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Understanding institutional settings and governance processes is critical to the effective delivery of climate technology solutions for low-carbon and climate-resilient development in Asian cities. Creating the appropriate enabling environment for the development and transfer of climate technologies becomes imperative in this context. This requires...

The ASEAN State of the Environment Report (SOER) is a regular flagship publication of the ASEAN Senior Officials on Environment (ASOEN) which is periodically published every 3-5 years. The SOERs present a comprehensive review of the state and trends of the environment, the pressures on it and the drivers of those pressures, and the national and...

• By 2050, more than half the population of most ASEAN Member States (AMS) will live in cities, and by 2035 the ASEAN region will have at least five mega-cities. • Cities are a laboratory of local and global challenges and solutions, and ASEAN cities are frequently frontrunners in developing sustainable (model) cities, with multiple good practices...

Nationwide ageing and dramatic depopulation threaten the survival of many Japanese small-sized towns and villages. To address this challenge—which is not unique but that in Japan is compounded by uneven urbanization patterns and increasing ruptures within the socioeconomic order—the Government of Japan is encouraging municipalities to adopt a pro...

The Climate Citizens’ Assembly Kawasaki (CCAK) was implemented in mid-2021 to produce recommendations for the local government to incorporate into its basic climate plan. The CCAK was a full-scale initiative conducted by a non-public entity, and successfully came up with 77 recommendations on mobility, housing and consumption. However, there are a...

Halfway to the 2030 deadline, humanity is clearly off-track on the Global Goals. Achieving the Sustainable­­ Development Goals (SDGs) proposed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains a significant challenge for society. Numerous and compounding crises—including coping with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, ongoing armed...

この報告書は、過去2年間、（一社）環境政策対話研究所が作成してきた「欧州気候市民会議に関する調査報告書（2021年及び2022年版）」を引き継ぎ、地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）において作成した2023年版です。2021年4月に作成された最初の報告書では、フランスおよび英国の国レベルで行われた気候市民会議の詳細の報告に重点が置かれました。2022年9月に作成された2番目の報告書は、英国やフランスの自治体などへの気候市民会議の広がりと英仏以外の欧州諸国の取り組みをカバーし、可能な範囲でそれらの相互比較や多面的な視点からの分析を行いました。この3回目の報告書は、欧州においてこれまでに実施された気候市民会議から得られた多くの学びや、それを基に作成された様々なガイダンスの紹介に重点を置いています。

Regions and places face unprecedented challenges that need ambitious policies to drive sustainable transitions. While the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been shaping the policies (or at least the discourse) of national governments and supranational organisations, there is...

The implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relies on effective policy integration at all levels of government. However, integration across policy domains remains challenging for local authorities, particularly when it comes to articulating policies that recognise trade-offs and interactions between different SDGs. This study...

This presentation focuses on the follow-up and review of the SDGs at the local level through Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs). The presentation explores the principles, methods and benefits of conducting VLRs, highlighting how they contribute to localised and effective SDG implementation.