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While the initial pieces of evidence indicate that COVID-19 induced economic slowdown and lockdown present short-term benefits to air quality and the environment, these also pose a double-edged challenge in the long-term. On one side, the slowing down of the economy can have an adverse impact on countries’ ongoing efforts towards climate mitigation...

Energy transition has been gaining significant policy attention in India, especially in the backdrop of the concerns about growing emissions from fossil fuels and the need for cleaner energy services. However, this has been one of the strategic dilemmas for the country. On the one hand, the increasing demand for fossil fuels is prompting critical...

昨年2月28日、浙江省・象山県地方政府が主催したブルーカーボンクレジット入札会が開催され、対象の2340トンのクレジットが１トンあたり１０６元（約２０００円）で落札された。全国20余りの企業・団体が70回以上の入札を行った結果、入札開始価格（30元/トン）の３倍以上の金額で取引されたことが話題を呼んだ。ブルーカーボンとは、浅海に生息する海草藻場、海藻藻場、湿地・干潟、マングローブ林などの海洋生態系に取り込まれた炭素のことで、中国政府はワカメ養殖や藻場再生事業などで実現できた追加吸収量をブルーカーボンクレジットとして認定、売買するための制度づくりを急いでいる。

China announced the launch of a national emissions trading scheme (ETS) in December 2017 for the regulation of its carbon dioxides emissions. In emissions trading, China is likely to encounter issues different from those encountered by the European Union and other developed countries. This study first identifies the contextual factors that...

Using the available information and a standard econometric approach analyzing the time series dataset, this study identifies the interactions between electricity, fossil fuel and carbon market prices in Guangdong, China. The result confirms a long running co-integration between carbon market prices and the prices of coal, diesel and liquid natural...

２０１７年からスタートした雄安新区・始動区域の建設は、２０２０年以降のコロナの影響により一時期の停滞期を経験したものの、中国政府によるコロナ規制の緩和を受け、２０２３年に入ってから再び建設ラッシュを取り戻した。繁忙期には３８㎡範囲の建設エリアに3.5万人が稼働している。現在、雄安新区では240以上の都市インフラ事業が展開されており、累計投資総額は8000億元（約16兆円）に達し、昨年だけで２０００億元の投資が着地した。

This paper provides some background information on coal industry transition that has occurred recently in China, and shows prospects for better transition management with a focus on employment. Using statistical data and scenario analysis results provided in existing literature, changes in coal consumption, production and international trade in...

Although Japan and India have long considered the possibility of establishing the JCM as has been stipulated in joint statements between these two countries, an official bilateral document to start the JCM has not yet been signed. The JCM is one of the market-based mechanisms which involves Internationally Transferred Mitigation Outcomes (ITMOs)...

本稿では，インド政府が国連気候変動枠組条約に提出したGHG排出削減目標案（INDC）の達成のために、国内的な取組として定めた「国家気候変動行動計画」の計画の１つである「省エネルギー化国家計画」の要となっている省エネ証書取引制度（Perform Achieve and Trade: PAT）と,IGES関西研究センターがインドで取り組んでいる日本の低炭素技術移転の取組を紹介する.

This paper details the efforts made by Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), under their Japan–India collaborative projects, to promote low carbon technologies (LCT) among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in India. The empirical evidence gathered during the projects show that three...