How Synergy Boost Climate-SDGs Actions
in ASEAN and Japan- We need your showcases TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko
President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
22/Aug/2023

The Decisive Decade for a Sustainable Future➢ Envisioning a sustainable world in 2030 and 2050
➢ Green recovery from the COVID-19 crisis➢ Synergies can accelerate progress and raise ambition on climate,biodiversity, and other global goals
2050
2020-2030
2030 Agenda,SDGs

GHG Net zeroSDG Summit 2023

Paris Agreement(UNFCCC)
New Global
Biodiversity
Framework (GBF)

UNFCCC-COP27
Enhanced ambitions
CBD-COP15 Part 2
Net positive by 2030

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Synergies between Climate and Biodiversity Actions• Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF)• Expand protected areas and OECMs to conserve 30% ofterrestrial and marine and coastal areas (30 by 30)• Nature Coexistence Areas: Area-based biodiversity
conservation by private efforts, promotion of OECM registration• The Satoyama Initiative: A global initiative led by Japan toharmonise biological production and biodiversity conservation insocio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS)➢ GBF implementation: support adopting
the landscape approach in National Biodiversity
Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs)➢ Ecosystem restoration contributing to addressing various
global challenges, e.g. biodiversity conservation, SDGs,
climate mitigation and adaptation and sustainable foodsystems

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The 3rd Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conference (Tokyo, July 2022)
co-convened by UNDESA and UNFCCC, hosted by MOEJ, in partnership with UNU, IGES

Key Outcomes
1) Strengthening the evidence base for synergistic action2) Convening multi-stakeholder dialogues at all levels
3) Enhancing integrated planning4) Partnerships for transformation
5) Informing key intergovernmental processes on climate
and the SDGs
“Circulating and Ecological Spheres” and“Decarbonization Leading Areas” were introduced asexisting integrated approaches“Expert Group on Climate and SDG Synergies“
co-convened by UN DESA and UNFCCC Secretariat
to prepare a report, aiming to maximize action impact
https://www.un.org/en/climate-sdgs-conference-2022

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4th synergy conference (UN Headquarter, NY, July 2023)

Mr. Minoru
TAKADA(UNDESA)
https://www.un.org/en/climate-sdgs-conference-20234

All sessions can be watched by UN Web TV

Mr. Akira YANAGIMOTO, ParliamentaryVice-Minister of the Environment“Presentation and Summary Report on 3rd Climateand SDG Synergies Conference in Tokyo, Japan 2022”
by Prof. Kazuhiko TAKEUCHI

https://www.un.org/en/climate-sdgs-conference-2023

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“Three Areas” with Potential for Synergies
1. Synergies between SDG 6 & 7• Regional Circulating and Ecological Spheres (RegionalCES) calls for optimising resource flows between urban
and rural areas while promoting decarbonization,
circular economy, and living in harmony with nature.

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2. Sustainable cities and communities under SDG 11• Localization through VLRs, a critical vehicle to takestock of progress of local SDGs.
• VLRs can be used to make connection with nationallevel (VNRs) and key stakeholders such as businesses(VBRs)

3. Response to world crises• Necessity to step up efforts to show that working acrossthe SDGs is good for environmental and global security.

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Three Institutional Keys to Strengthening Synergies
IGES is leading a multi-year research project
funded by the MOEJ that highlights three
institutional keys to synergies
1. Follow-up and review of synergies
2. Strengthening interagency coordination(line ministries, audit and statistics offices)
3. Expanding stakeholder engagement(youth, women, parliamentarians, academia,etc.)
The project has contributed to reports andpublications that stresses three themes

7The way forward from 4th synergy conference in July 2023

• Renew leadership and political commitment• Deepen the evidence base and analytical work. Expert Groupprepare “Global Report on Climate and SDG Synergies”.
• Multi-stakeholder cooperation and dialogue at all levels.
• Leveraging intergovernmental processes: SDG Summit (2023),
Summit of the Future (2024), High Level Political Forum (HLPF),
UNFCCC COPs, CBD COPs, IPCC, International Conference on
Small Island Developing States (2024), others
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EXPERT GROUP – Co-leads and members
Barbara

Kaveh

Youba

Buchner

Guilanpour

SokonaMercedesSoumyaMa JunBustamante

Luis Gomez

Heide

Echeverri

Hackmann

Swaminathan

FelixMåns

KazuhikoCreutzig

NilssonTakeuchi
Diana

MeaganTolullah Oni
FalloneUrgeVorsatz

9Main Points to be Discussed Today and Tomorrow

1. What is the evidence on synergies?
2. What is the action on synergies?
3. How can we translate or strengthen
the connection between evidence andaction on synergies in ASEAN+Japan?
We need your showcases!
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