IGES Content Rankings 2022
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#Content–In 2022, the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) produced a wide range of reports, events and web content. As a special feature at the start of 2023, we have compiled the most popular IGES content from the past year for the following categories: Top 10 Most Downloaded Publications, Top 5 Most Viewed Webpages, Top 5 Most Viewed IGES YouTube Videos, Most Liked Tweet and Most Popular Pre-registered Event. These rankings capture the environmental developments of 2022, and indicate some upcoming trends for 2023.
Each of the categories was ranked from 1 December 2021 to 30 November 2022. Both newly published and updated content are included.
IGES Content Rankings 2022
- Top 10 Most Downloaded Publications
Databases ranked high on the list with the List of Grid Emission Factors once again ranking number one, and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects also making the top five. Tools and manuals related to IGES’ capacity-building support to various countries, mainly in Asia, also made the top ten. This suggests a growing need for this type of practical information both domestically and internationally.
| Ranking | Title | URL |
| 1 | IGES List of Grid Emission Factors | |
| 2 | IGES NDC Database | |
| 3 | IGES CDM Project Database | |
| 4 | Training Materials on Climate Change Education for Primary and Secondary School Students in Da Nang City | |
| 5 | User Manual for Estimation Tool for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management in a Life Cycle Perspective | |
| 6 | IGES GHG Emissions Database | |
| 7 | Training Materials for Teachers in Da Nang City on Climate Change Education | |
| 8 | IGES Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) Database | |
| 9 | Estimation Tool for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Management in a Life Cycle Perspective | |
| 10 | Circular economy in a global market perspective |
- Top 5 Most Viewed Webpages
*Only News, Events and Special Pages that were launched or updated are included in the timescale for this category.
The G7/G20 Summit Special Feature 2022 ranked at the top of the list. The page was designed to answer questions such as “What is the G7?” and “What is the G20?” giving a basic explanation and brief comments by IGES researchers in a compact format. The G7/G20 Summit Special Feature 2021 did not rank in the top ten last year, so the enhanced content in 2022 seems to have made a difference to the results.
| Ranking | Title | Category | URL |
| 1 | G7/G20 Summit in 2022 Special Webpage | Special Page | |
| 2 | International Conference for Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement | Event | |
| 3 | Online Voluntary Local Review (VLR) Lab | Special Page | |
| 4 | Zero Carbon City International Forum 2022 | Event | |
| 5 | Stockholm+50 Associated Event Implementing Integrated Solutions to Planetary Challenges: Reflections and Perspectives on Integration in the Post-Stockholm+50 Era | Event |
- Top 5 Most Viewed IGES YouTube Videos
Reflecting the number of website views, Day 1 and Day 2 of the “International Conference for Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement” ranked first and third respectively. Two videos from the Zero Carbon City International Forum also ranked highly. A very recent side event at COP27 on the “Role of the private sector in realizing the GGA” just made the time schedule and came in fourth place, reflecting the growing interest in adaptation.
| Ranking | Title | URL |
| 1 | International Conference for Implementing Article 6 of the Paris Agreement | |
| 2 | Zero Carbon City International Forum 2022 [Day 1] | |
| 3 | International Conference for Implementing Article 6 of the Paris AgreementⅡ | |
| 4 | COP27 Japan Pavilion Side Event: Role of the private sector in realizing the GGA | |
| 5 | Zero Carbon City International Forum 2022 [Day 2] Opening / Parallel Session 1&3 / Closing |
- Most Liked Tweet
On IGES’ English Twitter account (@IGES_EN), the Most Liked Tweet of 2022 was about a research report on microplastic pollution, which involved IGES researchers.
4 July 2022: “#FAIRdata is key for #EvidenceBasedPolicy to battle #PlasticPollution. Article discussing #microplastic data availability. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.912107”
https://twitter.com/IGES_EN/status/1543751347153272832
- Top 5 Most Popular Pre-Registered Events
The top two events were from the popular content “Climate Change Webinar Series”. The other events were on decarbonising Asian cities, microplastics pollution and climate change and air pollution in Asia, which are all areas of particular focus for IGES.
| Ranking | Title & Date | URL | Video & Presentation |
| 1 | Climate & Energy Webinar Series/ Commentary on the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group 3 Report Part 3 (5/12) | Available | |
| 2 | Climate & Energy Webinar Series/ Commentary on the IPCC 6th Assessment Report Working Group 3 Report Part 2 (4/21) | Available | |
| 3 | High Level Talks on Zero Carbon City Kuala Lumpur (8/8) | Available | |
| 4 | APFSD side event: A One Health Approach to Regulating Ocean Microplastics: Translating Advocacy into Action (3/28) | Available | |
| 5 | ACP/ IIASA International Webinar: How can systems analysis help align climate change, air pollution, and sustainable development policies in Asia: Opportunities for collaboration (2/22) | Only Presentation materials are available |
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