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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Peer-reviewed Article
In Case Studies on Transport Policy
A large proportion of Asia’s urban population is served by informal modes of transport known as paratransit. Many of the vehicles in this informal sector contribute to rising air pollution and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Energy-efficient technologies could make paratransit environmentally sustainable. However, the purchase and use of clean...
Peer-reviewed Article
In IEEE Xplore Digital
Motorization has increased sharply forced by economic growth couple with poor public transport services especially at urban areas in Asian cities. A transition process to a private vehicle dependent society could be found in many cities because local authority doesn't have appropriate planning to anticipate it while earlier studies also clearly...
Commissioned Report
This report is about the project with a purpose to promote cooperation on Co-benefits-type air pollution measures mainly in Asia. IGES provided advice to MOEJ on the activities of international organisations; supporting international SLCP mitigation activities such as the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants...
Commissioned Report
国立研究開発法人国立環境研究所（以下、NIES)が平成28年度事業に開発した温室効果ガス排出量のシミュレーションモデルを使ってインドネシア全体における温室効果ガス排出削減の可能性を検討するにあたり、IGESは交通分野を中心としたエネルギー消費実態等に係る現地調査の設計、実施、データ解析を行った。
Fact Sheet
The Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), was held 28-30 March 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand, under the theme of “Transformations towards sustainable and resilient societies'. A key preparatory meeting for the High-level Political...
Fact Sheet
The Fifth Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD), organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission of Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), was held 28-30 March 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand, under the theme of “Transformations towards sustainable and resilient societies'. A key preparatory meeting for the High-level Political...
Discussion Paper
NDCs are the sets of nationally driven actions that countries pledged to the UNFCCC in the wake of the Paris Agreement. Countries in Asia could capitalize on the political and financial support flowing from the Paris Agreement and NDCs to help mitigate Short Lived Climate Pollutants(SLCPs) and curb air pollution. This paper has three objectives...
Conference Paper
The 97th Annual Meeting Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Pedestrianization programs hold promise to encourage non-motorized transport (NMT) in rapidly motorizing cities. But successful implementation of these programs depends on whether they meet the needs of urban residents. This article aims to assess how Bandung, Indonesia—a fast-growing city of 2.3 million people—is meeting those needs with a...
Fact Sheet
Bandung is implementing a pedestrianisation programme called “Panca Trotoar” to provide citizens with safer, cleaner, and more visually appealing walking environments. The “Panca Trotoar” aims to achieve these objectives by ensuring all sidewalks have a bench for resting, a stone ball to prevent traffic on sidewalk, a flower pot for decoration, a...
Fact Sheet
Public Participation in Urban Planning is broadly acknowledged and there has been a shift in planning and decision-making by involving stakeholders, aimed at children and youth participation at the local level. UNICEF defines a Child Friendly City as a “local system of good governance committed to fulfilling children’s rights. It is a city where...
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IGES Activity on "High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)"
This special webpage presents publications related to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which as the main United Nations platform on sustainable development, is dedicated to the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda