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The International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) is held annually to share information and facilitate diverse discussions on sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific, with the participation of front-line experts and diverse stakeholders from international organisations, governments, business and NGOs. The Forum has been...

Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to human health and well-being, responsible for seven million premature deaths per year. However, in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), there is no headline goal or even target focusing on air pollution exclusively. The main argument of this chapter is that the successor to the SDGs should...

Amila Abeynayaka (Policy Researcher on Sustainable Consumption and Production at the IGES) and Simon Høiberg Olsen (Senior Policy Researcher at the IGES) shed light on the limitations faced by countries in Asia and the Pacific in actively monitoring plastics and plastic-related chemicals – hampering the effectiveness of any future legally binding...

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement established a strong foundation for the coherent implementation of climate action and sustainable development objectives across all levels and sectors. However, recent global crises, such as climate, energy, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), and...

An opinion piece about the degree to which the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework invokes market-based as opposed to regulatory mechanisms.

The International Energy Agency estimates that to hit net-zero globally by 2050, six times more critical minerals will be required in 2040 than today. The rapid increase in demand for critical minerals is likely to increase price volatility. This could aggravate energy security concerns, and thereby delay the necessary clean energy transition...

G7 recently released a 36-page communique on their plan to achieve net-zero emissions. It reinforces the demand for critical minerals and lays out the future agenda for critical minerals. Critical minerals are essential for deployment of renewable energy technologies that help us fight climate change. It is time G20 chalks its own critical minerals...

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...

2015年９月に持続可能な開発目標（Sustainable Development Goals: SDGs）を中核とする2030アジェンダが採択された。SDGsを含む2030アジェンダは、2030年に向けた国際社会の羅針盤として、先進国、途上国の別なく全ての国にSDGs達成に向けた行動を求める内容となっている。その後、国連は2020年からの10年間をSDGs達成のための「行動の10年」と設定し、各国や様々なステークホルダーに対してSDGsへの一層の取組強化を求めている。我が国においては、2016年５月に首相を本部長、全閣僚を構成員とするSDGs推進本部が設置されるとともに、SDGs実施指針が決定された。環境省においては、環境側面からの経済・社会課題の同時解決を目指し...

This report is about the project with a purpose to promote cooperation on Co-benefits-type air pollution measures mainly in Asia. IGES provided advice to MOEJ on the activities of international organisations; supporting international SLCP mitigation activities such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants...