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This is the final report of the city-to-city collaboration between EU cities (including one from the UK) and Japanese cities under the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Asia and Australasia. During 2021-2023, thirteen EU cities (including one UK city) from ten countries and ten Japanese cities participated in the project and...

This chapter aims to bring policy and institutional considerations to the center of work on Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs). Its primary purpose is to suggest policy and institutional reforms needed for an integrated and inclusive slcp strategy in Asia. The chapter begins by setting the context with a review of the interrelated yet varying...

This is the Editorial of the first IGES-initiated Special Feature of the Sustainability Science journal. This Special Feature on Just and Sustainable Transitions in Net-Zero Asia aims to highlight how researchers, policymakers, and practitioners across Asia are applying just transition thinking to address pressing environmental challenges, climate...

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into climate actions is essential for a healthy planet and people. Yet, national climate policies and international climate support programs often fail to explicitly recognize the interconnections between climate concerns and other priorities covered under the SDGs. This failure can leave key...

The IPCC Sixth Assessment Report highlighted the critical connections between climate actions and sustainable development, including both synergies and trade-offs. Managing the trade-offs through policy design is strongly recommended and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are proposed as a basis for evaluating climate actions in the context...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) have been identified as potential enablers for alternative forms of sharing surplus food to prevent food loss and waste. Food sharing platforms can also provide an entry point to the sustainability transition by encouraging its users to confront the systemic causes of unsustainable and inequitable...

Hosted by the PCCB, and with the support of the Capacity-building subdivision of the UNFCCC, the 3rd Capacity-building Hub took place over the course of six thematic days from 3 to 10 November 2021 at COP 26 in Glasgow. The outcomes of discussions in the 3rd Capacity-building Hub show considerable synergies and shared priorities across different...

A growing body of evidence suggests that the climate crisis has widened social inequalities. The heightened emphasis on social inequality in international climate negotiations is therefore a welcomed step forward. Another step in this direction involves more explicitly considering the social dimension of co-benefits or “social co-benefits.” This...

The Global Compact Network Japan (GCNJ) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) launched a report "SDGs and Business to Overcome the COVID-19 Pandemic: Actions by Companies and Organisations in Japan", showing the latest survey results on the actual status of Japanese companies' efforts regarding the SDGs. This report, now in...

一般社団法人グローバル・コンパクト・ネットワーク・ジャパン（GCNJ）および公益財団法人地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES＝アイジェス）は、国連の「持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）」について、日本企業の取り組み実態に関する最新の調査結果をとりまとめた、SDGs日本企業調査レポート2020年度版「コロナ禍を克服するSDGsとビジネス」を3月25日（木）に発刊しました。 5 年目となる今回のレポートでは、GCNJ会員を対象としたアンケートで回答を得られた208企業・団体の調査結果と企業・団体トップへのヒアリング結果をもとに、GCNJ会員のSDGsに関する認知度や取り組み状況について5年間の進展度合いを分析するとともに、サステナビリティの観点から、コロナ禍でクローズアップされたビジネスや働き方の変化...