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Book Chapter

December 2020

Conserving Biodiversity for a Sustainable Future: Perspectives from the Satoyama Initiative

In Implementing the Satoyama Initiative for the Benefit of Biodiversity and Human Well-being

The Satoyama Initiative is endorsed by the decision of the Tenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 10) in 2010. It is a global effort with the vision to “realize societies in harmony with nature” through promotion and conservation of “socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes” (SEPLS). The...

Presentation

December 2020

Asian Transparency Workshop: Roadmap for BTR1 and reporting under Article 6.2. Introduction to the workshop.

Asian Transparency Workshop: Roadmap for BTR1 and reporting under Article 6.2

The Asian Transparency Workshop organized by the MOEJ, the IGES, UNFCCC-RCC and GSP aims to promote knowledge sharing among countries in Asia for the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement’s Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF). This presentation provides, as introduction to the workshop, the linkage of ETF and reporting under Article 6...

Presentation

December 2020

Asian Transparency Workshop: Roadmap for BTR1 and reporting under Article 6.2. Possible options of reporting under Article 6.2 in current draft text.

Asian Transparency Workshop: Roadmap for BTR1 and reporting under Article 6.2

This PPT is developed based on the author's understanding of the draft guidance of Article 6 paragraph 2 of the Paris Agreement (Article 6.2), based on the Mutual Learning Program for Enhanced Transparency using the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) as an example. It does not represent the ideas of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan. It presents...

Presentation

December 2020

Asian Transparency Workshop: Roadmap for BTR1

Asian Transparency Workshop: Roadmap for BTR1 and reporting under Article 6.2

This presentation provides, as introduction to the breakout group discussion in the Asian Transparency workshop, the common challenges when countries track progress of individual mitigation actions to prepare the 1st BTR. The possible solutions (long and short term) in each challenge were developed based on the mutual learning program for enhanced...

Discussion Paper

December 2020

A Sustainable COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Redesign: Principles and Applications of the Triple R Framework

Many decision makers are contemplating whether policies and investments made in the wake of COVID-19 are inclusive, resilient and sustainable enough to bring about a course change in development . T his paper outlines the design features of framework that helps policymakers steer a more inclusive, resilient and sustainable course. What the...

Peer-reviewed Article

December 2020

Decarbonisation of the power sector to engender a ‘Just transition’ in Japan: Quantifying local employment impacts

In Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

“Just Transition” is an important, brand new concept to implement policies towards decarbonisation of the power sector in Japan. However, a knowledge gap still remains between this concept and policy discussion at a practical level. Therefore, using the existing scenarios of decarbonisation of the power sector and employment factors for the power...

Peer-reviewed Article

March 2021

March 2021

A succinct review and analysis of drivers and impacts of agricultural land transformations in Asia

In Land Use Policy

Highlights • The analysis indicated a positive correlation between socioeconomic factors and agricultural land change in Asia. • A negative correlation between agricultural land and urban population signified an agricultural land decline in Asia. • Higher agricultural productivity gains contributed to the farmland decline in some countries in Asia...

Peer-reviewed Article

January 2021

Natural capital for nature’s contributions to people: the case of Japan

In Sustainability Science

Recently, natural capital has gained the attention of researchers and policymakers to promote sustainability. Previous studies have investigated the value of ecosystem services with respect to specific areas or species. Other studies have investigated the value of various types of ecosystem services and natural capital by integrating a number of...

Peer-reviewed Article

January 2021

Estimation of Urban Ecosystem Services Value: A Case Study of Chengdu, Southwestern China

In Remote Sensing

Research on the service values of urban ecosystems is a hot topic of ecological studies in the current era of rapid urbanization. To quantitatively estimate the ecosystem service value in Chengdu, China from the perspectives of natural ecology and social ecology, the technologies of remote sensing (RS) and geographic information system (GIS) are...

Working Paper

December 2020

December 2020

Effective Plastic Waste Management in Sri Lanka

This case study report examines the establishment and evolution of plastic waste recycling under two different operational modalities in urban areas of Sri Lanka; 1) single municipal operation, and 2) PPP (Public Private Partnership) based operation. This report provides an analysis of each modality in terms of effectiveness, technical feasibility...