Principal Policy Researcher
Major English publications
- Wiedenhofer, D., Wieland, H., Leipold, S., Aoki-Suzuki, C., Watari, T., Aguilar-Hernandez, G. A., Graf, S., Edelenbosch, O. Y., Zanon-Zotin, M., & Kaufmann, L. (2025). The circular economy and climate change: The state of national and global evidence on mitigation potential. Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 50. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-111523-102441
- Fröhling, Magnus, Aoki-Suzuki, Chika, Bakshi, Bhavik, Leipold, Sina, Tong, Xin, Wang, Hannah Su-Han, Wiedenhofer, Dominik.(2024) Unpacking the path toward a sustainable circular economy through industrial ecology, 28(6), pp. 1088-1980
- Aoki-Suzuki, C. , M.R. Dente, S. Hashimoto, S. (2023) Assessing economy-wide eco-efficiency of materials produced in Japan, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Volume 194, July 2023
- Aoki-Suzuki, C., Nishiyama, T., Kato, M., Lavtizar, V. (2023). Policies and Practice of Sound Material-Cycle Society in Japan: Transition Towards the Circular Economy. In: Ghosh, S.K., Ghosh, S.K. (eds) Circular Economy Adoption . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4803-1_2
- Aoki-Suzuki, C. et al. (2021) Total environmental impacts of Japanese material production, Journal of Industrial Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/jiec.13152
- Aoki-Suzuki, C.(2016) Exploring potential policy motivation and approaches to improve resource efficiency in emerging Asia, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Vol. 18, Issue 1,
- Aoki-Suzuki, C.(2015) Green Economy and Green Growth in international trends of sustainability indicators (Chapter 1), in The Economics of Green Growth- New Indicators for Sustainable Societies, Routledge, 2015
- Kojima, S. and Aoki-Suzuki, C.,(2015) Efficiency and fairness of resource use: from a planetary boundary perspective)(Chapter 2) in Green Economy and Green Growth inThe Economics of Green Growth- New Indicators for Sustainable Societies, Routledge, 2015
- Aoki-Suzuki, C., M. Bengtsson, and Y. Hotta (2012) Policy application of economy-wide material flow accounting: International comparison and suggestions for capacity development in industrializing countries, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 16(4), pp.467-480, 2012
- Aoki-Suzuki, C., M. Bengtsson and Y. Hotta(2012) Controlling trade in electronic waste: An analysis of international agreements and national trade policies in Asia (Chapter 8) , in E-Waste Management: From Waste to Resource, Routledge, 2012
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
Resource Efficiency policies / indicators and its development in the context of Asia
Education
Ph.D in Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University in 2023
Master's degree in International Development Studies, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in 2007
M.Sc. in Urban Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 2002
B.A. in Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University in 2000
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Waste Management and Research
Waste reduction and recycling at the city level will acquire greater significance in the near future due to rising global volumes of waste. This paper seeks to identify policy-relevant drivers for successful promotion of waste reduction and recycling. Factors influencing the success of waste reduction and recycling campaigns are identified. Two...
Commissioned Report
Commissioned Report
Translation of non-IGES Material
国際資源パネル（IRP）「City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions (Summary for Policy Makers)」の日本語翻訳版（暫定非公式訳）。IRPによる「デカップリング：天然資源利用・環境影響と経済成長との切り離し」に関する既報を踏まえて、本報告書は、都市レベルでのデカップリングの可能性を検討する。今日では世界人口の過半数が都市に居住し、都市は最大の資源消費地であるが、同時に、経済成長、幸福、および天然資源の持続可能な利用を調和させる方法を求める圧力も可能性も、都市において最も大きい。本報告書では、主たる資源フローが、財・サービス...
Translation of non-IGES Material
国際資源パネル（IRP）「City-Level Decoupling: Urban Resource Flows and the Governance of Infrastructure Transitions (Factsheet)」の日本語翻訳版（暫定非公式訳）。
Translation of non-IGES Material
国際資源パネル（IRP）「Metal Recycling: Opportunities, Limits, Infrastructure (Summary for Policy Makers）」の日本語翻訳版（暫定非公式訳）。本資料は、グローバル金属フロー作業部会の報告書2b「金属リサイクル―機会・限界・インフラ」の要約版である。完全版は、CD-ROM版として配布される（本資料の31ページを参照）。UNEP国際資源パネルは、金属のリサイクル問題に包括的観点から取り組んでいる。21世紀の金属リサイクル推進には製品に焦点を合わせたアプローチが必要である。これは、経済的に採算の取れる技術と方法を、回収プロセス全体を通じて適用し、「人造鉱物」つまり製品中の複雑に結合した物質から金属を抽出することであり...
Translation of non-IGES Material
国際資源パネル（IRP）「Environmental Risks and Challenges of Anthropogenic Metals Flows and Cycles (Summary for Policy Makers)」の日本語翻訳版（暫定非公式訳）。グローバル金属フロー作業部会の報告書3「人為的金属フローとサイクルの環境リスクと課題」の要約版（サマリー）である。完全版報告書はCD-ROM版として配布されている（本資料の31ページを参照）。UNEP国際資源パネルは、包括的な観点から金属リサイクル問題に取り組んでいる。グローバル金属生産は、世界のエネルギー消費に多大な影響を及ぼしている。一次金属生産は地球全体の総エネルギー使用量の7-8%を占めており、加えて、地下水汚染...
Book Chapter
Book Chapter
Conference Paper
SEEPS 2013, 21-22 September 2014, Kobe
The human environmental impacts exponentially increase along with exponential growth of the scale of economic activities, and it is pointed out that the scale of our economic activities already surpassed some of planetary boundaries. At the same time we face serious under-consumption problems in terms of poverty problems in spite of international...
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Updated: March 2026
IGES Plastic Focus: Tackling Pollution and Advancing Circular Solutions
This special webpage highlights global developments in addressing plastic pollution, focusing on the growing importance of the circular economy as a solution. It also showcases IGES contributions to this agenda, including its environmental policy...
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Updated: July 2023
G7 (2023) Special webpage
The G7 Ministers' Meeting on Climate, Energy, and Environment was recently held in Sapporo, Japan, ahead of the G7 Hiroshima Summit on May 19-21. In this special issue, we provide in-depth coverage of the latest updates and insights from th