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Non Peer-reviewed Article
In UNU Our World 2.0
Many countries have developed a keen interest in the potential of biofuels and instituted policies to promote their production. India became one of the major biofuel producers in Asia, with its bioethanol production hitting the 1 billion liter mark in 2008, second only after China. The evolving debate on biofuels focuses both on the need to produce...
Presentation
Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies
The aim of this paper is to analyse the potential contributions of bioethanol production from urban wastes to a sound material-cycle society in Japan. For this purpose, case studies are conducted on two projects of ethanol production from urban wastes: construction waste timber in Osaka Prefecture and food waste in Kitakyushu City. Based on...
Business Report
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To ensure accountability of each researsch project, and to provide a mechanism of transparency to its stakeholders, IGES conducts Project Peer Review every three years, inviting a Peer Review Panel composed of externally based experts. Business and the Environment Project Climate Policy Project Waste Management and Resources Efficiency Project...
Working Paper
The 3rd International Wuppertal Colloquium on “Sustainable Growth and Resource Productivity – Harnessing Industry and Policy Towards Eco-Innovation”
This paper tries to overview Japan’s strategy for sustainability and environmental management in the 1990s to 2000s. The paper argues that Japan’s sustainable strategy can be characterized from its emphasis in improving resource efficiency and expansion of voluntary approach by comprehending environmental challenges as opportunities for further...
Policy Report
The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) is monitoring the development of national REDD-plus systems in selected countries. This report provides a description and review of national REDD-plus readiness challenges, activities, and progress in Indonesia and Viet Nam, two countries that offer important contrasts for analytical inquiry...