While the global community has long worked to ameliorate the livelihoods of people and promote environmental sustainability around the world, many social, economic, and environmental issues remain unsolved. The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) sought to end poverty but ended with mixed results depending on the country. The Sustainable...
Microplastic pollution is one of the emerging and challenging environmental issues that we face today. Freshwaters, sediment, fauna, flora and air are increasingly reported to be contaminated with tiny plastic fragments and fibres, particles smaller than 5mm. These microplastics often originate from land-based sources such as direct littering...
Although environmental sustainability provides a foundation for maintaining economic and social sustainability, it is often neglected in favor of economic sustainability. Ameliorating water impairment is costly, and policymakers do not always prioritize this problem because its economic benefits are often intangible. This study explored the...
Microplastics (MPs) are an emerging pollutant in the aquatic environment, and this has gradually been recognized in the Asian region. This systematic review study, using the Scopus database, provides an insightful understanding of the spatial distribution of scientific studies on MPs in freshwater conducted across the Asian region, utilized...
Water pollution caused by microplastics generated from land-based sources (e.g. as tire-wear particles, broken road markings, synthetic textile microfibre from washing, microbeads from personal care products, discharged domestic wastewater from households, and others) is attracting attention in many countries and regions around the world as an...
G20 特集 2023
2023年のG7は日本が議長国を務め、5月19日~21日に広島でG7サミットが開催されました。G7サミットに合わせ、気候・エネルギー・環境大臣会合をはじめとする15の大臣会合が今年末まで日本各地で開催されています。また、9月9日~10日にはインド・ニューデリーでG20サミットが開催されます。ロシアによるウクライナ侵攻から1年半、気候変動や生物多様性の損失など地球規模の危機が同時に進む中、世界は危機に立ち向かうための戦略構築を強く求められており、G7とより多様かつ複雑な経済背景を持つG20との連携