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About Sustainability… is a podcast presented by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, featuring IGES staff and guests having in-depth discussions about sustainability-related topics. Each episode addresses a different topic of conversation -- be it an upcoming event, a debate of interest, or an interesting research finding. With the topic as a starting point, we see where the conversa... more

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In this episode, Dwayne Appleby and Andre Mader had an illuminating discussion about multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) and their negotiations. Their guest was none other than IGES Executive Director, Hiroshi Ono. 

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Join us on "About Sustainability," a podcast by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). In this episode, we explore what the just transition means, tracing its roots back to labour movements of the 1970s and its evolution into inter... more

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In this episode Alice Yamabe and Andre Mader speak with two IGES colleagues, Fernando Ortiz Moya and Yasuo Takahashi, about the phenomenon of depopulation. Fernando has been studying shrinking cities, and Yasuo has been doing research on urban to rur... more

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In this episode of About Sustainability, we talked to Heinz Schandl, who joined us from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), which is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research. He is an e... more

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Hiroshi Ono
IGES Executive Director with extensive experience in environmental negotiations.
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Episode: Environmental negotiations: Discussions that shape our future
Fernando Ortiz Moya
Researcher with expertise in shrinking cities
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Episode: Depopulation, shrinking cities and urban-rural migration
Yasuo Takahashi
Researcher specializing in urban to rural migration
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Episode: Depopulation, shrinking cities and urban-rural migration
Naoyuki Okano
Expert in climate adaptation at IGES
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Episode: About Climate Action (SDG 13): Framing Climate Change as a Security Issue and Outcomes of UNFCCC-COP28
Nagisa Shiiba
Expert in climate adaptation at IGES
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
Episode: About Climate Action (SDG 13): Framing Climate Change as a Security Issue and Outcomes of UNFCCC-COP28

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Environmental negotiations: Discussions that shape our future
Q: Do you see any easy pathways towards funding and resourcing for these different agreements?
Ono indicates that historical categorizations of countries into developed and developing do not reflect current economic realities and complicate funding negotiations.
Environmental negotiations: Discussions that shape our future
Q: What would you say to people who look at MEAs and say it's not ambitious enough?
Ono discusses the balance needed between ambition and realism, noting differing perspectives among countries and the challenges of addressing economic dependencies.
Tackling plastic pollution: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) updates
Q: What was supposed to be achieved by this point?
Consensus on inter-sessional work regarding the treaty and key issues like chemicals of concern was not fully achieved.
Tackling plastic pollution: Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) updates
Q: Can you say something Matt about who are the biggest producers of plastic and who are the biggest consumers of plastic in terms of countries or companies?
Plastic is inherently a multi-sectoral issue, relying on countries with strong petroleum and chemical industries, and involving those that import and deal with plastic waste.
About Climate Action (SDG 13): Framing Climate Change as a Security Issue and Outcomes of UNFCCC-COP28
Q: Is climate security an issue that is recognized by the UN Security Council?
While discussions have occurred since 2013, member countries have yet to adopt concrete resolutions regarding climate change's impact on security.

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