Junichi FUJINO

City Taskforce

Programme Director

He recently joined IGES as Principal Researcher and Senior Coordinator for Urban Taskforce, IGES since this April 2016. He is also serves as Senior Researcher, NIES and one of the main members to develop the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) to assess policy options for stabilizing global climate. He was lead author of IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation (SRREN). Recently he is serving as a member of joint committee on Japanese INDC (Intended Nationally Determined Contributions) under MOEJ and METI, as well as an advisory committee member of “FutureCity” initiatives (Cabinet Office, Japan). He also joins Iitate village (where has suffered severe damage by nuclear accidents regarding the Great East Japan Earthquake, in Fukushima) revitalization planning committee since August 2011. He received his B.S/M.S/Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He has joined UNFCCC/COP process as NGO since COP11 and nowadays visited many Asian countries/cities to make LCS happens. He is senior advisor to ICLEI Japan.

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Commentary (Op. Ed)

May 2020

How Can Voluntary Local Reviews Contribute to the SDG Decade of Action? An Assessment of VLRs to Date

IISD, SDG Knowledge Hub

Story highlights: The Voluntary Local Review (VLR) process is providing a useful tool for subnational levels of government to take on the SDGs. The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies has published two reports to support the growing number of local and regional governments conducting VLRs.

Working Paper

April 2020

State of the Voluntary Local Reviews 2020:Local Action for Global Impact in Achieving the SDGs

With only ten years left to achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by all UN member States in its 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, action is more urgent than ever. Cities, which are responsible for delivering many of the targets highlighted by the SDGs are accelerating their efforts. This is recognised by the...

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Voluntary Local Reviews

Training or Learning Material

April 2020

Shimokawa Method for Voluntary Local Reviews

A ‘Voluntary Local Review’ (VLR) is a process whereby local and regional governments voluntarily carry out a review of progress being made in their implementation of the SDGs. This review includes policies, programmes, data, institutional set-ups and stakeholder engagement mechanisms to implement the 2030 Agenda at the local level. VLRs are then...

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SDGs

localizing SDGs

VLR

VNR

Commissioned Report

March 2020

令和元年度途上国における優れた脱炭素･低炭素技術の普及展開に向けた制度構築等支援委託業務報告書

本業務では、途上国のNDC実施支援を行うとともに、各国の市場の状況等を踏まえ、途上国における新たな制度や規制の構築や既存制度の改善に寄与すること等を通じて、JCMを活用した優れた脱炭素・低炭素技術の展開及びJCMプロジェクトを契機とした横展開や普及拡大をさらに強化することを目的として、以下の4つの事業を行った。本報告書はその成果についてとりまとめたものである。（１）途上国及び都市におけるNDC策定支援（２）途上国等における優れた脱炭素・低炭素技術の普及展開に向けた制度構築支援（３）環境インフラ国別戦略（緩和）の策定支援（４）業務成果の広報活動

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NDCs

Long-term Strategies

LCS Scenarios

LoCARNet

Commissioned Report

March 2020

インドネシア国バンドン市における持続可能な資源循環型社会の構築に向けた廃棄物管理支援プロジェクト　事業評価報告書

川崎市とバンドン市は、平成18年から「アジア・太平洋エコビジネスフォーラム」及び「UNEP 連携エコタウンプロジェクト」を通じ、連携・協力関係が醸成されており、この連携・協力関係の確認・強化のため、バンドン市と川崎市は、2016年2月18日に、「低炭素で持続可能な都市形成に向けた都市間連携に関する覚書」を締結した。この覚書締結時に、バンドン市長から廃棄物分野に関する都市間連携を通じた支援の要請をいただいた。これらの希望に応えるため、JICA草の根技術支援事業（地域特別活性枠）を活用し、バンドン市が川崎市の支援を受け、体系的な廃棄物管理を可能にしていく活動を行うこととなった。本事業の目標は、インドネシア国バンドン市が持続可能な資源循環型社会に寄与する廃棄物管理手法を構築し実施することにより...

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廃棄物管理

Commissioned Report

March 2020

平成 31 年度東アジアの低炭素コミュニティ構築と持続可能な開発に関する日中韓共同研究委託業務報告書

2019 年にG20 の議長国を務める日本国政府は、内閣総理大臣の下、2018 年8 月より「パリ協定に基づく成長戦略としての長期戦略策定に向けた懇談会」を開催し、2019 年4 月2 日の第5 回懇談会資料2「パリ協定長期成長戦略懇談会提言のポイント」の中で、「2050 年までにカーボン・ニュートラルで災害に強靭な快適なまちとくらしを実現可能な地域、企業から2050 年を待たずカーボン・ニュートラルを実現、「地域循環共生圏」の創造」という方向性を示している。つまり、自治体の取組みとして、現時点の対策の延長ではなく、2050 年などの中長期の望ましいビジョンを策定し、その実現に向けてロードマップを作成する、いわゆるバックキャスティング手法をはじめとした具体的なアプローチが求められている...

Book Chapter

March 2020

Enabling purposive experimentation in the transport sector, the case of BRT improvement and CNG conversion in Semarang, Indonesia

In Sustainability and the Automobile Industry in Asia Policy and Governance

More and more researchers are working with cities on innovative responses to climate change. Many of these efforts involve purposive experimentation. These experiments entail collaboration between researchers and policymakers in efforts to introduce small-scale initiatives that open opportunities for large-scale transformations. The promise of...

Discussion Paper

February 2020

Long-term strategy to achieve DKI Jakarta's Low Carbon Society 2050

Indonesia begins to prepare a long-term GHG emissions reduction target (2050), which is commonly called Long Term Strategy (LTS). In line with this National LTS, DKI Jakarta is preparing its Provincial LTS aiming to establish the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) for achieving the Low Carbon Society (LCS). In conjunction with this DKI Jakarta...

Training or Learning Material

January 2020

Panduan Operasional Pengomposan Sampah Organik Skala Kecil dan Menengah dengan Metoda Takakura

Panduan ini dikembangkan berdasarkan kebutuhan operator di lokasi pusat pengomposan skala kecil hingga menengah (Input sampah organik: <1 ton/hari) di kota Bandung di Provinsi Jawa Barat untuk meningkatkan metode pengomposan dan menyediakan panduan yang mudah untuk operasional harian mereka. Oleh karena itu panduan ini dirancang sesederhana mungkin...

Training or Learning Material

January 2020

Operation Manual for Small-to-Medium Scale Compost Centres Using the Takakura Composting Method

This manual was developed based on the needs of on-site operators of small-to-medium scale composting centres (Input of organic waste: < 1 ton/day) in Bandung city in West Java Province to improve their composting method and to provide a hands-on manual for their daily operations. It was therefore designed to be as simple as possible with limited...

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Updated: July 2020

IGES Activity on "High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2020)"

This special webpage presents reports and publications related to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF2020).

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Updated: July 2020

IGES Activity on "High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2019)"

This special webpage presents reports and publications related to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which as the main United Nations platform on sustainable development, is dedicated to the follow-up and review of the...

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Updated: September 2019

SDGs City Reports

Sustainable Development Goals Reports on Cities - Launch of the World-First Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) on Shimokawa, Toyama, and Kitakyushu

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Updated: April 2020

IGES Inputs to Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)

APFSD is an annual meeting convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) aimed at strengthening the region’s readiness for the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.

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Updated: July 2020

IGES Activity on "High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)"

This special webpage presents publications related to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which as the main United Nations platform on sustainable development, is dedicated to the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda

Mr. Junichi FUJINO

Programme Director

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Junichi FUJINO