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• In ASEAN’s organizational structure, environmental cooperation is under the ASCC. • Environmental cooperation within ASEAN is overseen by AMME, managed by ASOEN, and implemented through seven Working Groups under the ASOEN, supported by the ASEAN Secretariat. • ASEAN conducts international cooperation on the environment at all levels, from the...

• Since its inception, ASEAN has had a vision of an integrated, sustainable, harmonious, peaceful, and productive region, with its “One Vision, One Identity, One Community”. • The three complementary communities, APSC, AEC, and ASCC, all include aspects of the future environmental conditions and quality of life desired for all ASEAN people, aligned...

Since the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2021, global society, including Asian countries, has entered the phase of how to implement a long-term transition roadmap to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). Given vital needs for the development in many Asian countries, a...

本業務では「令和3年度 AP-PLAT 能力強化コンテンツ開発とパートナー機関連携業務」(以下、「令和3年度業務」という。)で得た成果を前提に、NIES との協業で AP-PLAT の目的や意義等を再検討の上定義し、「AP-PLAT パートナー機関」の定義に基づき協業についての合意形成を行った。また、令和3年度業務成果物である適応能力強化の定義文書や E-Learning 教材を効果的に活用し、既に協力合意を取り付けた「能力強化パートナー機関」15 機関と具体的かつ実質的な連携の上で、開発途上国地域社会の適応ニーズにあった研修事業を設計して既存の教材を運用した。さらに、令和3年度業務で整理したマトリックスを踏まえつつ、AP-PLAT「能力強化」コンテンツとして E-Learning...

Approximately 140 countries have committed to achieving net zero emissions by the middle of the century under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. To attain this target, local governments can play a pivotal role in coordinating decarbonisation efforts across multiple sectors, in collaboration with citizens, companies, and...

ERIA and IGES organized the 3rd Meeting of ERIA’s Experts Working Group on Marine Plastic Debris on November 8-9, 2022 in Jakarta at ERIA HQ. During the meeting, OECD's new workstream to develop Asia-Pacific version of Plastic Outlook. The experts, IGES and ERIA agreed that it will be a good opportunity to have a regiional assessment on plastic...

Carbon pricing instruments (CPIs) are being developed at different rates and in different forms in ASEAN Member States. The CPI survey focused on six AMS—Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam (hereafter referred as AMS-6). Taking into account the availability of facility-level MRV guidelines as well as the sectoral...

環境省「令和3年度G20海洋プラスチックごみ対策実施枠組に基づく国際連携支援業務」に関する業務報告書

国連気候変動枠組条約第 26 回締約国会議（COP26）が 11 月 1 日から 11 月 12 日までの日程で開催さ れる。本稿では、世界的な関心の高まりから COP26 においても注目されている「自然を活用した解決 策（Nature-based Solutions: NbS）」についてその概要とポイントを説明していく。NbSの基礎情報と国際動向を伝え、COP26 における議論をよりよく理解していただくことを目的として執筆したものである。

The ASEAN State of Climate Change Report (ASCCR) provides an overall outlook of the state of play of climate change issues in the ASEAN region. ASCCR is also a forward-looking report, which includes recommendations on making the transition toward 2030 and on to 2050 for both adaptation and mitigation, considering ASEAN’s development context and the...