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近年、地球環境問題、とりわけ地球温暖化は、主要国首脳会議の中心議題になるほど世界の最大関心事の一つとなっています。経済成長と人口増加を背景に、中国、インドを筆頭とするアジアの国々での温室効果ガスの排出の増大は確実視されています。貧困を克服し、経済成長を図りながら同時に増加する温室効果ガスの排出を抑制し、持続可能な開発を実現していくためには格段の努力が求められています。同時に、海面上昇による国土の水没や、気候変動による食料生産への深刻な影響など、国の存亡にかかわる問題にも対処しなければなりません。 IGESは、こうしたアジア太平洋地域のニーズと世界的な要請との双方に応え、持続可能な社会を実現するための道筋となる戦略や政策を提示することを重要な使命と考えています。 このような背景の下...

Since Mongolia was opened up to the world in 1990, a number of books on contemporary Mongolia have been published for Western readers, focusing mainly on its history, politics, economy, and social issues. There is, however, still only a limited range of scientific books relating to traditional agriculture and environmental protection in Mongolia...

As the United Nations International Decade of Education for Sustainable Development approaches, it is timely to identify the achievements in education that have been accomplished in the decade of educational innovation between the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 1992 and the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD)...

This paper reviews the current state of affairs in developing Asia-Pacific countries in terms of poverty and environmental deterioration and some plausible reasons for their presence, including the poverty-environment nexus. It then assesses progress made so far by the governments of these countries and bilateral and multilateral donors in dealing...

Environmental education is rooted in the belief that humans can live compatibly with nature and act equitably towards each other. Reorienting education as a whole towards sustainability involves the various levels of formal, non-formal, and informal education at all levels of society. At the global level, UNEP, in collaboration with UNESCO, was...

While the existence, status, and roles of non-government organisations (NGOs) in the Asia-Pacific region vary considerably, there is a global trend in which they are influencing the agenda, accountability, and governance towards sustainable development. NGOs are increasingly influential and have greater responsibilities in ensuring that...