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Efforts in Aya over the past half century to coexist with nature have been based on collaboration with a diverse range of people and organizations, not only locally but also from all over Japan and abroad. Activities leading up to the present day were triggered by opposition to a deforestation plan in a state-owned forest, but since then, the...

At the end of World War II, the Battle of Okinawa was fought between Allied and Japanese forces on the Okinawa islands. The Battle of Okinawa was a ground war directly involving the people of the prefecture, and 120,000 of the then population of approximately 490,000 were killed. Of these, 94,000 were civilian casualties. After the war, Okinawa was...

This event was organised as part of IGES-CCET’s collaboration with ADB on improving waste management and the circular economy in Asia and the Pacific. This online course was a capacity-building programme for Asian Development Bank (ADB) personnel and technical staff that aimed to provide them with the planning knowledge and skills needed to perform...

At 14:46 on March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded, with a magnitude of 9.0 on the Richter scale, occurred, and together with the subsequent tsunami, caused extensive damage along the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region in Japan. The human casualties, as reported by the National Police Agency on April 10, 2015, were 15,891 dead and 2...

　２０６０年カーボン・ニュートラル目標に貢献できる「脱炭素型発展モデル」の先行的な実装を目指し広東省は、2025 年までに、グリーン・低炭素かつ循環型の社会経済システムの構築を計画している。① 地域GDP 当たり二酸化炭素削減目標、② 地域GDP 当たりエネルギー消費量削減目標、③ 一次エネルギーに占める非化石エネルギー目標を頂点としたグリーン・トランジション戦略体系を打ち出した。グリーン・トランジション戦略を実現するための目標として、産業、建築、輸送、リサイクルなど４つの分野における８つの政策目標が掲げている。特に、今までトップ政策目標として掲げてきた地域GDP 成長目標を撤廃し、その代わりに④ 一定規模以上の産業の工業付加価値額に占めるハイテク製造業の割合目標を掲げたことは、GDP の...

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...

本パンフレットは、IGES-KRCがインドのエネルギー資源研究所（TERI）と共同で2016年度に設立しインドで運営をおこなっている日本-インド技術マッチメイキングプラットフォーム（Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform: JITMAP）について広く発信し、認知度の向上並びに新たな参加主体の拡大等を目的として作成した。 JITMAPは、技術の供給側である日本企業および需給側であるインド企業間のビジネスマッチメイキングを支援することにより、インドにおける日本の環境技術の移転を促進するためのマルチステークホルダープラットフォームである。

This brochure was prepared to publicize the Japan-India Technology Matchmaking Platform (JITMAP), which was established in FY2016 by IGES-KRC in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) of India and is being operated in India, with the aim of increasing awareness and expanding the number of new Implementing Partners. JITMAP is a...

In recent times, environmental stewardship of mangroves has provided the impetus to protect and restore these ecosystems for their inherent ability to protect coastal regions from climate change, sequester carbon dioxide as rich blue carbon, and support human well-being through a multitude of ecosystem services. Participatory stakeholder assessment...

In contrast to other natural disasters, droughts may develop gradually and last for extended periods of time. TheWorld Meteorological Organization advises using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for the early identification of drought and understanding of its characteristics over various geographical areas. In this study, we use long-term...