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Remarks: This paper was revised and the new title is 'Practical guide for improved organic waste management: climate benefits through the 3Rs in developing Asian countries'. The authors recommend readers to follow the revised version that has corrected proof and updating data on waste generation and national policies relevant with waste management...

Forest certification is a voluntary, market-based instrument designed to improve forest management by enabling buyers to identify timber products derived from wellmanaged forests. While small forest enterprises make an important contribution to the forest industry in many countries, they have found forest certification difficult to achieve. There...

Remarks: the regional workshop on ‘Flexibility Mechanisms and Climate Change Policy in Asian Countries’ 14-15 January 1999 at the Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand

The Clean Development Mechanism has its meaning to be a tool that the sustainable development in the host developing country is compatible with the climate change mitigation, as well as, a flexible instrument for developed countries to meet their quantified commitments. This paper considers how the CDM works properly as a tool to assist developing...

気候変動問題に関する京都議定書では，Annex I 国に対する数値目標の設定と同時に，排出権取引などの「国際的」柔軟性メカニズムも導入されることとなった．その一方で，「国内」措置実施の重要性に関しても認識され，それが第6，17 条に規定されている「補完性(supplementarity)」の原則という形で表現されている． この「補完性」の取り扱い方法として，EU 等からは「取引される排出量への制限」という方法が提案されているが，ここでは，本来の議定書の精神に立ち戻り，議定書第2 条の「国内措置側」からのアプローチとして，「物理的な共通パフォーマンス原単位の開発」という形の，新たな提案を行い，それによって国際的取り組みの発展と同時に，Annex I 国内の取組を促進させる方法を論ずる．

Kyoto Protocol incorporates the international flexibility mechanisms such as emissions trading, etc., in addition to setting the quantified commitments for Annex I Parties. The Protocol also recognizes the importance of domestic actions, and supports the concept of supplementarity in the Articles 6 and 17. EU proposes to limit the tradeable amounts...

Remarks: 環境経済政策学会1998 年大会発表要旨