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Discussion Paper
Author:
Michael
Mehling
This paper conducts a comparative analysis of green industrial policy strategies recently advanced by the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.), and extends insights to the evolving policy landscape in Japan. Its analysis underscores how the European strategy is characterized by a systematic approach that balances emissions constraints...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
Author:
Hiratsuka
Motoshi
Hozumi
Hashiguchi
Miki
Toda
Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) has been implemented over the past decade, and has led to a restructuring of forest governance systems in host countries. In the case of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, which is promoting REDD+, activities have been implemented at national, sub-national and project scales...
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Environmental Science & Policy
Forest conservation is a key component of multilateral environmental agreements related to biodiversity conservation (Convention on Biological Diversity; CBD)) and climate change (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; UNFCCC), and ambitious national commitments are essential to the implementation of these agreements. To understand the...
Submission to Policy Process
Author:
Takeo
Tadono
Masato
Hayashi
Osamu
Ochiai
Mariko
Harada
Ko
Hamamoto
Takashi
Nishimura
Takahiro
Ikenoue
Mari
Miura
Hiroki
Miyazono
Hiroaki
Okonogi
Pedro Alberto Bignelli
Nara Vidal Pantoja
Daniel Moraes de Freitas
(Japanese title: 熱帯林違法伐採の検知(JJ-FAST)) This submission provides our input for the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement. Our input focuses on a satellite-based deforestation monitoring system for tropical forests, “JICA-JAXA Forest Early Warning System in the Tropics (JJ-FAST)”. Summary of the submission: A satellite-based deforestation...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
In 海外の森林と林業
Author:
基志
平塚
最近、地球温暖化対策において森林を含めた土地 利用分野の重要性が強調されている。2015 年の国 連気候変動枠組条約の第21 回締約国会議(COP 21)で採択されたパリ協定では、気温上昇を工業化 以前と比較して2℃ないしは1.5℃上昇までに抑えることが長期目標として合意された。これを受け、 IPCC が2018 年に公表した「1.5℃特別報告書」1)で は、目標達成のためにはすべての部門で従来にない 大規模なGHG 排出削減が必要であるが、それだけ では不十分で、森林等の吸収源を同時に活用する必 要性が示された。それに続いて2019 年に公表され た「気候変動と土地に関する特別報告書」2)を森林分野について要約すれば、現在は大きな排出源となっている天然林の減少を抑制し、2050 年までに...
Commentary (Op. Ed)
Author:
Michael
Lettenmeier
Viivi
Toivio
This commentary summarises the key findings and implications of the study on Lifestyle Carbon Footprints: Long-term targets and case studies of the carbon footprints of household consumption. This study introduces and develops an approach to establishing lifestyle carbon footprints: greenhouse gases directly emitted during and indirectly induced by...
Data or Tool
The "JCM in CHARTS" series aim to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-understand description of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in each host country. This version describes the rules, procedures, and references for implementing the JCM in Lao PDR. This CHARTS is also available in Laotian language: JCM in CHARTS for Lao PDR (ພາສາລາວ)
Data or Tool
Author:
Department of Climate Change
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
The "JCM in CHARTS" series aim to provide a comprehensive and easy-to-understand description of the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) in each host country. This version describes the rules, procedures, and references for implementing the JCM in Lao PDR. This CHARTS is also available in English: JCM in CHARTS for Lao PDR
Presentation
SETAC North America
Author:
Valentina
Pauna
Susanne
Brander
Kara
Wiggin
A global agreement to end plastic pollution must be based on pertinent, multi-disciplinary knowledge. Consideration of the full life cycle impacts of plastics and substitutes is important to achieve sustainable solutions rather than shifting the burden. Hence, this process requires considerations of fossil-based and biobased feedstocks for plastic...
Commissioned Report
JCM REDD+事業「ラオス/ルアンパバーン県における焼畑耕作の抑制によるREDD+事業」のMRV検討支援を支援することを目的とし、以下の業務を実施した。 1)ラオスJCM REDD+事業に関する方法論(案)等のレビュー 今年度に早稲田大学が作成するラオス/ルアンパバーン県における焼畑耕作の抑制によるREDD+事業の方法論(案)等について専門的見地からレビューを行い、修正等が必要な箇所を整理した。 2)関連する海外出張 ラオス(ビエンチャン)で開催されるREDD+に関する政府間協議に出席し、必要に応じて技術的な観点からインプットを行った。 3)国内関係者を集めた会合への出席 上記を実施するに当たり、環境省、林野庁、並びにその他関係者との会合へ出席した。