Dr.

Naoko MATSUMOTO

Remarks: IGES White Paper アジア太平洋の未来戦略：気候政策と持続可能な開発の融合を目指して http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=1577

Biofuels, a renewable form of energy produced from plants or waste, have attracted significant attention in Asia because of their potential to reduce GHG emissions, promote national energy security, and revitalise rural economies. However, the reality is more complex, and more nuanced policies are needed. In particular, the rush to promote biofuels...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) implemented the contracted programme to support the preparation and operation of the Asian Mayors' Policy Dialogue for the Promotion of Environmentally Sustainable Transport in Cities (for FY 2007), based on the results of the "Program to plan and coordinate the preparation of the...

The focus of the Urban Environmental Management Project of the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies in 2005-2007 was on the opportunities and barriers for integration of global environmental concerns into local planning and management, taking greenhouse gas emission reduction as a distant but ultimate goal. Accordingly, the project builds...

Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) is commonly understood to mean a system that emphasises priority for and rapid movement of buses by securing segregated busways, although there is no precise definition of what constitutes a BRT system (International Energy Agency (IEA) 2002; Wright 2005). From an environmental perspective, BRTs have the potential to reduce...