropriate domestic wastewater treatment systems are still common challenges observed in many ASEAN Member...

兵庫県では2020年度から「ひょうご高校生 環境・未来リーダー育成プロジェクト」を開催しており、青森県でも昨年度から「青森県から日本・世界の環境・エネルギー問題を考える地元高校生向けワークショップ」が始まった。これらは2050年の脱炭素社会の実現に向け、その担い手となる若手人材の育成を目的とした5～6日間の研修プログラムであり、その企画・運営にIGES関西研究センターが携わっている。これまでに兵庫県では延べ25校から104名が、青森県では6校から32名が参加した。昨今、気候変動問題をはじめとした地球環境問題に関する教育の充実の必要性が叫ばれてきており、そのような市民向けプログラムが各地で開催されるようになってきているが、高校生を対象とし...

• Since its inception, ASEAN has had a vision of an integrated, sustainable, harmonious, peaceful, and productive region, with its “One Vision, One Identity, One Community”. • The three complementary communities, APSC, AEC, and ASCC, all include aspects of the future environmental conditions and quality of life desired for all ASEAN people, aligned...

• In ASEAN’s organizational structure, environmental cooperation is under the ASCC. • Environmental cooperation within ASEAN is overseen by AMME, managed by ASOEN, and implemented through seven Working Groups under the ASOEN, supported by the ASEAN Secretariat. • ASEAN conducts international cooperation on the environment at all levels, from the...

The ASEAN State of the Environment Report (SOER) is a regular flagship publication of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) which is periodically published every 3-5 years. The SOERs present a comprehensive review of the state and trends of the environment, the pressures on it and the drivers of those pressures, and the national and...

• The SDGs encourage countries to develop synergies between the environment and the social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. This could help gain more support for environmental measures by the public as well as a broader range of policymakers. • AMS have extensively engaged with the SDG process, developing data and indicators and...

• As ASEAN increasingly transitions away from its agrarian traditions and becomes a core part of the global supply chain, improved environmental management of chemicals and waste is imperative. • Manufacturing is now a major contributor to AMS' gross domestic product (GDP) and exports but too many outdated factories in some developing ASEAN...

• The drivers of resource consumption are population growth and economic development, leading to unsustainable consumption and production in the ASEAN region. • Increased consumption will lead to higher material extraction and processing. The current model of resource consumption has a linear flow (production→consumption→waste) and will lead to...