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This paper provides good practice examples of strategies that governments have already implemented to contribute to a sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 and to a longer-term redesign of their economies, which align with global goals and makes recommendations for further action. The target audience is national- and subnational-level...

Ensuring sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns in the Asia region is a high-priority policy issue but challenged by a number of obstacles and the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. This article argues that not only conventional policy approaches but also alternative approaches are needed in Asia to decouple socio...

The focus of SCP policy has shifted from management of environmental pollution to wider socio-technical change including infrastructure, lifestyles and business models that are sustainable over decades. This paper first examines the expansion of the SCP policy domain through changes in focus of the following two aspects; product lifecycle policy...

新型コロナウィルス（ COVID-19 ）による社会・環境・経済への広範な影響を受け、政策立案者にはプラネタリー・ヘルス（地球の健康）を取り戻すことが求められている。 地球環境戦略研究機関（ IGES ）による新型コロナに関するポジションペーパー 3.0 は、健康な地球を目指し、実現可能なアクションについて提案し、野心的な政策立案を支援することを目的としている。 本ペーパーでは、「プラネタリー・ヘルス」と「ワンヘルス」の基本概念を紹介した後、グリーンイシューである生態系関連、そしてブルーイシューである水関連の提案を行い、さらに、ブラウンイシューである気候変動やグレーイシューである大気汚染の問題に対処するための経済刺激策のモメンタムを適切に維持する方法を検討する。最後に...

This article outlines ASEAN’s plan to transition toward a resilient and net-zero emission world, based on the ASEAN's first State of Climate Change Report launched on 7 October 2021.

Friday 22 October 2021 (Day Three) 14:00 – 15:15 CST / 08:00 – 09:15 CEST Panel Discussions: Energy transition Towards a Sustainable Future in Asia Drawing on their expertise, panelists will present their work and address the following questions: What are the main decarbonization strategies to mitigate climate change in Asia? How can Asia achieve...

The 7th International Conference on Low Carbon Asia and Beyond (ICLCA’21) DAY 1 : 18 OCTOBER 2021 (MONDAY) Opening Ceremony ▪ Welcome speech by Prof Ho Chin Siong, Chair of ICLCA 2021 ▪ Opening speech by Prof Datuk Ts Dr Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, Vice- Chancellor of UTM ▪ Opening Video Plenary 1 ‘Cities and Circularity: Towards Global Carbon Neutrality...

This paper explores synergies between climate action and Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs)—an instrument to localise the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development used by regional and local governments to report and monitor their progress towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper argues that fighting climate change and...

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...

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