News on IGES research activities and events. View on your browser. 日本語 6 September 2022 NEWS Second Episode of About Sustainability… "SDG2 on Zero Hunger" About Sustainability… is the IGES podcast featuring in-depth discussions by IGES staff and guests on various sustainability-related topics. In August, the podcast launched its mini-series on the SDGs, inviting experts to discuss an individual goal, looking at what progress has been made globally, any challenges facing the goal, and how it is linked to environmental sustainability. The second episode of the series, released this month, looks at SDG2 on Zero Hunger. Listen and subscribe on your listening platform of choice below to never miss an episode. More details available here PAST EVENT "High Level Talks on Zero Carbon City Kuala Lumpur" Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG) and Kuala Lumpur Municipality (KL City) launched a city-to-city collaboration project in 2019. The project has provided support for surveying KL's public buildings to assess their energy consumption and estimate how they could reduce their emissions. The project also assisted in formulating guidelines for selecting public buildings that should be prioritised for energy-saving renovations. In addition, the project was joined this year by Saitama City, which has been newly selected as a leading decarbonisation area. This hybrid event, held on 8 August, was live streamed from the venue at Kuala Lumpur City Hall, attracting approximately 200 participants in total. TMG introduced its 2050 "Zero Emission Tokyo Strategy" and "Fast forward to 'Carbon Half'" initiatives, and Saitama City set out how to promote societal transition and decarbonisation through "Smart Home Communities," presenting a case study of urban development pioneered in the Misono District. More details available here PUBLICATIONS Report Chapter "Mainstreaming Renewables for Energy Security after the War in Ukraine" (Building a Quad-South Korea Partnership for Climate Action) Author: Kazuo MATSUSHITA Policy Process Recommendation "Conference Background Note: Third Global Conference on Strengthening Synergies between the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Building the Evidence Base for Synergistic Action in Support of Raising Climate and SDGs Ambition" Authors: UNDESA; UNFCCC Secretariat; Ministry of the Environment of Japan; UNU; IGES Peer Reviewed Articles "Land Use Change and Prediction for Valuating Carbon Sequestration in Viti Levu Island, Fiji" (Land) Authors: Ram AVTAR; Apisai Vakacegu RINAMALO; Deha Agus UMARHADI; Ankita GUPTA; Khaled Mohamed KHEDHER; Ali P.YUNUS; Bhupendra P.SINGH; Pankaj KUMAR; Netrananda SAHU; Anjar Dimara SAKTI "Analysis of Meandering River Morphodynamics Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data-An Application in the Lower Deduru Oya (River), Sri Lanka" (Land) Authors: Vindhya BASNAYAKA; Jayanga SAMARASINGHE; Miyuru GUNATHILAKE; Nitin MUTTIL; Dileepa HETTIARACHCHI; Amila ABEYNAYAKA; Upaka RATHNAYAKE "Developing Intensity-Duration-Frequency (IDF) Curves Based on Rainfall Cumulative Distribution Frequency (CDF) for Can Tho City, Vietnam" (Earth) Authors: Huynh Vuong Thu MINH; Kim LAVANE; Le Thi LANH; Lam Van THINH; Nguyen Phuoc CONG; Tran Van TY; Nigel K.DOWNES; Pankaj KUMAR "Patch-Based Local Climate Zones Mapping and Population Distribution Pattern in Provincial Capital Cities of China" (ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information) Authors: Liang ZHOU; Lei MA; Brian JOHNSON; Ziyun YAN; Feixue LI; Manchun LI "ASEAN Countries' Environmental Policies for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" (Environment, Development and Sustainability) Authors: Mark ELDER; Gemma ELLIS "Integrated Remote Sensing and Field-based Approach to Assess the Temporal Evolution and Future Projection of Meanders: A Case Study on River Manu in North-Eastern India" (PLOS ONE) Authors: Jatan DEBNATH; Gowhar MERAJ; Nibedita Das PAN; Kesar CHAND; Sagar DEBBARMA; Dhrubajyoti SAHARIAH; Carlo GUALTIERI; Shruti KANGA; Suraj Kumar SINGH; Majid FAROOQ; Netrananda SAHU; Pankaj KUMAR RECRUITMENT / INTERNSHIP The Research and Publications Unit of the Strategic Management Office (SMO-RP) Internship More details available here Any comments? unsubscribe | update subscription preferences Copyright (C) 2022 Institute for Global Environmental Strategies. All rights reserved.