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２０１６年６月２２日、笹川平和財団汎アジア基金　オピニオンリーダー招聘プログラム国際セミナー「持続可能な社会づくりのためのパートナシップ構築に向けて－タイの廃棄物処理から見る社会連携の課題と可能性」が開催され、パネル討論「持続的循環型社会に向けて　－　日タイ市民社会連携に向けた展望」にて、堀田康彦　ＳＣＰエリアリーダーが、リサイクルを政策的に推進するという観点からの話題提供を行った。

In Parallel Session 3.4: sustainable production and consumption as core fields of transition at 8th LCS-R Net Annual Meeting in Wuppertal, Germany, Yasuhiko Hotta made a presentation titled "Sustainable production and consumption in low carbon communities – an Asian perspective".

This presentation discuss the potential synergy between material resource efficiency approach and low-carbon approach, showing Japanese best practices.

This presentation introduces the policy works of Material Flow Accounting (MFA) conducted by Japanese government on the occasion of the launch of IRP(International Resources Panel) MFA assessment report; and discuss the expectation to the interaction between science body such as IRP for further development of Resource Efficiency.

Due to ever increasing demand, the electronics industry has been growing at a rapid pace, and therefore handling and management of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) has become one of the key problems in the modern world. Improper handling and management of WEEE in developing countries can cause a huge environmental damage and threats...

At the Global Forum on Environment: promoting Sustainable Materials Management through Extended Producer Responsibility held in June 2014 in Tokyo, a group of Japanese experts submitted a list of recommendations for updating OECD Guidance Manual on EPR.

The workshop to launch S-16 project in Asia was organised in October 20-21, 2016. Ryu Koide made a presentation on the mapping of the past and on-going research projects related to Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) in other regions with a case study of EU projects.

Various forms of sustainable agriculture have been promoted in the Asia and Pacific region, with organic agriculture constituting the single most important form. There is a commonality in the way sustainable agriculture has been defined, but often these definitions miss nuances such as its relation to climate change. Several sustainable agriculture...

The “Fundamentals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)” training took place on 6th and 7th of June 2016. During those two days three virtual training sessions of 90 minutes each were held in Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Headquarters in Tokyo. Altogether more than 50 JICA offices from around the world registered and...

Consumption of natural resources has been growing rapidly inAsia and the Pacific leading to increasing pressures and impacts on the local environment. Resource efficiency is improving in many countries but not in the region as a whole because of a shift in economic activity from resource-efficient to less resource-efficient countries. • The region...