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This study examines the spatial and temporal variations of key air pollutants in Rajsamand District, Rajasthan, from January 2015 to December 2019, using Sentinel-5P TROPOMI data. The pollutants analysed include carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), formaldehyde (HCHO), sulphur dioxide (SO2), methane (CH4), and aerosols. The findings reveal...

IGES published “ Case studies of domestic initiatives that have synergistic impacts on climate change, biodiversity and the SDGs ” at the Forth Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conference held at UN Headquarters during the UN High Level Political Forum 2023. In April 2024, the research project “Synergies and Trade-offs for transformative actions...

SDGs are off track, but the HLPF’s follow-up and review (FUR) process, especially reviews of Voluntary National Reviews (VNRs), does not systematically examine the reasons. This paper recommends that SDG progress reviews should focus more on analysing national SDG implementation policies and budgets. Regarding the environment, for example, this...

This pamphlet introduces the latest activities of Kitakyushu Urban Centre.

Drinking water sources with groundwater arsenic (As) contamination face multifaceted challenges in the removal and supply of fresh drinking water resources. To eradicate this problem, bioremediation has evolved to become more effective than other chemical and physical removal processes in its cost-effectiveness, high removal efficiency, and lesser...

北九州アーバンセンターの活動を紹介する2024年発行のパンフレットです。

３．EUDR の特徴 3.5　生産国のリスク分類 ４．EUDR への反応 4.1 先進的な企業の対応、支援ビジネスの勃興 4.2　EUDR への反発 4.3　予想されるEUDR の森林減少抑制効果 ５．EUDR 対象品目輸出国政府の取組 ６．想定される日本への影響 6.1　日本における同様の制度導入の可能性 6.2　日本の対EU 貿易への影響

脱炭素化への変革のレースで、日本企業は勝ち残れるのか――。著者が所属するシンクタンクの地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）は2023年12月に 「IGES 1.5℃ロードマップ」と題した報告書 を公表した。副題を「日本の排出削減目標の野心度引き上げと豊かな社会を両立するためのアクションプラン」としたように、現行の政府によるGX（グリーントランスフォーメーション）戦略の代替案となる戦略プランを提案した。なぜ代替案が必要なのかについて、主に企業のビジネスとの関連を中心に解説する。本稿はその前編である。

With a total of 16 chapters, it provides a holistic picture of this pressing environmental issue. First, this book delves into the geological and hydrological factors that make the Himalayan region susceptible to landslides and employs advanced geophysical methodologies to improve future hazard assessments. Additionally, it examines the...

Landslides are complex, dynamic processes influenced by erosion, weath-ering, tectonics, and gravity, triggered by various geotechnical, biological, miner-alogical, and hydrological factors. Detailed studies on landslide mechanisms typi-cally focus on specific high-risk cases. The stability of slopes and the physical and mechanical properties of...