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This short essay discusses the national policy development in Japan moving from a society based on mass-production, mass-consumption, and mass-disposal towards establishing a Sound Material-Cycle Society (SMC). It looks at how Japan has successfully created a local resource efficiency and regional vitalisation based on a harmonised approach toward...

This briefing note draws upon our experiences at the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) and International Forum for a Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) to reflect on how inclusion and integration can affect the implementation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs).