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The Global Search for Sustainable Schools (GSSS) has been carried out as one of the global initiatives under the SLE programme. The GSSS programme recognises the central role of education in creating the enabling conditions to achieve sustainable lifestyles within planetary boundaries. Education directly develops the leaders and innovators of...

This Guidance Note, based on the experience of the Global Search for Sustainable Schools (GSSS), has been created to assist those interested in developing a programme to implement sustainable school projects at the sub-national, national, regional, or international level. To support the creation of this document, national coordinators and school...

Japan has raised its climate ambition by declaring its commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and by setting a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 46% against 2013 levels by 2030. This chapter provides a perspective on how Japan’s ambition has evolved since 2015, in terms of domestic discourse, governance to...

In this discussion paper, we demonstrate why and how co-innovation can serve as a critical enabler of a bilateral Japan-India partnership on hydrogen technologies. We argue that more than conventional approaches to technology transfer, co-innovation places a premium on the role of multi-stakeholder collaboration in triggering the transition from...

欧州連合（EU）・EU 加盟国を中心としたCE 政策に関連付けた指標群（以下、CE 指標体系）、また、グローバルレベルで開発された民間セクターCE 指標体系であるEMFCirculytics、WBCSD-Circular Transition Indicator について、指標体系の内容を整理し、CE 評価の焦点について分析し、資源生産性指標に含まれうる観点であるデカップリングが、そのCE 指標体系によってカバーされているかを検証した。

This summary report presents the results of the technical analysis of the third biennial update report of Thailand, conducted by a team of technical experts in accordance with the modalities and procedures contained in the annex to decision 20/CP.19. The author at IGES (Chisa Umemiya) served as one of the co-leads.

SDGs・未来を変える　今、動かなければ 毎日新聞 2021/9/24　東京朝刊 ＜MOTTAINAI　地球環境の未来を考える＞ 　国連の「持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）」達成に向けた取り組みが、私たちの暮らしの身近なところで進みつつある。だが、気候変動や途上国での食料危機など、人類が直面する危機的状況が改善する兆しはまだ見えない。持続可能な世界の実現に向けて私たちは何をすべきか。モデルで消費者庁の広報大使「エシカルライフスタイルSDGsアンバサダー」を務める冨永愛さん、気候変動問題などに詳しい藤野純一・地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）上席研究員がSDGsをテーマに語り合った。【司会は大場あい・毎日新聞科学環境部副部長、写真は尾籠章裕】

The training material was provided as part of a training course held on 20 – 24 September 2022 under the Japan-Singapore Partnership Programme for the 21 st Century (JSPP21). The training course was related to the green economy. It was organized jointly by the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)...

The global population is concentrating unprecedentedly into urban areas, raising concerns on global sustainability and human well-being. There also exists a niche trend of migration from urban to rural areas particularly in countries with post-industrial economies. This paper investigated values of migration expressed by the migrants arrived in...

The 2021 High-level Political Forum (HLPF) consolidated the prime role of VLRs (Voluntary Local Reviews) in localizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. A record number of local governments – 17 cites –presented a 2021 VLR by July 2021 according to UN-Habitat. By comparison, 26 VLRs were published in 2020. VLRs have also gained broader...