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Presentation

August 2018

SDG 12: Axis of the 2030 Development Agenda

Strengthening the Environmental Dimensions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

This presentation provides background on SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production), tracing its development through the 10 Year Framework of Programs (10YFP), through to the formal adoption of Agenda 2030. In so doing, it outlines challenges and opportunities for achieving the Goal, and includes case studies summarising good practices at the...

Research Report

July 2018

Transformations to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

The report examines the current trends and dynamics that promote and jeopardize the achievement of the SDGs. It presents the TWI2050 framework, the integrated pathways which harness the synergies and multiple benefits across SDGs, and approaches to governing this sustainability transformation. (TWI2050, 2018)

Policy Report

September 2018

Shaping the economy of sustainable development: North American Sustainable Consumption and Production Policies and Initiatives: A Review

The North American region consists of the United States of America and Canada, two geographically large countries with populations, industries, and environmental concerns that are both diverse and deeply integrated. This report presents an overview of policies and initiatives related to sustainable consumption and production advanced by the...

Peer-reviewed Article

September 2018

Scale Matters: Spatially Partitioned Unsupervised Segmentation Parameter Optimization for Large and Heterogeneous Satellite Images

In Remote Sensing

To classify Very-High-Resolution (VHR) imagery, Geographic Object Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) is the most popular method used to produce high quality Land-Use/Land-Cover maps. A crucial step in GEOBIA is the appropriate parametrization of the segmentation algorithm prior to the classification. However, little effort has been made to automatically...

Peer-reviewed Article

September 2018

Factors influencing companies' willingness to pay for carbon emissions: Emission trading schemes in China

In Energy Economics

This paper studies the effect of carbon emission trading schemes in China and identifies the factors that influence companies' willingness to pay for carbon emissions, as expressed by the increase in energy costs due to the national carbon market. A questionnaire with a multiple-bounded discrete choice format was designed and 555 valid samples were...

Presentation

July 2018

Tripartite Environmental Cooperation: Observations from a Review of TJAP(2010-2014) and the Current Climate Activities

「複雑化する東アジア持続可能性課題への対応」研究会(IDE/JETRO)

This presentation aims to share the results of a previous review of TJAP(2010-2014) under the tripartite environmental ministerial meeting (TEMM) framework, and the current joint activities in climate change field. Observations to the problem complexity for the cooperation are provided. A comprehensive approach and future direction are also...

Briefing Note

October 2018

Observations on the 2018 High Level Political Forum (HLPF)

This briefing note summarises the status and challenges related to SDG 6, 7, 11, 12, and 15 that were highlighted during HLPF 2018 thematic plenaries and selected side event discussions.

Annual Report

October 2018

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies FY2017 Annual Report

Peer-reviewed Article

February 2019

Investigating the relationships between climate hazards and spatial accessibility to microfinance using geographically-weighted regression

In International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) in Bangladesh provide a variety of financial services to poor households that can help them cope with natural disasters (e.g. floods) and adapt to environmental changes (e.g. increasing soil salinity). However, due to the limited geographic range in which MFI branches can provide their services, households located...

Presentation

July 2018

Business carbon management and the implications for SDGs

ISAP2018

 Climate change strongly features in the introductory text to the SDGs, owing to broad consensus on the need to integrate it therein.  Carbon pricing, as a market mechanism, is posited as a key measure for tackling climate change in contrast to existing voluntary or regulation-driven management approaches for GHG mitigation.  Industrial...