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Joint Workshop on Transition to Decarbonized and Circular Society
Under the era of Paris Agreement and SDGs, sustainability agenda has shifted to designing fundamental changes in socio-technical system towards decarbonized and circular society. This shift should largely depend on taking advantage of emerging forces in socio-technical system including new business models, drivers of wealth, wellbeing and human...
Conference Proceeding
17th World Lake Conference
The Tonle Sap Lake (TSL) is among the most productive freshwater ecosystems, and one of the most fish-abundant lakes in the world. It is connected with the Mekong River by the Tonle Sap River. The TSL absorbs a huge volume of water, which helps to reduce flooding in the Mekong River floodplains during the peak flooding season, then releases water...
Presentation
Inception Workshop
Negombo is one of the fastest growing tourist destinations in Sri Lanka and it is experiencing a rapid increase in waste generation. The daily waste generation is 110-120 tonnes of which 70-90 tonnes of waste is collected. Out of the collected waste, 10 tonnes of waste is used for compost-making at its compost plant. The remaining 60-80 tonnes of...
Training or Learning Material
This training material has been designed for water engineering students and water practitioners in Da Nang city under the 10YFP Project on "A new approach to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emission through changing lifestyle toward water and electricity saving in urban households in Danang, Vietnam" funded by UNEP. The presentation addressed some...
Commentary (Op. Ed)
日本LCA学会誌
人間の福利を満たすレベルに充分な程度の経済発展や消費のあり方を希求する考え方。 持続可能性(Sustainability)に関連して充足性が議論される場合には、2つの大きな潮流がある。第1は、経済活動を際限なく拡大することへの反省を込めて、充足性が議論される場合である。ブータンの「Gross National Happiness」指標や、タイの「Sufficiency Economy(セータキット・ポーピアン)」の背景となっている。第2は、経済開発と資源利用ないしは環境負荷との「切り離し」に関する場合である。「切り離し」を実現する方法としては、これまで技術改良による効率性の改善が主流であったが、効率性の改善が消費や環境負荷の抑制につながらずに資源の総消費や環境負荷総量を高めてしまう...
Conference Paper
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) 6th Asia-Pacific (AP) conference
Author:
Jinling
Fei
To achieve regional sustainable development by decoupling waste generation from economic growth in Asian countries, this study identified (1) whether the decoupling of municipal solid waste (MSW) generation from economic growth has occurred; and (2) the relationship between MSW generation and related driving factors, by examining six representative...
Conference Paper
International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE) 6th Asia-Pacific (AP) conference
As part of the State of the 3Rs in Asia and the Pacific Project, we conducted a comparative study of 11 countries (Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Japan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam) and a sub-region (Pacific island countries) to clarify the definition, classification, amount generated, and related 3R...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Energy Policy
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This study investigates the stringency of Japan's greenhouse gas emissions reduction target for 2030 (nationally determined contribution: NDC), focusing on the macroeconomic assumptions of Kaya indicators and others previously overlooked, e.g. GDP per working-age population. It also conducted a decomposition analysis in light of historic political...
Policy Report
UNEP published the Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions, the first-ever comprehensive scientific assessment of air pollution outlook in the region. It outlines 25 clean air measures that could achieve safe air quality levels for 1 billion people by 2030 - with numerous benefits for public health, economic development and...