Programme Director/ Director of Integrated Sustainability Centre
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
Co-benefits
Political economy of low carbon development
Air pollution regulation
Climate policy
Sustainable transport
SDGs
Multilevel governance
Education
Rutgers University, Chinese Department
The University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Department of Asian Studies
The University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science Department
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In Global Environment Outlook 7
Achieving internationally agreed environmental, social and economic goals requires whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches (established but incomplete). These approaches can transform interconnected economic and financial, energy, food systems, materials/waste and environmental systems. Such a transformation, in turn, requires...
Policy Report
Despite global efforts and calls for action, our planet has already entered into uncharted territory, facing global environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and desertification, and pollution and waste. These interconnected crises, which are undermining human well-being and primarily caused by unsustainable...
Presentation
Clean Air Week 2025
Air pollution is Southeast Asia’s leading environmental health risk and a key driver of climate change through short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as black carbon and methane. The Southeast Asia Climate & Clean Air Initiative (SEACAI), co-financed by Germany and Switzerland, demonstrates how coordinated donor action can deliver tangible...
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability
Many cities have integrated health co-benefits into their climate plans to address cost concerns and build multi-stakeholder support for resilient, net-zero transitions. While some studies have demonstrated that cities vary in how much they link health and climate, few have examined why this is the case. This study fills this gap by using 16...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability Science
As more cities adopt resilient net-zero policies, local-level assessments of the current and future health impacts of warmer temperatures are becoming increasingly important. These assessments may be even more useful if they demonstrate how health impacts of different predicted temperatures vary across acclimatized/non-acclimatized groups. This...
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2025年大気環境学会公開シンポジウム：気候変動と大気汚染_2050 年までの都市政策
ウェルカムプロジェクトは、G7都市を対象に気候変動対策と住民の健康増進を統合する国際共同研究である。最大の意義は、脱炭素化を大気質改善や熱中症予防といった「地域的な便益（コベネフィット）」に変換し、政策の根拠を強化する点にある。 活動は「知見共有」「エビデンス明示」「ツール開発」を軸とし、八戸市の営農型太陽光発電や新潟市のEV推進がもたらす多角的な利点を可視化し、環境対策が福祉や経済に資することを証明した。これは市民の理解と支持を広げる重要な役割を果たす。開発中のウェブツールは部局間の合意形成を支援し、気候変動対策を市民の幸福向上への好機と捉える新たな都市づくりの指針として期待される。
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability Science
Decarbonizing transport systems is critical to a net-zero future. Explicitly factoring health co-benefits into urban climate/ transport plans could persuade decision-makers to adopt and implement the policies needed for such a future. Many studies have estimated the health benefits of transport policies with these ends in mind. However, how...
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Discussion Paper
Key Messages • The timely provision of high-quality data across all SDGs and regions is essential to the evidence-based decision-making needed to achieve the 2030 Agenda. • However, significant data gaps for SDG 5 (Gender), SDG 13 (Climate) and SDG 16 (Peace & Institutions) as well as across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have...
Data or Tool
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (the 2030 Agenda) and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were intended to motivate governments to transform conventional development patterns (United Nations, 2015). However, the lack of progress on the SDG suggests the national institutions and processes supporting this transformation may not be...
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Discussion Paper
While the world is not on track to achieve the SDGs, some countries have performed better than others. However, several “high performing” countries have made progress on the SDGs by exporting negative social and environmental externalities as “spillovers” to other countries. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is intended to be a global...
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