Atsushi WATABE

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Programme Director

Atsushi Watabe has a strong background in the Sociology of Rural Development, Population Movement, and Migration in the South-east Asian Countries. He is also experienced in monitoring and evaluating environmental policies (in particular climate policies) in the developing countries. He has been engaged in the tasks as follows: Monitoring and Advisory of Indonesia Climate Change Program Loan (2008-2012), Fukushima Action Research (2012-14), UN 10-Year Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production (2014-), and Policy Design and Evaluation to Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns in Asian Region (2016-).

Research Topics & Areas of Expertise

Social Development
Local/Indigenous Knowledge,
International Developmental Cooperation,
Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery
社会開発、
ローカルノレッジ、
国際開発協力、
災害リスク管理・復興

Education

BA, Policy Management, Keio University
MA, Media and Governance, Keio University
PhD, Media and Governance, Keio University

Publications
Projects

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Book Chapter

January 2020

Apprehending food waste in Asia: policies, practices and promising trends

In Routledge Handbook of Food Waste

This chapter considers food waste from the perspective of cities in Asia, presenting case studies from Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the Philippines. Interdisciplinary perspectives are brought together, drawing from sociology, industrial ecology, urban planning and public affairs, towards highlighting current efforts to manage waste in...

Discussion Paper

November 2019

Sustainable Lifestyles Policy and Practice: Challenges and Way Forward

Sustainable Lifestyles Policy and Practice: Challenges and Way Forward provides an overview of the current (2019) situation for sustainable lifestyles globally. It includes 32 case studies from around the world, showing on-going efforts to support the transition to sustainable ways of living. The key messages of the publication are: There are...

Keywords:

Sustainable Lifestyles

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Book Chapter

June 2019

"持続可能な生産と消費"

In 『持続可能な社会をつくる教育事典』

日本環境教育学会は、日本児童教育振興財団からの助成を得て、『持続可能な社会をつくる教育事典』を作成・刊行する方針を決め、日本国際理解教育学会、日本社会教育学会、日本学校教育学会、SDGs 市民社会ネットワーク、グローバル・コンパクト・ネットワーク・ジャパンの５つの団体にも執筆・編集でご協力をいただくことになりました。IGESは「持続可能な生産と消費」について、執筆しました。

Briefing Note

April 2019

第4回国連環境総会（UNEA4）から見る持続可能な消費と生産（SCP） ―循環経済と持続可能なライフスタイルへの転換―

Keywords:

Sustainable Consumption and Production

Sustainable Lifestyles

Circular Economy

United Nations Environment Assembly

Policy Brief

April 2019

Six Proposals for Future Policies towards Circular Economy and Society

T20 Japan Task Force 3: Climate Change and Environment

This policy brief suggests six priorities for developed and emerging economies represented by G20 countries to mainstream circular economy and society globally, as follows: 1) need to capture the momentum raised by public attention on marine plastic pollution; 2) raise the level of ambition of Extended Producer Responsibility; 3) provide policy...

Keywords:

Circular Economy

G20

marine plastic waste

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)

Discussion Paper

March 2019

Circulating and Ecological Economy - Regional and Local CES: An IGES Proposal

This paper explores the current understanding regarding the Circulating and Ecological Economy (CEE) and the Regional/Local CES concepts put forward by Japan’s Fifth Basic Environment Plan. The CEE and the Regional/Local CES advance a low-carbon, self-reliant, and decentralised society based on living in harmony with nature. The Regional/Local CES...

Conference Proceeding

February 2019

Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere Concept for Sustainable Resource Management and Collective Resilience of Urban and Rural: Lessons from Japan

The 4th World Congress on Disaster Management

The urban and rural regions can be well understood as the dynamic systems embedded and interconnected through their social, economic and environmental settings. These urban-rural interlinkages have important implication for understanding climate change vulnerabilities and capturing opportunities for adaptation and disaster risk reduction. However...

Book Chapter

February 2019

Contesting thoughts and attitudes to ‘Sufficiency’: Organic farming in an urbanised village in Thailand

In The Circular Economy and the Global South Sustainable Lifestyles and Green Industrial Development, 1st Edition

Against the backdrop of the growth of mainstream agriculture driven by export-oriented commercial crops, the recent emergence of organic farming in Thailand is remarkable. Organic farming is considered as an opportunity to encourage people to adopt a Sufficiency Economy, the guiding principle of national sustainable development, and also...

Commissioned Report

January 2019

Envisioning Future Low-Carbon Lifestyles and Transitioning Instruments Project Report

Final report for the Envisioning Future Low-Carbon Lifestyles and Transitioning Instruments project.

Peer-reviewed Article

November 2018

‘Everything is decided somewhere else’: Risk narratives as a navigation tool in societies experiencing uncertainty

In Journal of Human Security Studies

In recent decades, economic development in Southeast Asian countries has made tremendous impacts on rural societies. People have tried to take advantage of the new opportunities brought about by such economic development, as well as the assets and capacities presented, to develop and diversify their livelihood options. Against this backdrop, this...

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Dr. Atsushi WATABE

Programme Director

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Atsushi WATABE