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Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability

There is a growing recognition of the urgent need to change citizens’ lifestyles to realise decarbonised societies. Consumption-based accounting (carbon footprinting) is a helpful indicator for measuring the impacts of peoples’ consumption on climate change by capturing both direct and embedded carbon emissions. However, while carbon footprinting...

Policy Report
Author:
理奈
楜澤
晴子
内田
直子
大窪
麻子
大崎
絵美
菅原
真也
藤野
昌弘
川廷
美紀
渡辺
本田

本レポートには、SDGsに関する認知度のほか、国連グローバル・コンパクトが重視するSDGsゴール5(ジェンダー平等)、8(はたらきがい・人権)、13(気候変動)、16(腐敗防止)と、日本企業で取り組みの加速が期待されるゴール12(持続可能な消費と生産)の5つのゴール(主題にしたテーマ)の取り組みの進捗について、各分野の専門家による分析・考察が含まれています。前回の調査でSDGs認知度と取り組み進捗度が十分に高まったことを踏まえ、今回はSDGsの経営への組み込みや取り組む際の課題など、実践段階における取り組みの「質」について深堀した内容となっています。

【SDGsの認知・浸透度】 
経営へのSDGsの組み込みに関して、従業員数10~249人の企業は、方針...

Working Paper

In the net-zero context, technology transfer plays a critical role in achieving the emission reduction and meeting the climate mitigation goals of countries. However, the extent of penetration of transferred technologies and their respective mitigation potential will depend on the scale of transfer among the source and recipient countries.

This...

Book Chapter
In Membrane Technology for Sustainable Water and Energy Management
Author:
Safa
Rachid
Selim
Karkour
Hicham
Chatoui
Mohamed
Merzouki
Jauad
El-Kharraz

Global freshwater scarcity is projected to be affecting almost half of the world’s population by 2025. Desalination has become a reliable option to provide freshwater, especially with climate change and its direct impact on water resources. The desalination technology transforms some non-traditional water sources either by processing brackish water...

Peer-reviewed Article
In Resources, Conservation and Recycling

There is limited knowledge on the potential impacts of electric vehicle (EV) deployment in developing countries to date. India is a rapidly industrializing country with a national policy to promote EVs, but does not have the waste management infrastructure to process battery waste. Through a model analysis for India, we projected that the sale of...

Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability
Author:
Shalini
Dhyani
Jayshree
Shukla
Rakesh
Kadaverugu
Rajarshi
Dasgupta
Muktipada
Panda
Sudip Kumar
Kundu
Harini
Santhanam
Paras R.
Pujari
Shizuka
Hashimoto

In recent times, environmental stewardship of mangroves has provided the impetus to
protect and restore these ecosystems for their inherent ability to protect coastal regions from climate
change, sequester carbon dioxide as rich blue carbon, and support human well-being through a
multitude of ecosystem services. Participatory stakeholder...

Peer-reviewed Article
In Climate
Author:
Kim
Lavane
Gowhar
Meraj
Tran Gia
Han
Luong Hong Boi
Ngan
Bui Thi Bich
Lien
Tran Van
Ty
Nguyen Truong
Thanh
Nigel K.
Downes
Nguyen Dinh Giang
Nam
Huynh Vuong Thu
Minh
Suraj Kumar
Singh
Shruti
Kanga

In contrast to other natural disasters, droughts may develop gradually and last for extended periods of time. TheWorld Meteorological Organization advises using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for the early identification of drought and understanding of its characteristics over various geographical areas. In this study, we use long-term...

Peer-reviewed Article
In Land
Author:
Nityaranjan
Nath
Dhrubajyoti
Sahariah
Gowhar
Meraj
Jatan
Debnath
Durlov
Lahon
Kesar
Chand
Majid
Farooq
Pankaj
Chandan
Suraj Kumar
Singh
Shruti
Kanga

The Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone is located on the edge of the Eastern Himalayan biodiversity
hotspot region. In 1985, the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) was declared a World Heritage
Site by UNESCO. Nowadays, anthropogenic interference has created a significant negative impact
on this national park. As a result, the area under natural habitat is...

Research Report

This report presents findings from a project jointly implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES). The project reviewed 50 Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs) on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) from 36 Asia and the Pacific countries from 2016 to 2021. In this...

Keywords:
Peer-reviewed Article
In Science of The Total Environment
Author:
Peiyi
Yin
Xuecao
Li
Jiafu
Mao
Bingyu
Wang
Jianxi
Huang

The response of land surface phenology (LSP) to the urban heat island effect (UHI) is a useful biological indicator for understanding how vegetated ecosystems will be affected by future climate warming. However, vegetation cover in rural areas is often dominated by cultivated land, whose phenological timing is considerably influenced by...