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The Kyoto Protocol, adopted in 1997, committed industrialised countries to accept legally-binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions collectively by an average of 5% below 1990 levels in the first commitment period from 2008 to 2012. According to the latest report by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)...

Shanghai is one of the largest prosperous cities in China with the population over 17million. From the 1940’s the major urban planning strategy is trying to de-centralize the overcrowded population in the central part of the city, where the density was even as high as 70000 people/sq.km, now decreased to 40000 people/sq.km. The still very high...

Urban land use observably induces and generates traffic particularly where segregation among categories of land uses are distinct. Zoning in land use that distinguishes residential and commercial zones would create the needs of motorized transport due to journey to works and other purposes, provided that the proximity between residential and...

Japanese translation of the report "Asian Aspirations for Climate Regime Beyond 2012". 2006年に行った「2013年以降の気候変動枠組みに関する非公式対話」の結果を取りまとめた報告書"Asian Aspirations for Climate Regime Beyond 2012"の要旨及び提言部分を和文仮訳したもの。 同対話の2年目となる本年度は、昨年特に関心が高かった4つのテーマ、エネルギー政策と持続可能な開発、クリーン開発メカニズム（CDM）、技術開発と技術移転の促進、気候変動への適応策、についてさらに議論を深めた。本報告書は、今回実施された一連の対話、インタビュー及びアンケート調査を通じて...

1997年に採択された京都議定書は、先進工業各国毎に異なる温室効果ガスの排出抑制・削減義務を課し、第一約束期間中（2008〜12年）に先進工業国全体として温室効果ガスを1990年比で少なくとも5％削減することを目標として定めている。国連気候変動枠組条約（UNFCCC）事務局が、2006年5月にとりまとめた京都議定書目標達成に向けた進捗状況に関する報告書（FCCC/SBI/2006/INF.2）によると、議定書批准先進工業諸国の2003年の総排出量は、経済移行国で経済活動が停滞したため、1990年比で6.2％減少し、先進工業諸国全体での削減目標については達成できそうな見通しである。他方で、各国の状況を個別に見てみると、日本やEUの一部の国は、目標達成が危うい状 況にある。...

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The results of this study indicate that Kathmandu Valley's motorized travel demand increased 8.7 fold in 2004 from nearly one billion passenger-km in 1989. It suggests that the demand will increase to 27 billion passenger-km by 2025. Despite the drastic increase, the modal share of public and private transport modes have changed little since 1989...

To discuss and cope with steadily increasing problems in waste management and how to advance the 3R initiative in South Asia, the South Asia 3R Expert Workshop was co-orgnized by IGES, ADB, UNEP, and ICIMOD in Kathmandu, Nepal. The workshop was successful in achieving the multiple objectives of (1) in-depth discussion of solid waste management...