Publications

Remarks: IGES及びフィリピン環境天然資源省主催「Designated National Authority for Clean Development Mechanism WORKSHOP」における講演

The historic development pathway of Europe and the US is clearly not sustainable in developing Asia, with its larger population, constrained by resource limitations, and now facing the global challenges of climate change. So far, however, Asia has not framed an alternative future that simultaneously provides for an escape from poverty, improves...

-IGES Efforts towards the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit (Contributions to the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting/ "Special Symposium in Commemoration of the G8 Environment Ministers Meeting - Climate Change and Water"/IGES' Contribution to the Blair Initiative/Symposium on "Actions against Global Warming: Japan's Role in the World") -International...

Despite the fact that organic agriculture has been recognized and advocated, its expected benefits are yet to be realized at a large scale today. Conceptually, the key problems in organic agriculture in the region are due to high transaction costs and poor credibility of organic products. The former is particularly serious in the supply side due to...