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This paper discusses the key issues surrounding green economy at Rio+20 in three categories: "principles of a green economy‟, "policy tools for transition towards green economies‟ and "international cooperation for green economies‟. The discussion is based on current trends in the discussion of green economy in the Rio+20 process, which can be...

As a contribution to the Rio+20 process this Issue Brief highlights resilience and sustainable development by drawing on the knowledge on natural hazards and disasters gained from governments, researchers and other stakeholders. The terms resilience, vulnerability and adaptive capacity are used daily, but take on specific definitions and functions...

This brief, which addresses issues surrounding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) proposed by Columbia, Guatemala, and Peru during the Rio+20 processes, aims to remind policymakers and other stakeholders of the importance of reaching a solid outcome at Rio+20, as well as for the future. It provides a summary of ongoing discussions and...

These are Proceedings from the Northeast Asia Reporting and Capacity Building Workshop on Monitoring and Evaluation of Education for Sustainable Development which was jointly organised by UNU-IAS and IGES and held on 20 February 2012 at the UNU-IAS office in Yokohama, Japan. The United Nations University Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) and...

IGESは、”持続可能なアジア”をキーワードに、ダイナミックなアジアの環境動向を第一線で活躍する専門家の視点・考察とともにタイムリーにお届けする月刊のオンライン連載「Monthly Asian Focus：持続可能なアジアへの視点」を2011年1月に開始しました。本冊子は、2011年1月～12月に連載した各インタビューを所収したものです。

Rural Asia has largely been outside the wealth created from the recent economic growth in Asia due to the failure of wealth redistribution policies in the region. The poor purchasing power and lack of proper human resources have made the corporate sector to ignore the rural Asia for decades. This paper claims that there is a greater potential for...

Remarks: Presentation at the Second CORPUS project “Policy Meets Research” Workshop on Sustainable Housing, Helsinki, March 2012