Dr.

Eric ZUSMAN

新型コロナウィルス（COVID-19）による社会・環境・経済への広範な影響を受け、政策立案者にはプラネタリー・ヘルス（地球の健康）を取り戻すことが求められている。 地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）による新型コロナに関するポジションペーパー3.0は、健康な地球を目指し、実現可能なアクションについて提案し、野心的な政策立案を支援することを目的としている。 本ペーパーでは、「プラネタリー・ヘルス」と「ワンヘルス」の基本概念を紹介した後、グリーンイシューである生態系関連、そしてブルーイシューである水関連の提案を行い、さらに、ブラウンイシューである気候変動やグレーイシューである大気汚染の問題に対処するための経済刺激策のモメンタムを適切に維持する方法を検討する。最後に、生態系と気候の保護を統合しつつ...

COP26に向け、多くの国がカーボンニュートラルやネットゼロ、またはそれに近い野心的な目標を掲げた。これまで目標の多くは、二酸化炭素削減（CO2）に焦点が当てられてきた。将来世代が温暖化による最悪の事態を避けるため、長期的にCO2の大幅削減を目指すのは当然である。一方で、CO2削減より迅速に気候変動を緩和できる可能性として、メタンなど短寿命気候汚染物質（SLCP）削減の重要性への認識も高まっている。

グローバルメタン誓約や、SLCP削減に取り組む国際パートナーシップ（CCAC）の新戦略等、今回のCOPに合わせ、米国やEUが旗振り役となり加速した国際社会のメタン排出削減の動きを紹介する。

The ASEAN State of Climate Change Report (ASCCR) provides an overall outlook of the state of play of climate change issues in the ASEAN region. ASCCR is also a forward-looking report, which includes recommendations on making the transition toward 2030 and on to 2050 for both adaptation and mitigation, considering ASEAN’s development context and the...

Intensifying ecological crises, such as climate change, the melting Arctic, and uncontrolled destruction of habitat and biodiversity, are increasingly exposing the shortcomings of resource-intensive development models. One of the concepts helping policymakers steer a course change is sustainable consumption production and consumption (SCP). A...

In this discussion paper, we demonstrate why and how co-innovation can serve as a critical enabler of a bilateral Japan-India partnership on hydrogen technologies. We argue that more than conventional approaches to technology transfer, co-innovation places a premium on the role of multi-stakeholder collaboration in triggering the transition from...

COVID-19’s wide-ranging social, environmental, and economic impacts has led to calls for policymakers to restore planetary health.  The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies’ (IGES) COVID-19 position paper 3.0 aims to help policymakers translate support for a healthy planet into actionable recommendations and ambitious policy directions.  A...

Cities are increasingly adopting potentially sustainable climate plans. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into these plans could help stabilize the climate while generating jobs, narrowing equity gaps, fostering innovation, and delivering other sustainability benefits. Yet, how much cities are integrating the SDGs into climate...

This book provides policymakers, researchers, and other interested audiences with knowledge on how to quantify and integrate and advance co-benefits in their decisions. It begins with an introductory chapter that provides an overview of the concept of co-benefits. This followed by a section that details quantitative approaches to estimate co...

The United States began liberalizing its wholesale and retail electricity market to lower costs, increase efficiency, and curb oil imports in the 1990s. Reductions in carbon dioxide (CO₂) were a possible desirable side effect of these reforms. In recent years, concerns over climate change have prompted state governments in the United States to...

Japanese companies have pioneered the development of a large number of low-carbon technologies (LCTs). As a rapidly expanding economy with burgeoning energy requirements, India offers a significant potential market for Japanese LCTs. The industry sector in India accounts for a significant share of commercial energy use and hence carbon dioxide (CO2...