Takashi YANO

There have been a lot of debates around the concerns of international competitiveness and carbon leakage which are related to the asymmetric implementation of climate policies in the Annex I and non-Annex I countries as a result of the Kyoto Protocol. Border adjustment measures (BAM), in particular border tax adjustment (BTA), are proposed to...

This policy brief explores the debate on the green economy concept for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012, and covers initiatives in various countries. It also makes a proposal on the vital role of Japan in linking green economy policies from developed countries to global...

グリーン経済が大きな注目を集める中、2012年にリオデジャネイロで開催される国連持続可能な開発会議（UNCSD）に向けた議論や各国の取り組みについて整理するとともに、先進国のグリーン経済政策を世界の持続可能な開発につなげるための日本の役割について提言しています。

This is the commision report to MOEJ about basic research of Rio+20, in specific two themes of Rio+20 "Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication" and "Institutional framework for sustainable development". Each theme's research chiefly analyses trends/actions of main countries and international organizations...

Following the Tripartite Joint Action Plan on Environmental Cooperation adopted in the Tripartite Environmental Ministers Meeting among Korea, China, and Japan, the Tripartite Green Economic Policy Seminar was held on 2-3 December 2010 in Beijing, P. R. China. In the session on Overall Progress of Green Economy, Dr. Takashi Yano gave a presentation...

Carbon leakage and international competitiveness are two policy concerns related to the asymmetric domestic climate policies as a result of the implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. Among other policy alternatives, the use of offsetting measures at the border to level the playing field is getting popular in policy debates. Climate change related...