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In Resources, Conservation and Recycling
There is limited knowledge on the potential impacts of electric vehicle (EV) deployment in developing countries to date. India is a rapidly industrializing country with a national policy to promote EVs, but does not have the waste management infrastructure to process battery waste. Through a model analysis for India, we projected that the sale of...
This brochure introduces the outline and ongoing 22 projects of the City-to-City Collaboration for Zero-Carbon Society programme by the Ministry of the Environment, Japan.
In 公営企業
10年に一度という寒波が日本列島を襲った2023年1月下旬の、斜めに振っていた雪が昼に近づくにつれて真横に吹く日に、秋田県の2か所の「脱炭素先行地域」を現地訪問した。しかし、なぜ温暖化しているのに寒波が来るのか、という素朴な疑問が浮かぶだろう。 確かに世界の平均気温は18世紀半ばの産業革命が起こった時点から比べて約1.1℃上昇していて、過去に記録のない速さで温度が上昇しており、それと共に極端な気候(台風やハリケーン、熱波や猛暑、大雨や大雪、一方で日照りや寒波など)が起こることで人間の生活や自然生態系に影響が及び、それが年々目に見える形で悪い影響を及ぼしていることへの危機感が、そして今後さらに酷くなるという科学的な予測から、なんとか気温上昇を1.5℃に抑えるために...
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In Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems
Innovation history analysis of the transformation of paddy rice system on Sado Island from 1999 to 2019, which progressed with the reintroduction of crested ibis (Nipponia nippon), identified three key levers, i.e. multi-stakeholder collaboration, integrated local policies, and incentives, which, interacting one another and with seven leverage...
This presentation was provided to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s Training for Long-term Low-Carbon Strategies", 17 February 2023, JICA Yokohama. In this training session, the methodology and tool for analysing the interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were introduced. A couple of applications of the...
Chungang University Seminar
As an invited presentation, this document gives a summary about regulation and management system for air pollution and control in China. Actions taken for air pollution control since 2013 are elaborated and the achievements in air quality improvement are summarised. Experiences, challenges and the way forward are also shared for discussing the...
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As a crucial part of transition towards sustainable energy systems, the European Union (EU) has been actively encouraging its citizens to participate in the uptake of solar energy. As a result, peoplecentred approaches, which put citizens at the heart of the energy transition process, have gained major momentum. By summarising the concept of...
This presentation was made at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)’s Training for Long-term Low-Carbon Strategies under the Paris Agreement" on 17 February 2023 at JICA Yokohama Centre. The presentation focuses on the practical application of the IGES SDG Interlinkages Analysis methodology and tool for policy support with case studies...
This lecture was provided to the "Sustainable Development Goals and Corporate Social Responsibility" Course, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT), on 16 February 2023, online. The methodology and tool for analysing the interlinkages between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) were introduced. A couple of applications of the methodology...
In Applied Energy
Identifying effective development and rapid decarbonization pathways for developing countries are essential to realize sustainable and equitable future global societies. Increasingly cheaper solar photovoltaics (PV) on rooftop is one of the keys to build such urban power systems, integrated with battery and/or electric vehicles (EVs). Here, we...
