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Tara Climate Foundation
New Japan Climate Fund launches with community-led agrivoltaics as inaugural focus; call for applications now open
The Public Resource Foundation (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Tsuyoshi Kusumi), a local public-interest foundation established in 2013, today launched the Japan Climate Fund, which will be …
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Why ‘good’ energy transition reforms do not succeed, and how behavioural insights can help
Launched in Thailand in 2019, the People’s Solar Power Campaign set an ambitious goal: generating 100 MWh from …
UN Development Programme (UNDP)
UNHCR and UNDP launch new partnership to advance inclusion, solutions for people forced to flee
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) today launched a new four-year partnership to …
Today, UNESCO designated 12 new geoparks, bringing the total number of sites in the UNESCO Global Geopark Network …
All Japan Press Releases
8 April 2026
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste
11 March 2026
3 December 2025
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
UN warns of rising heat risks in Asia and the Pacific
2 September 2025
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Asia-Pacific environment leaders urge action for a sustainable and resilient planet
18 July 2025
26 May 2025
12 March 2025
11 December 2024
Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation
Shipping poised to play a vital role in APAC cross-border CCUS initiatives
25 November 2024
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26 September 2024
1 September 2024
UN Environment Programme (UNEP)
A regional agreement aims to save a tropical paradise in trouble
17 August 2024
International Labour Organization
More countries affirm support for ending the gender pay gap by 2030
1 July 2024
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