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This IGES Issue Brief is an update of policy developments related to sustainable finance in Japan between February 2022 and April 2022. In this period, policy work pertaining to sustainability-related disclosure continued on multiple fronts. At the Financial Services Agency (FSA), the ‘Working Group on Corporate Disclosure of the Financial System...

Tree growing in the tropics has been attracting international attention in recent years as a climate change mitigation measure, and potential sites for afforestation have been identified. However, past experience has shown that afforestation projects in the tropics are accompanied by issues such as land rights and medium- to long-term management...

This brief summarises the proceedings and outcomes of the webinar on open waste burning held on 22nd April 2022, co-organized by three parties– the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies-IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (IGES-CCET), the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), and the United Nations Industrial...

The long-standing relationship between Japan and India forms a favourable precursor for the countries to collaborate further under the Article 6 mechanisms of the Paris Agreement. While Japan’s support to India for promoting low-carbon technology and clean energy use can help minimise carbon emissions, the partnership will in turn give greater...

環境新聞にて連載中の「シャオリュウの中国環境ウオッチ」では、地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）北京事務所長の小柳秀明が、中国の環境の現状と対策を毎月現場から報告しています。(コロナ禍により2020年1月より日本滞在)

地球・人間環境フォーラムの月刊環境情報誌、「グローバルネット」に地球環境戦略研究機関(IGES)北京事務所所長の小柳秀明が、中国の最新環境事情を現地滞在レポートとして偶数月で連載しています。(コロナ禍により2020年1月より日本滞在)

Based on the S-16-3 Project, Hotta presented SCP Policy Landscape in the post COVID-19 Era. In conclusion, he emphasized the following policy research needs for socio-economic transition to SCP. (1) Envisioning concrete images of a society that has successfully met its mid-term and long-term goals, (2) Policy support for learning from model cases...

UNEP Forum 2022発表資料「UNEA5.2、UNEP@50、Stockholm+50を振り返る：地球環境課題に関する国際プロセスのハイライト2022」

Climate change has caused vulnerability not only to the forest ecosystem but also to forest-dependent communities. Therefore, its management is essential to increase forest ecosystem services and reduce vulnerability to climate change using an integrated approach. Although many scientific studies examined climate change impact on forest ecosystems...

海洋プラスチック問題において、東南アジア諸国もその発生源として指摘されており、国家レベルの対応が推進中である。 基本的には、海洋プラスチック問題は陸上の廃棄物管理問題であると認識され、その改善のために、日本、 EU、国際機関、 NGOなどが様々な支援を展開中である。ASEANで展開されている国際協力を概観し、今後の国際協力の在り方について論じた。