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Once every two years, IGES releases a white paper focusing on key policy agendas in the Asia-Pacific region. The Fourth IGES White Paper, entitled "Greening Governance in Asia-Pacific" examines innovative approaches to governance and institutions that have emerged from the region and recommends governance arrangements and policy solutions to...
Book Chapter
The twin themes of Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, are extensively addressed in this White Paper, as IGES views 2012 as a turning point in the future path towards sustainable development. At the International Forum for a Sustainable Asia-Pacific (ISAP) organized by IGES in Yokohama in July 2011, more than 800...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
Discussion Paper
Book Chapter
In Handbook of Sustainability Management
This chapter argues that Japan’s strategy for sustainability and environmental management can be characterized as an approach to overcome environmental challenges by harmonizing environmental conservation and economic competitiveness. This can be characterized as Ecological Modernization that emphasizes improving efficiency and expansion of...
Presentation
20th Conference of the International Input-Output Association
In 2005, the Chinese government set compulsory targets for energy-saving. The national target is a reduction of 20 percent energy consumption per unit of GDP by 2010 based on the level in 2005. The national target is disaggregated into provincial targets which range from 12 - 30 percent of reduction. This policy will have great influences on not...
Presentation
20th Conference of the International Input-Output Association
Growing regional inequality and environmental degradation associated with interregional trade in Asia Pacific Area has been considered one of the major barriers in achieving sustainable development. Decomposition of economic structure at the regional level can help analyze these problems. This study applies Block Structural Path Analysis to the...
Non Peer-reviewed Article
Working Paper
Global Research Forum on SCP workshop - “Global and Regional Research on Sustainable Consumption and Production Systems: Achievements, Challenges and Dialogues”
An axiom that has shaped policy approaches to sustainable consumption has been that if more consumers understand the environmental consequences of their consumption patterns, through their market choices they would inevitably put pressure on retailers and manufacturers to move towards sustainable production. The result is the proliferation of green...