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Yasuhiko Hotta appeared as a panelist for TV show in Ho Chi Minh City TV on the national and international experts and speakers of Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum (HEF) 2023.

The main aim of this study is to comprehensively analyze the dynamics of land use and land cover (LULC) changes in the Bathinda region of Punjab, India, encompassing historical, current, and future trends. To forecast future LULC, the Cellular Automaton–Markov Chain (CA) based on artificial neural network (ANN) concepts was used using cartographic...

内モンゴルには豊富な再生可能エネルギー資源を保有していることから、中央政府より、国家エネルギー基地としてしての役割が期待されている。特に、太陽光発電と風力発電の開発ポテンシャルが高いとされる理由は、その地形にある。高原地域に立地されている内モンゴルは風量と日射量に恵まれているだけではなく、大規模発電事業を展開するに十分な遊休地がある。それが、自治区面積の50.1%を占める59.3万㎢の荒漠化土地である（2019年基準）。中国は、国土面積の17.６％に相当する168.8万㎢の荒漠化土地が存在し、その35％が内モンゴルにある。

This is the Editorial of the first IGES-initiated Special Feature of the Sustainability Science journal. This Special Feature on Just and Sustainable Transitions in Net-Zero Asia aims to highlight how researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across Asia are applying just transition thinking to address pressing environmental challenges, climate...

Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum 2023 was a major international event for Ho Chi Minh City. The Forum had the participation of the Deputy Prime Minister, participants form international financial institutions (World Bank, IMF, IFC, ADB, etc.), international organizations, such as the World Economic Forum (WEF), businesses, national and international...

This policy paper and submittion to the first Global Stocktake (GST), highlights the potential contributions of non-state actors (NSAs) in the follow-up period of GST1, and presents recommendations to governments to unlock and maximize these opportunities. It draws lessons from our experience in developing the Independent Global Stocktake (iGST)...

地球沸騰化時代の「社会的共通資本論」―企業人と政策立案者に示唆するもの：世界的経済学者宇沢弘文教授は何を目指したか

During the HO CHI MINH CITY ECONOMIC FORUM 2023, Pre-session workshop “Circular economy for green growth transition in the Asia – Pacific region” was co-organized by International University, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city and Institute for Circular Economy Development, Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city. Hotta made a...

The importance of young people’s involvement in SDG processes is gaining recognition at the highest levels. This commentary highlights progress on youth engagement and points to three pillars of meaningful engagement that merit added attention: 1) representation; 2) inclusivity; and 3) empowerment. As we look forward to the upcoming SDG Summit and...

How can Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships manage plastic pollution in developing countries? See what we learnt from Indonesia, Ghana, and Vietnam about National Plastic Action Partnerships (NPAP) in this report. We describe the challenges of plastic pollution and the need for Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships (MSP) and describe an emerging MSP process...