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In 2005, IGES launched the consultation "The Asia-Pacific Consultations on Climate Regime Beyond 2012" to promote new and constructive thinking in the Asia-Pacific region on future actions against climate change beyond 2012, and to contribute to the shaping of a future climate regime that adequately reflects the concerns and developmental...

Resources for the Future and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies convened a one and one-half day workshop on domestic and international climate policy May 11?12, 2005, in Tokyo, Japan. The first day included 49 participants hearing presentat

This paper examines the process to lead the adoption of the EU directive on establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community, in order to identify the reasons for Germany to agree on the adoption, despite of the expected friction caused by the shift from its existing national measures, especially voluntary...

Urban environmental management is a challenge faced by many cities in Asia. At the same time, developing cities in Asia confront a number of other issues as well. While on the one hand some cities are enjoying the benefits of rapid economic growth, many of these cities are also experiencing a huge influx of poor from the surrounding areas, and some...

-Executive Summary -Comparison of Options Available to Japan for Acquiring Emission Certificates 1.Current situation in Japan 2.Options -pros and cons 3.Conclusion -Comparative evaluation of options -Background Paper 1: Current Japanese Climate Policy from the Perspective of Using the Kyoto Mechanisms 1.Introduction 2.Climate policy development in...

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環境の危機が叫ばれる中、ファクター4、10レベルの改善を達成する可能性を持つ取り組みコンセプトとして「製品サービスシステム（Product Service System）」等のシステムイノベーションコンセプトが提唱されている。このイノベーションコンセプトは、「消費者が求めているのは製品そのものではなく製品により提供される機能である」との前提に立ち、従来と異なる方法で消費者の要望を満たそうとするもので、製品リース・レンタル等をオルタナティブな機能提供方法として提案している。一方で、研究が進むにつれて「期待された程の大幅な環境負荷低減に繋がることは少ない」、「消費者受容性に問題がある」等の問題点も指摘されるようになった。本稿では、オルタナティブな機能提供方法の中でも環境負荷低減効果が高いとされる...

Focusing on 278 listed corporations in Japan, the present study tests the hypothesis that robust environmental conservation activities have a positive effect on their financial performance. It also examines the role played by the environmental policies introduced and strengthened by the government since the end of the 1990s. By a statistical...