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This paper tries to overview Japan’s strategy for sustainability and environmental management in the 1990s to 2000s. The paper argues that Japan’s sustainable strategy can be characterized from its emphasis in improving resource efficiency and expansion of voluntary approach by comprehending environmental challenges as opportunities for further...

This paper analyzes the nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs) that non-Annex I Parties pledged to the UNFCCC in compliance with Appendix II provisions of the Copenhagen Accord to recommend an effective framework for delivering international financial, technology, and capacity building support and measuring, reporting, and verifying (MRV...

The 12th session of the Conference of Parties (COP12) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the second session of the Conference of Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP2) were held in Nairobi, Kenya from 6 to 17 November, 2006. The Nairobi conference primarily focused on...

The eleventh session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP11) and the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP1) were held in Montreal, Canada, from 28 November to 9 December 2005 with the aim of meeting three...

This paper reviews the trend of biofuel development and performance of biofuel projects under CDM as well as provides insights on how biofuel projects could transition to NAMAs. The author emphasizes that ensuring the sustainability of biofuel production and utilization is the key to overcome the difficulty of biofuels under CDM and facilitate...

This paper analyses the impact of the future regional economic integration and development on internationalisation of waste and recycling-related issues in East Asia. The analysis focuses upon production and consumption of electronics and electric products and automobiles which are strategically important products in developing Asia in the future...