Publications

The Project is pleased to publish this Interim Report FY2001, based on the activities conducted during FY2001 in the Region. The aim of the Interim Report FY2001 is to disseminate our research activities to interested people, as well as to provide bases for preparing policy recommendation in the field of environmental education.

The Internet Revolution is a global event that has reached Germany and Japan to similar extents. Many experts agree that this revolution may bring about new patterns of social and economic interactions with potentially far-reaching implications. Although these patterns will develop in virtual space, material input and therewith ecological impacts...

Climate Change-Science, Strategies, and Solutions Editor: Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change Publisher information: Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2001, 400 pp ISBN: 90-04-12276 Negotiating the Kyoto Protocol Author: Heike Schroder, University of Erfurt, Germany Publisher information: Munster: Lit-Verlag, 2001, 193...

This edition of IRES presents expert reviews on a diverse range of environmental topics including the role of the UN, the economics of climate protection, policy related research in sustainable development, environmental education and urban environment. EDITOR'S NOTE http://enviroscope.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=2431 SPECIAL...

The World Summit on Sustainable Development (the WSSD, also referred to as Earth Summit 2002) presents humanity with the first major opportunity of this century, and possibly the last significant opportunity ever, to make steps toward assuring a sustainable future for present and future generations. This edition of IRES invited influential experts...

The workshop was held on 17 January 2001, preceded by intensive discussions between IGES staff and local Japanese collaborators on the preceding day. The workshop was divided into three sessions. First, the morning session was to discuss the results of the first phase of research with invited participants from overseas and Japan. Second, in the...

The workshop was held on 17 January 2001, preceded by intensive discussions between IGES staff and local Japanese collaborators on the preceding day. The workshop was divided into three sessions. First, the morning session was to discuss the results of the first phase of research with invited participants from overseas and Japan. Second, in the...

Business and industry, or the corporate sector, have been practicing corporate citizenship towards achieving corporate environmental excellence. This paper shows how business and industry has incorporated the idea of corporate citizenship into corporate management, especially through the adoption of environmentally-sound practices and environmental...

Since the mid 1990s, governments have attached increasing importance to urban environmental infrastructure (UEI) development in East Asian developing countries. There are two critical strategic issues for improving urban environmental infrastructure in East Asia: the enhancement of governmental capacities in financing UEI, and the mobilization of...