Water scarcity is worsening to the point that it has become a limiting factor to the growth of major economies in South Asia, and agriculture is by far the largest water-using...
This policy brief suggests that carbon pricing can accelerate the diffusion of low-carbon technology in China, based on the results of empirical studies conducted by Kansai Research...
This policy brief advocates the landscape approach in areas where competing demands on land and natural resources in the Asia-Pacific region can be observed. The landscape approach...
Banks face major losses unless climate risks are properly assessed and addressed. This policy brief makes recommendations to strengthen the integration of climate risks into banks'...
This policy brief identifies approaches that could help achieve better synergies in implementing three major global frameworks dedicated to sustainable development (SD), disaster...
This policy brief analyzes the position of air pollution in the SDGs, and makes recommendations for how air pollution could be better integrated into SDG implementation. The SDGs,...
Although it is more than decade since the passing of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (RA 9003) in the Philippines, creating policy direction towards the...
Since the Rio+20 meetings in 2012, policymakers and experts have engaged in nearly two years of discussion on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This dialogue is expected to...
Based on IGES original research surveying the policy preferences of companies in energy-intensive industries in Japan, China and Korea, this policy brief discusses the feasibility...
Enhancing quality should now be the foremost priority for educational development, and this policy brief presents an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Learning Performance...
A series of decisions made at COP18 in Doha, Qatar imposes considerable restrictions on the use of the Kyoto mechanisms by countries that do not submit greenhouse gas reduction...
This brief aims to classify the MRV (Measuring or Monitoring, Reporting and Verification) system of GHG emissions/reductions according to its object, aim, methodology and...
