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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...

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)

This is the final report of the Asia Parks Congress Preparation Support project, commissioned by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan in FY2021. Based on the success of the first Asia Parks Congress held in Sendai in 2013, the second Asia Parks Congress (APC2) will be held in Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia on May 24 th to 29 th 2022. The project...

This presentation argues that the Food-Water-Energy nexus should not be seen as plot levelel or a local level or a national level issue but it has roots beyond individual countries. Hence, the issue is broadly outside the purview of most stakeholders operating at this level. It demands a robust regional and international cooperation aided by robust...

Climate change has complex impacts on natural resources in general and agriculture in particular. Hence, policies that address these impacts also need to be as broad-based and still be able to target location-specific conditions of these issues. It is a challenge but one can already find a range of policies and actions off-the-shelf that can be...

Global value chains can improve their efficiency by linking with local and regional value chains and the circular economy. As increasing globalization may bring additional adaptation pressures on local levels, it must be recognized that the globalization process is complex in nature and should take place in connection with local or regional places...

2022年6月24日に開催された「気候変動ウェビナーシリーズ：世界のカーボンクレジットの最新動向　～VCMIガイダンス案から学ぶ～でIGES髙橋副ディレクターが発表した資料となります。英国政府が昨年立ち上げた自主的炭素市場十全性イニシアティブ（Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative（VCMI））が発表予定の、クレジットを使用する企業のためのガイダンス案をもとに、カーボンクレジットの最新動向を解説しました。 当日のウェビナーリンク：https://www.iges.or.jp/jp/events/20220624

This guideline was prepared by the IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET) under the project titled “Sustainable Solutions of Compost from Organic Waste in Iraq” in consultation with the policy makers and experts in Karbala City. The guideline aims to provide some insights on how to design and implement an...

The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to impact the world in 2021. Nevertheless, a record number of Local and Regional Governments (LRGs) have presented a Voluntary Local Review (VLRs) in 2021. For many of them, this year’s review was their second or third edition. VLRs are a process through which LRGs conduct a voluntary assessment of their progress...

　2022年6月、ドイツ・ボンで開催された国連気候変動枠条約（UNFCCC）第56回補助機関会合（SB56）において、まだ一部手探りの状態ではあったが、第1回グローバルストックテイク（GST）の第1回技術的対話が実施された。パリ協定の下で実施される各国の行動・支援は、世界全体で見て長期目標の達成に足りているのか。足りない場合、いかに各国の目標引き上げにつなげられるか。この重要な問いに答えるべく１回目の技術的対話が予定の通り実施されたことは歓迎すべきである。　 　第1回技術的対話を終えて、GST本来の目的である次の各国が定める目標（NDC）の更新・強化への情報提供を実現するためには、課題も明らかになった。 また、公式なGSTプロセスをきっかけとして...