Palgrave Macmillan

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2024年6月

Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & Damage

2024年6月

Identification of non-economic loss and damage (NELD) indicators and practices in the context of climatic events

Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction and Loss & Damage所収

Loss and damages (L&D) caused by climate change have become important in international and national discussions. However, the least understood and addressed aspect of L&D is non-economic loss and damages (NELDs). This paper highlights the importance of identifying appropriate NELD indicators and practices to help mitigate them. The findings suggest...

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non-economic loss and damage

Adaptation

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2024年5月

Priorities for Addressing Slow-Onset Events (SOEs) in Selected ASEAN Countries

Linking Climate Change Adaptation, Disaster Risk Reduction, and Loss & Damage所収

Slow-onset events such as increasing temperature, desertification, loss of biodiversity sea-level rise, and forest degradation constitute a significant part of climate change impacts that demand greater attention. Among these, ASEAN member states (AMS) are seriously concerned about sea-level rise and loss of biodiversity that can have important...

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Slow-onset Events

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2021年2月

Renewable Energy Transition in Asia: Policies, Markets and Emerging Issues

The Asian countries have diverse economic profiles, energy consumption patterns, greenhouse emissions, climatic conditions and socio-political landscapes. These dynamics bring into focus that drawing a uniform framework to define the energy transition process for the region is a difficult task. Keeping in view of this reality, this book identifies...

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Co-innovation

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2016年9月

Low Carbon Urban Infrastructure Investment in Asian Cities

Several Asian cities have already invested in initiatives to build and promote Green Cities. Owing to the limited capacity of local governments, the funding of urban infrastructure has become a critical issue. Against this background, this book explores a new funding mechanism which demands the engagement of many stakeholders, including public...

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2016年9月

Renewable energy investment risk and return analysis for low carbon development

Low Carbon Urban Infrastructure Investment in Asian Cities所収

The chapter identifies the risks and costs related to renewable energy investments in general and then analyses the risks and returns associated with renewable energy investment using Yokohama as a case study. The role of the government in setting clear policy targets, in providing financial support, and in introducing new and innovative policies...

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2013年3月

How Adaptive Policies are in Japan and Can Adaptive Policies Mean Effective Policies? Some Implications for Governing Climate Change Adaptation

Enhanced governance approaches for mitigation and adaptation to climate change – An Asia Focus所収

It has been widely regarded that policies and institutions that are adaptive in nature can deal with climate change adaptation. However, verifying the veracity of this hypothesis is difficult due to the absence of long experience in climate change adaptation in most countries. This chapter is based on reviews and questionnaire survey on evolution...

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2013年3月

Approaches for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study of Agriculture Initiatives in Japan

Enhanced governance approaches for mitigation and adaptation to climate change – An Asia Focus所収

In the on-going debate on climate change adaptation, much has been focused on the developing countries and little emphasis has been made on the need for adaptation in the developed countries. To fill this gap, this study aims to seek how far a developed country is responding to climate change by considering Japanese agriculture initiatives. The...