G20

Building a Resilient Supply Chain: Can Japan and India Partner on Critical Minerals for the EV Ecosystem?

The International Energy Agency estimates that to hit net-zero globally by 2050, six times more critical minerals will be required in 2040 than today. The rapid increase in demand for critical minerals is likely to increase price volatility. This could aggravate energy security concerns, and thereby delay the necessary clean energy transition.

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G7 recently released a 36-page communique on their plan to achieve net-zero emissions. It reinforces the demand for critical minerals and lays out the future agenda for critical minerals. Critical minerals are essential for deployment of renewable energy technologies that help us fight climate change. It is time G20 chalks its own critical minerals...

T7 Policy brief: Task Force on Wellbeing, Environmental Sustainability, and Just Transition

As the world’s most developed economies, the Group of Seven (G7) countries play a crucial role in leading the transition to net-zero, which necessitates the use of critical minerals (CMs) in various clean energy applications. However, the growing demand...

令和４年は、インドネシアがG20議長国となり、８月に環境・気候持続可能性大臣会合及び10月にサミットが開催された。本業務では、大臣会合、並びに先立って開催された、準備会合及び関連会合に関して支援等を行った。また、会合の成果が環境政策の推進に資するよう、議論に必要となる資料の収集・分析、成果文書案の分析、報告書の作成等を行った。