• Akio Takemoto Programme Head
  Project Manager
• Mahesti Okitasari Consultant
  Researcher
• Masachika Suzuki
  Researcher
• Upalat Korwatanasakul
  Researcher
• Nanako Aoyama
  Administrator
• Norichika Kanie
  Researcher
• Mihoko Sakai
• Md Sujahangir Kabir Sarkar
  Researcher
• Kanako Morita
  Researcher
• Richa Kandpal
  Researcher
• Himangana Gupta
  Researcher

UNU-IAS Policy Brief Series

Okitasari, Mahesti, Kandpal, Richa and Korwatanasakul, Upalat (2022). Managing the Impact of COVID-19 on City Finances. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #37.

Kandpal, Richa and Okitasari, Mahesti (2022). Advancing Follow-up and Review for the SDGs: Lessons from the 2021 Voluntary National Reviews. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #36.

Takemoto, Akio, Cros, Apolline, Suzuki, Masachika and Korwatanasakul, Upalat (2022). Supporting Vulnerable Populations in the Transition to Net Zero Emissions: Priorities for Developed Countries. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #35.

Corrado, Riccardo, Liwan, Audrey and Korwatanasakul, Upalat (2022). Information & Communications Technology Solutions for Environmental Issues in the Greater Mekong Subregion. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #33.

Okitasari, Mahesti and Kandpal, Richa (2022).Budgeting for the SDGs: Lessons from the 2021 Voluntary National Reviews. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #32.

Okitasari, Mahesti, Mishra, Ranjeeta, Masuda, Hiromi and Suzuki, Masachika (2021). Harnessing Adequate, Safe, and Affordable Housing for the Urban Poor to Achieve the SDGs in Cities. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #29.

Okitasari, Mahesti, Mishra, Ranjeeta, Masuda, Hiromi and Suzuki, Masachika (2021). Improving Community Acceptance of Sustainable Low-income Housing: Lessons from Mumbai & Surabaya. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #27.

Katramiz, Tarek and Okitasari, Mahesti (2021). Accelerating 2030 Agenda Integration: Aligning National Development Plans with the Sustainable Development Goals. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #25.

Tarek Katramiz, Mahesti Okitasari, Hiromi Masuda, Norichika Kanie, Kazuhiko Takemoto, and Masachika Suzuki (2020). Local Implementation of the 2030 Agenda in the Arab World: Addressing Constraints & Maximising Opportunities. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #19.

Mahesti Okitasari, Ramesh Sunam, Ranjeeta Mishra, Hiromi Masuda, Kanako Morita, Kazuhiko Takemoto, and Norichika Kanie(2019). Governance and National Implementation of the 2030 Agenda: Lessons from Voluntary National Reviews. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #18.

Ramesh Sunam, Ranjeeta Mishra, Mahesti Okitasari, Leticia dos Muchangos, Isabel Franco, Norichika Kanie, Anupama Mahat, and Masachika Suzuki(2018). Implementing the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific: Insights from Voluntary National Reviews. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #14.

Ulysses Sengupta, Christopher N.H. Doll, Alexandros Gasparatos, Deljana Iossifova, Panagiotis Angeloudis, Murilo da Silva Baptista, Shidan Cheng, Daniel Graham, Robert Hyde, Roberto Kraenkel, Jun Luo, and Nir Oren(2017). Sustainable Smart Cities: Applying Complexity Science to Achieve Urban Sustainability. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #12.

Farai Kapfudzaruwa, Norichika Kanie, Katinka Weinberger, Hein Mallee, and Atsushi Ishii(2017). The Sustainable Development Goals and Regional Institutions: Exploring their Role in Asia and the Pacific. UNU-IAS Policy Brief #11.

Book

Governing through Goals: Sustainable Development Goals as Governance Innovation, ed. Kanie, Norichika and Biermann, Frank (Cambridge: MIT Press, 2017).

持続可能な開発目標とは何か: 2030年へ向けた変革のアジェンダ, ed. Kanie, Norichika (Tokyo: Minerva Shobo, 2017).

Book Chapter

Kanie, Norichika, “Governance through Goal-Setting: A New Governance Challenge for Navigating Sustainability in the 21st Century” in The WSPC Reference on Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change (Vol. 2) (Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2016), 61-76.

Journal Article

Stafford-Smith, Mark, Griggs, David, Gaffney, Owen, Reyers, Belinda, Kanie, Norichika, Shrivastava, Paul, Ullah, Farooq, Stigson, Bjorn, Leach, Melissa and O’Connell, Deborah, (2016). Integration: the key to implementing the Sustainable Development Goals. Sustainability Science, (11), 1-9.

Okitasari, Mahesti, (2016). The New Urban Agenda, the international circulation of urban policies and challenges of a humane urbanism in the global South. Journal of Architecture and Environment, 15(2), 1-16.

Kapfudzaruwa, Farai, Fay, John and Hart, Tiago, (2017). Improved cookstoves in Africa: Explaining adoption patterns. Development Southern Africa, 1-16.

Report

Okitasari, Mahesti, Kandpal, Richa and Korwatanasakul, Upalat (2021). COVID-19 and Progress on Subnational Localisation of the SDGs. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability and United Cities and Local Governments Asia-Pacific.

Dahiya, Bharat and Okitasari, Mahesti (2018). Partnering for Sustainable Development Guidelines for Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Implement the 2030 Agenda in Asia and the Pacific. United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.

Andrew Cock, Robert Lindner, Alizan Mahadi, Yui Nakagawa, Mahesti Okitasari and Norichika Kanie 2016. National Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: POST2015/UNU-IAS Conference Report. Tokyo: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.

Robert Lindner, Norichika Kanie, Mari Kosaka, Maki Koga, Yui Nakagawa, Steven Bernstein, Pam Chasek, Ruben Zondervan (editors) 2016. Building Blocks for the Institutional Architecture of the SDGs Science-Policy Interface: POST2015/UNU-IAS Conference Report. Tokyo: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.

Norichika Kanie, Ruben Zondervan, Casey Stevens (editors) 2014. Ideas on Governance ‘of’ and ‘for’ Sustainable Development Goals: POST2015/UNU-IAS Conference Report. Tokyo: United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability.

POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief Series

Young, Oran R., Underdal, Arild, Kanie, Norichika, Andresen, Steinar, Bernstein, Steven, Biermann, Frank, Gupta, Joyeeta, Haas, Peter M., Iguchi, Masahiko, Kok, Marcel, Levy, Marc, Nilsson, Måns, Pintér, László and Stevens, Casey. Earth System Challenges and A Multi-layered Approach for the Sustainable Development Goals. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #1.

Kitamura, Yuto, Yamazaki, Eri, Kanie, Norichika, Edwards Jr., D. Brent, Shivakoti, Binaya Raj, Mitra, Bijon Kumer, Abe, Naoya, Pandyaswargo, Andante Hadi, and Stevens, Casey. Linking Education and Water in the Sustainable Development Goals. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #2.

Biermann, Frank, Stevens, Casey, Bernstein, Steven, Gupta, Aarti, Kabiri, Ngeta, Kanie, Norichika, Levy, Marc, Nilsson, Måns, Pintér, László, Scobie, Michelle and Young, Oran R. Integrating Governance into the Sustainable Development Goals. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #3.

Bernstein, Steven, Gupta, Joyeeta, Andresen, Steinar, Haas, Peter M., Kanie, Norichika, Kok, Marcel, Levy, Marc A., and Stevens, Casey. Coherent Governance, the UN and the SDGs. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #4.

Gupta, Joyeeta, Baud, Isa, Bekkers, Ralien, Bernstein, Steven, Boas, Ingrid, Cornelissen, Vincent, Iguchi, Masahiko, Kanie, Norichika, Kim, Rakhyun E., Bastos Lima, Mairon, Obani, Pedi, Schoof, Petra, Stevens, Casey, and van Zoomeren, Dylan. Sustainable Development Goals and Inclusive Development. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #5.

Iguchi, Masahiko, Ehara, Tomoki, Yamazaki, Eri, Tasaki, Tomohiro, Abe, Naoya, Hashimoto, Seiji and Yamamoto, Taro. Ending the Double Burden of Malnutrition: Addressing the Food and Health Nexus in the Sustainable Development Goals. POST2015/UNU-IAS Policy Brief #6.