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Kyoto Protocol and IGES' Contributions

The entry into force of the Kyoto Protocol is a first but significant step towards achieving a sustainable low-carbon society on a global scale. IGES, through its research and outreach activities, aims at development of pragmatic climate policies for sustainable development of Japan and other Asian countries, and design of a blueprint for the post-Kyoto framework with the goal of achieving global participation in climate regime.

IRES Kyoto special issue

International Review for Environmental Strategies (IRES) Vol.5 No.1
THE KYOTO PROTOCOL -Its Development, Implication, and the Future-

Seven years on from the Kyoto Conference, this special feature issue of IRES aims, by surveying the varied effects of the Kyoto Protocol in a number of countries and regions across the world, to find out the impacts of the Kyoto Protocol on society, its major issues and its barriers, and discusses how to incorporate the findings and perspectives into the future framework.

Contents and Abstract available!

Kyoto and the Future of International Climate Change Responses: From Here to Where?/ Michael Grubb

The Road to and from the Kyoto Protocol: The Perspectives of Germany and Japan/ Ryokichi Hirono and Heike Schroöder

Reflections on the Kyoto Protocol-Looking Back to See Ahead/ Michael Zammit Cutajar

And more....

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IGES Research Activities & Publications on Kyoto and its future

+ COP10 Reports Comments from Researcher

COP10 IGES Side Event

Post-COP10 Seminar (Japanese only)

+ Kyoto Regime & its Mechanisms

[paper] Design of Japanese Emissions Trading System -Issues and Options-

This paper proposes ways to design Japanese domestic ETS based on.... For details

[project] Research on options for Japan to acquire credits from Abroad

Japan currently has difficulties with achieving its Kyoto target. Since 1990 its GHGs emissions have been increasing.... For details

+ Beyond Kyoto Comments from Researcher

[project] Project on the Next Step for the Climate Change Regime

IGES and NIES have started a research project on how to tackle climate change after the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.... For details

[project] Project on a future international framework to address climate change issues from a legal perspective

Article 3 of UNFCCC stipulates guiding principles, including common but differentiated responsibilities and precautionary principle.... For details

[event] IGES/NIES Open Symposium on the International Climate Regime Beyond 2012 (9 Sep. 2004)

The effects of global warming are expected to become clearly apparent over the next hundred years, but experts are divided.... For details

+ Adaptation

[event] International Workshop on Facilitating Adaptation to Climate Change in the South Pacific Region: Bridging Research, Policy and Implementation (12-13 Oct. 2004, Apia, Samoa)

The impacts of climate change and adaptation strategies appropriate for the Pacific island countries were discussed and several policy recommendations were made. For details

+ Publications
Framing Climate Protection Regime: Long-term Commitments and Institutional Options (NIES/IGES)
This brochure challenges us to describe climate policy options by taking a long-term view of climate change and identifying key elements for short-term actions....
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Executive Summary of the International Workshop on Facilitating Adaptation to Climate Change in the South Pacific
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CDM and JI in CHARTS Ver1.1	833KB
This brochure tries to provide a plan and easy-to-understand description of the CDM and other Kyoto Mechanisms...

More Publications can be found at:
- Climate Policy Information Package 2004
- Climate Policy Project Website

IGES CDM Programme

The IGES CDM programme aims to build capacity to initiate, develop and implement CDM projects within the Asia-Pacific region... ...and more

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Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand ...and more

Coming Soon: CDM Country Guides
This book aims to facilitate CDM project developments in developing countries in Asia by providing necessary information to both project developers and potential investors....

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Upcoming Events

Japan-US Bilateral Workshop on Local Climate Initiatives (27-28 March 2005/ New York)

ICS-CDM/JI Tokyo Meeting (3-4 March 2005/ Tokyo)

Other useful materials

+ Online resources package

Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation

+ References

Domestic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Schemes - Yong Gun Kim, Erik F. Haites, Steve Sorrell, Tae Yong Jung, Poul Erik Morthorst, Myung Kyoon Lee, Jong Soo Lim. (UNEP RISO, KEI and IGES), 2004

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