Dr.

Chisa UMEMIYA

Over the last decade, L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite data has become more widely available globally, providing new opportunities for biodiversity and ecosystem services (BES) monitoring. To better understand these opportunities, we conducted a systematic scoping review of articles that utilized L-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR)...

The Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency (MLP) is one of the effective approaches to enhance individual reporting capabilities as part of transparency capacity building. This guidance explains the overall flow of the MLP, reporting exercises and the consideration points for each actor (e.g. Secretariat, technical experts, participants)...

For the last 30 years, a considerable amount of international capacity building support has been provided, by means of technical assistance projects, for developing countries to regularly report national information on climate action and support. However, understanding the roles of those projects is limited, especially their impacts in the medium...

The ClimateWorks Foundation (CWF) commissioned the establishment of the independent Global Stocktake (iGST) Southeast Asia Regional Hub (the Hub), where non-government and civil society stakeholders can have an open, transparent channel to (1) engage with the GST process, (2) provide independent reviews, and (3) understand and receive feedback from...

We attempted to show how to achieve a mitigation-adaptation integrated transition in agriculture sector by conducting a case study in coffee sector of Viet Nam. The factors facilitating an integrated transition of mitigation were: Private initiative lead by importers for sustainable coffee production has already started SAPs has synergies to...

パリ協定下において、原則、全ての締約国が共通の実施指針に基づき、隔年透明性報告書（BTR）を提出することが求められている。多くの途上国では、未だ報告書作成に当たって様々な課題に直面しており、国内体制の構築や専門家育成のための技術的な支援が必要となっている。本業務では、長年にわたり報告書を作成してきた日本における国内体制作りと報告書作成の経験と教訓に基づき、途上国のBTR 作成能力強化を目的として、隔年透明性報告書(BTR)の作成能力向上のための相互学習の実施を行った。相互学習とは、対象国を少数国のグループに分け、グループ毎に実際のBTR の報告フォーマットを用いた報告演習とその演習の相互レビュー、及び改善に向けた議論を行う能力強化プログラムである。オンライン会合による能力構築支援（1.1...

2024年度、国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構（JAXA）が有する衛星技術・データ・知見の国際環境政策への活用を促進するため、以下の業務を行った。本作業報告書では、これら活動の作業概要について報告する。 パリ協定における国家の温室効果ガス排出報告のための ALOS データの事例調査を活用したトレーニングの実施支援 昆明・モントリオール生物多様性枠組(GBF)モニタリング・フレームワーク調査

The National Climate Policy-GST Alignment Checklist is desgined to assist countries or other stakeholders in assessing the extent of alignment between national climate policies and the outcomes of the first global stocktake (GST1) under the Paris Agreement. These policies includes Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), National Adaptation...

This assessment explored the extent to which Timor-Leste’s nationally determined contribution (NDC) and national adaptation plan (NAP) align with the outcomes of the first global stocktake (GST), using a systematic review based on a structured checklist. The alignment between the NDC and GST outcomes on mitigation was limited, as Timor-Leste’s NDC...

The outcome of the first Global Stocktake (GST1), concluded at COP28, is expected to firmly inform countries’ next nationally determined contributions (NDCs), due in early 2025, so as to ensure that global efforts are on track to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. Taking Malaysia as a case study country, the objective of this study is to...