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International Symposium"Sustainable Resource Use: Issues and Policies with Special Reference to Asia"
In this symposium, Dr. Heinz Schandl made the keynote address and demonstrated the deteriorating trend of resource efficiency, its causes and the necessity of policies for its improvement in the Asia-Pacific region. After his keynote address, researchers involved in Environmental Economic Research presented research outcomes on the following themes: categorization of resource circulation and resource use reduction policies, their evaluations, and economic and physical appraisal on resource constraint.
Dr. Hotta, Deputy Director of SCP Group made a presentation titled “Direction of International Cooperation Towards Sustainable Resource Circulation in Asia” and acted as a panelist at the panel discussion of the symposium.
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13 Jan. 2012 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Input for regional preparatory process on Rio+20:
Brief report of ISAP2011 and key messages towards Asia and the Pacific
The Asian and Pacific Regional Preparatory Meeting for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD; Rio+20) was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea from 19 to 20 October 2011. IGES has been making substantial contributions to this Asia-Pacific regional and sub-regional preparatory process in North-East Asia, most recently by presenting a report on ISAP2011 (International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific) with key messages from IGES research on the themes and objectives of Rio+20.
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19-20 Oct. 2011 |
Seoul, the Republic of Korea |
Input for sub-regional preparatory process on Rio+20: brief report of ISAP2011and key messages towards North East Asia
The Sixteenth Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) of the North-East Asian Subregional Programme for Environmental Cooperation (NEASPEC) was held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea from 1 to 2 September 2011.
IGES has been making substantial contributions to this Asia-Pacific regional and sub-regional preparatory process in North-East Asia, most recently by presenting a brief report on ISAP2011 (International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific) and key messages from IGES research on the themes and objectives of Rio+20.
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1-2 Sep. 2011 |
Seoul, the Republic of Korea |
UNU-IAS Seminar Series on Renewable Energy as Substitute to Nuclear Energy Supply
The United Nations University - Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) organised a seminar on 18 April 2011 at UNU-IAS, Yokohama, Japan. Having being invited as the lecturer, Anindya Bhattacharya, IGES Economy and Environment Group presented on "Renewable Energy as Substitute of Nuclear Energy Supply: A Strategic Policy Decision for Japan."
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18 Apr. 2011 |
Yokohama, Japan |
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Tripartite Green Economic Policy Seminar
The Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy (PRCEE) of the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) of the People's Republic of China hosted the Tripartite Green Economic Policy Seminar, based on the Tripartite Joint Action Plan on Environmental Cooperation adopted in the Tripartite Environmental Ministers Meeting of the Republic of Korea, China, and Japan (TEMM). The seminar was held in Beijing on 2-3 December 2010. Government officials and experts from China, Republic of Korea and Japan discussed policies related to the green economy as well as green production and consumption in the three countries. Takashi Yano of the IGES Economy and Environment Group participated in the seminar.
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2-3 Dec. 2010 |
Beijing, China |
Network of Institutions for Sustainable Development 2010 Conference on “Green Growth and Green Economy”
 Network of Institutions for Sustainable Development (NISD) has been initiated by UNEP Economic and Trade Branch in 2004 as a vehicle to enhance information exchange, capacity building, and outreach activities with a number of institutions. Hosted by the Korean Environment Institute (KEI), NISD 2010 Conference covered issues on policies of green growth and green economy and to develop partnership projects of relevance to green growth and green economy. IGES EE Group Director, Dr. Satoshi Kojima made a presentation on “Green Growth and Green Economy in Japan” at the plenary session. At the working group session he presented a proposal for a Korea-Japan-China Partnership Project, which addresses social and economic structural change towards green economy based on policy scenario assessment.
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25-26 Nov. 2010 |
Seoul, Korea |
Contributions to the CBD-COP10 TEEB Side Events
 Hosted by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan and supported by IGES, CBD-COP10 was held at Nagoya, Aichi involving over 13,000 participants consisted of 179 members, associated International institutions, and Nagoya city. Sessions presented key findings and recommendations for national policy from studies on sustainable use of ecosystem services including TEEB study. IGES EE Group Director, Dr. Satoshi Kojima and Associate researcher, Mr. Kei Kabaya made a presentation on TEEB Side Event held during this event.
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21-25 Oct. 2010 |
Nagoya, Japan |
The Joint Workshop of "Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research" and "ERIA 3R Policy Working Group"
 Aiming for providing inputs to a Vision of Sound Material Cycle Society in East Asia, the Joint Workshop of “Asia Resource Circulation Policy Research” and “ERIA 3R Policy Working Group” was to facilitate discussions and networking of the experts of 3R policy research in the region. The participating experts discussed general challenges associated with resource circulation and strategic implementation of the 3Rs as well as specific challenges associated with development of evaluation methods for resource circulation. This workshop was held with local support from Solid Waste Management Research Center of University of Malaya.
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7-8 Oct. 2010 |
Malaysia |
Himalayan Adventure Trust-Japan Seminar; Youth Asia YAMA Session 2010
 By request from the Himalayan Adventure Trust-Japan, IGES/EE researcher, Mr. Kei Kabaya, made a presentation at the Youth Asia YAMA Session 2010 on the issues of climate change, biodiversity conservation and economic development.
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25 Aug. 2010 |
Tokyo, Japan |
Asian Youth Exchange Programme in Okinawa 2010
 The Asian Youth Exchange Program in Okinawa organised by the cabinet office since 2008 aims to develop human resources for initiating innovation in the future by gathering young people from Okinawa, mainland Japan, and other Asian nations to share experiences and participate in discussions for three weeks. The Asian Youth Exchange Program in Okinawa 2010 was held in August 2010 focusing on water issues. IGES EE Group Director Dr. Satoshi Kojima was invited to give a lecture on “water and sustainable development” to 80 high school students. Based on the lecture, Dr. Kojima moderated group discussion and each of 8 groups presented their conclusions.
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12 Aug. 2010 |
National Okinawa Youth Friendship Center, Japan |
ADB Economics of Climate Change and Low Carbon Growth Strategies in Northeast Asia
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), co-financed by the Korean Government, is implementing the technical assistance on the Economics of Climate Change and Low Carbon Growth Strategies in Northeast Asia, covering Japan, Mongolia, China and Korea. It aims to undertake a comprehensive study on the economics of change in Northeast Asia, to help regional and country-level decision makers address the issue of climate change, and to develop low carbon growth strategies in their countries and the region.
IGES EE Group Director, Dr. Satoshi Kojima was invited to make a presentation at the Climate Policy Simulation Tool (CPST) Brainstorming Meeting of the ADB Economics of Climate Change and Low Carbon Growth Strategies in Northeast Asia, organised by ADB and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA). The meeting was held on 15-16 July in Bangkok, Thailand.
Dr. Kojima made a presentation on “CGE models for climate policy simulation: Some critical thoughts”.
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15-16 Jul. 2010 |
Bangkok, Thailand |
ISAP 2010 Expert Workshop: Economic Modelling of Resource Circulation Issues
The focus of this session was on understanding and discussing the possibilities of incorporating resource
constraints and resource circulation into economic modelling. Discussion focused on which approaches
would be useful when creating economic models to find out effective policies for optimal distribution of scarce
natural resources and disseminating 3R policies in the Asian Pacific region. The three main speakers shared
their own economic modelling and opened the floor to other participants for candid feedback and dialogue,
including discussion on what would be the most effective way to model the resource circulation issue using
the CGE model, and whether additional factors such as GHG and multiple regions could be included in the
models presented. Advantages and difficulties of incorporating resource circulation issues to the computable
general equilibrium (CGE) model were discussed.
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12 Jul. 2010 |
Yokohama, Japan |
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| Activities in FY2009 |
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ERIA-SD Project: Mainstreaming Sustainable Development Policies in East Asia |
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Japan Low Carbon Society Scenarios toward 2050 (LCS2050) |
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