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10 October 2024

What to expect at CBD COP16

The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the world’s most comprehensive, and probably most consequential, multilateral environmental agreement on biodiversity. With almost 200 Parties (countries and the EU), the CBD covers a broad sweep of...

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24 October 2023

SDGs International Forum for Biodiversity

IGES, in collaboration with the Hyogo Prefectural Government and Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) will organise an international forum titled "SDGs International Forum for Biodiversity" in Kobe, Hyogo on 24 October 2023.
In the

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7 June 2023

Climate Security Webinar Series

IGES Perspective on the G7 Hiroshima Summit Outcomes

While re-confirming their commitment towards the 1.5°C goal of the Paris Agreement, the G7 Hiroshima Leaders' Communiqué did not include new and specific targets or actions to achieve that goal. On the other hand, it emphasised the need for "various

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4 April 2023

What does the "Global Biodiversity Framework" mean for the world?

The “Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework” (GBF), approved in December 2022, is expected to guide national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) worldwide until the end of this decade. IGES, with guests from the Global Youth Bio

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15 December 2022

LCS-RNet Meeting

LCS-RNet 13th Annual Meeting : New Scientific Challenges for Strengthening Actions Based on IPCC AR6

On 15-16 December 2022, the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society – Strategic Research Network (LCS-RNet) organised its 13th annual meeting, inviting several prominent experts and researchers involved in IPCC AR6 WGIII. This annual meeting set “New Sc

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27 October 2022

Fourth (additional) meeting to advance the summary for policymakers (SPM) of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species and their control

From October 24 to 27, 2022, the IPBES technical support unit for the assessment of invasive alien species (TSU-IAS) convened a fourth (additional) meeting to advance the summary for policymakers (SPM) for the assessment of invasive alien species...

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10 April 2022

Third author meeting and the third meeting to advance the summary for policymakers (SPM) of the IPBES assessment of invasive alien species and their control

From 4 to 10 April 2022, IPBES convened, simultaneously, the third author meeting and the third meeting to advance the summary for policymakers (SPM) for the assessment of invasive alien species in Aarhus, Denmark in a hybrid setting. The venue...

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28 March 2022

APFSD side event

A One Health Approach to Regulating Ocean Microplastics: Translating Advocacy into Action

The COVID-19 crisis has focused a growing amount of attention on the close interrelationship between human, animal and environmental health. Efforts to capture this interrelationship in policy and practice are often summarised under the heading of “o

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15 November 2021

Making Asia-Pacific Resilient to Climate Change: The Effort and Perspective of the Asia-Pacific Climate Change Adaptation Information Platform (AP-PLAT)

In 2018 AP-PLAT was established at the G20 summit in Japan with the vision of helping Asia-Pacific countries build a climate-resilient and sustainable society. This session, as a collaboration with the East Asia Sea Congress 2021, which is hosted...

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27 July 2021

NIE-IGES Workshop

Innovation from nature • Innovation for nature

Technological development has changed and improved many aspects of our lives, including the way we conserve nature and its biodiversity. Meanwhile, nature itself is also the source of an increasing amount of technological innovation. In this...