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Th is report was developed by Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan) and the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) with updated case studies as an English-language version of the Japanese report “Yori sukunai shigen de yori yutakana kurashi wo (A Richer Life with Fewer Resources),” published by FoE Japan in March 2013. This report...

At the meeting of the Japan-US Sustainable Transitioin Network funded by the Center for Global Partnership, The Japan Foundation Grant Program: Japan-US Global Partnership, Hotta made a presentation on IGES research relevant to sustainable transition and sustainble lifestyles. The meeting was held at Mita Campus of Keo University and participated...

A global agreement to end plastic pollution must be based on pertinent, multi-disciplinary knowledge. Consideration of the full life cycle impacts of plastics and substitutes is important to achieve sustainable solutions rather than shifting the burden. Hence, this process requires considerations of fossil-based and biobased feedstocks for plastic...

2019年10月3日に、東京のアンスティチュ・フランセにおいて、プラスチック汚染問題解決の為に協力する科学と公共政策と題する公開セミナーが開催された。IGES・SCPの堀田は、パネリストとして、プラスチック問題解決に向けた政策の状況について紹介した。

In this presentation, the characteristics of different consumer segments and their carbon footprints will be examined based on the analysis of consumer expenditure and time-use survey data. It utilises anonymised survey microdata and carbon intensity from existing EEIOA databases and focuses on in-depth analysis of the relationships between...

Household consumption in the United States has significant impacts on climate change through the consumption of food, mobility, housing, consumer goods, leisure, and others. Consumer lifestyles and their climate change impacts vary significantly across consumer segments due to their household characteristics, and how they spend money and time. In...

Home to roughly 1.8 billion people, South Asia generates approximately 334 million tonnes of waste per year of which 174 million tonnes (57%) is organic in content. In addition to the increase in municipal solid waste, managing complex and emerging waste streams, including e-waste, food waste, construction and demolition waste, disaster waste...

Second year research report for the 3 year research project on "management of valuables and hazardous materials in products aiming for environmentally sound international resource circulation" funded by the scientific research grant for promotion of sound material cycle society.