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This paper presents results from a regional survey conducted on the globalization of local risks through investments in the vulnerable regions of Asia. Some countries that have been successful in attracting global investments in manufacturing and service industries are also highly vulnerable to natural hazard risks raising an important issue of...

Urbanization plays a significant role in how the sustainable development goals (SDGs) can be achieved by countries and regions since they can deliver the benefits of SDGs to a relatively large number of people in a short period of time by concentrating efforts in relatively focused areas than the widely dispersed rural areas. With 55% of people...

Climate change impacts on natural and human systems are increasing. Often affecting fragile economic, social and political systems, climate change is considered to be a serious ‘threat multiplier’. In this document, the risks on these existing systems are understood as climate fragility risks (CFRs). Considering CFRs in the development sector is...

Ecosystem-based (EB) approaches have been strongly promoted in various international environmental and development processes. As a result, they are gaining increasing attention among development practitioners, policymakers and researchers. A review of G20 national adaptation plans and related strategies revealed that member countries have...

Food production and productivity improvements have contributed to lifting millions of people out of poverty and reduced hunger and malnutrition, but are associated with patterns of land intensification that have degraded agricultural land and caused great environmental harm. Underlying drivers affecting land conversion to and from agriculture...

This presentation highlights how enhanced Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) can contribute to the improved effectiveness of transparency and capacity building. Three conclusions are: 1) Fill the research gap in identifying the effectiveness of capacity building approaches at the project level, 2) build M&E good practice guidance so that practitioners...

The framework of “Just Transition” is important to implement policies towards decarbonisation of power sectors (DPS) in Japan. Using the existing DPS scenarios and employment factors for the power sectors based on an extended input-output tables, this study analysed “Just Transition” issues, along with three further aspects: distributional justice...

2018年8月に「エネルギー移行委員会 (ETC: Energy Transition Commission)」が「Mission Possible –Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Emissions from Harder-To-Abate Sectors by Mid-Century-」を公表した。本報告書は、炭素中立(Net-Zero)が難しいとされる重化学工業（鉄鋼、セメント、石油化学）部門および貨物、船舶、航空など旅客以外の輸送手段（以下、貨物など輸送部門）を対象に、炭素中立の技術的可能性とそれを実現するための施策をまとめたものである。本報告書は、200人を超える専門家へのインタビュー結果に基づき、世界的にも著名なコンサルティング会社（Material...

日本の中期目標（NDC）の引き上げ可能性について、以下の論文の研究成果に基づき発表を行った。 A. Kuriyama, K. Tamura, T. Kuramochi, Can Japan enhance its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets? Assessment of economic and energy-related assumptions in Japan’s NDC, Energy Policy. 130 (2019) 328–340. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.03.055.

Climate change deepens poverty; whereas, researches have shown financial inclusion is one of the best ways to build resilience to the climate change effects. Inclusive green finance is an evolving policy area in which member institutions of the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) are beginning to implement policies, regulations and national...