Publications

The international commitments in response to climate change have been made globally, particularly at COP21 in Paris in December 2015 and at COP22 in Marrakech in November 2016. All parties are required to submit their Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to show their commitment in tackling the threat of climate change impacts. Climate change...

In support of APAN’s broad mission to “build climate change resilient and sustainable human systems, ecosystems and economies” in Asia-Pacific, the Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ) has provided significant funding to run the network and contribute meaningfully to helping the region’s government officials adapt to climate change. A big...

LoCARNet 5th Annual Meeting Synthesis Report

This workshop aimed to understand and identify key aspects for mainstreaming CCA and the necessary CCA background assessments into existing national and subnational planning processes.

IGES made a proposal of an MRV methodology for the JCM projects which installs solar PV systems to the JCM Joint Committee between Indonesia and Japan. The Joint Committee approved a methodology ID_AM013 Ver1.0 "Installation of Solar PV System" on the basis of this proposal. The attached version (JCM_ID_PM_020) includes three documents: the JCM...

The main objective of this workshop was set to address the case studies of successful clean energy solutions in Asian cities (India, China and Japan) with a special focus on: 1) How clean energy planning contributes to urban resilience and sustainability? 2) Which initiatives are most promising? What are their policy implications? 3) What is the...

Following The Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, environmental educators in Japan needed to face a tough introspection – what could environmental education (EE) and education for sustainable development (ESD) have done to prevent, or reduce, its disastrous damages. In this context, promoting resilience of communities to confront disasters emerged...

This paper contributes to understanding national variations in using low-carbon electricity sources by comparing the evolution of nuclear, wind and solar power in Germany and Japan. It develops and applies a framework for analyzing low-carbon electricity transitions based on interplay of techno-economic, political and socio-technical processes. We...

Indonesia has a total estimated population of more than 250 million people, of which 52% live in urban areas. Overall access to improved sanitation in Indonesia has increased remarkably over the past 25 years. Indonesia has a commitment in the MDG declaration to meet the achievement of 62.41% to improve sanitation by 2015, but the actual improved...

PR brochure on research targeting Bhutan, a country made up of mountains, forests and valley cities, concerning the potential up to 2050 for non-linear development and carbon neutrality.