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2021年11月25日に開催されたエコプロ Online セミナー「COP26の成果と今後の課題および展望」でIGES高橋 副ディレクターが発表した資料となります。COP26の合意内容及び結果、また、今後の脱炭素に向けた展望を解説しています。 エコプロ Onlineセミナーリンク：https://eco-pro.com/2021/ecoproonline/002131.html

Background In this study, we present the current situation and the role of agricultural extension services for farmers and indicates the potential solutions for the optimum effectiveness of these services. Thus, we investigate the vital determinants influencing the farmers’ attitudes toward using agricultural extension services in Ghana and Zambia...

An explanation of how innovation, incentives, and incrementalism might help us to achieve future biodiversity targets.

Our longing for incessant and rapid economic growth came at a cost of inefficient and wasteful use of resources and environmental pollution. The consequences are immense and far exceeding the planetary capacities to regenerate itself at such a fast pace. It became clear that a transition to sustainable societies cannot occur with our current linear...

Many countries have been making efforts to improve their capacities and prepare for the transition to the enhanced transparency framework (ETF) under the Paris Agreement. To promote these efforts, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) have been conducting the Mutual Learning...

This IGES Issue Brief is an update of policy developments related to sustainable finance in Japan between June 2021 and September 2021 . SUMMARY Notably for this period, the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance under the Financial Services Agency (FSA) issued ‘The Report by the Expert Panel on Sustainable Finance’ in mid-June. Building on the...

Water pollution caused by microplastics generated from land-based sources (e.g. as tire-wear particles, broken road markings, synthetic textile microfibre from washing, microbeads from personal care products, discharged domestic wastewater from households, and others) is attracting attention in many countries and regions around the world as an...

熱帯泥炭地における温室効果ガス（ GHG ）排出抑制は喫緊の課題である。インドネシア政府の泥炭地政策は、過去 10 年で排水開発から高水位管理へと大きく転換した。しかし、 GHG 排出抑制には泥炭ドーム全体の水位回復が必要であり、多様なステークホルダーが同じ泥炭ドームを利用する現状では、泥炭ドーム全体の水位管理は容易ではない。本稿では、西カリマンタン州の泥炭地を事例として、ステークホルダー間の連携促進策について論じる。

On December 15th, 2009, the People’s Council of Hoi An City approved a Resolution on “Building Hoi An as an Eco-City”, with three specific criteria aiming to ensure balanced and sustainable development, not only promoting economic and social development, but also focusing on environmental protection. During the process of building the eco-city, Hoi...

Dr Yasuhiko Hotta, Sustainable Consumption and Production Program Director of IGES, on behalf of Mr Michikazu Kojima, Research Fellow of ERIA, emphasized the need to collect more data on which, science-driven policymaking has to develop. He also put forth the new capacity building needs in the region that the Regional Knowledge Centre can...