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国連アジア太平洋経済社会委員会（UNESCAP）が発表した「Asia and the Pacific SDG Progress Report 2023: Championing Sustainability Despite Adversities」の日本語翻訳版（暫定非公式訳）。 アジア太平洋地域における17項目の持続可能な開発目標（SDGs）及び169のターゲット達成に向けた取り組みの進捗を分析している。今年の報告書では、効果的な政策のエビデンスを活用しながら進捗を加速させている国々の成果を紹介している。また、データギャップがSDGsの進捗を妨げているという認識を踏まえて、データの利用可能性における極めて重大なギャップを埋めるために各国が実施すべきイニシアチブの指針、リソース...

This report includes an analysis of the level of awareness of the SDGs, as well as the progress made in addressing the five SDG Goals (thematic themes) that the UN Global Compact focuses on: Goals 5 (gender equality), 8 (work and human rights), 13 (climate change) and 16 (anti-corruption), and Goal 12 (sustainable consumption and production), which...

This derivative regional analysis covers the East Asian region consisting of China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. While the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 3 rd Edition (Climate Vulnerable Forum & V20 2022) provides a global overview of climate vulnerability with national-level data, the emphasis of this...

The world’s advanced economies have committed to phasing out coal over the next seven years. But not Japan, which stands alone insisting it can make coal less damaging to the planet. Nowhere is that more evident than at the nation’s largest coal-fired power plant in Hekinan, a small city in central Japan where 400,000 tons of jet-black piles are...

In view of the growing recognition of the role of non-state actors as agents of implementation of addressing climate change under the Paris Agreement, this study sheds light on the measures taken by urban cities in developing countries. Beyond the process of formulating climate action plans reviewed in previous studies, this study aims to identify...

本年５月のG7広島サミットにいたるプロセスでは、気候変動がこれまでにない幅広い形で取り上げられました。根底には、脱炭素の潮流とクリーン技術への投資競争の「加速のスパイラル」があり、そして世界の主要経済（中国、アメリカ、EU）の間では産業政策による競争が熾烈化しています。 そうした中、過度に集中した供給網の分散化には何が必要なのか。また、日本はGX推進によりクリーン技術での競争力を取り戻すことができるのか。そうした問題を考えてみました。

We are experiencing a rapid increase in multi-dimensional risks. Risks that are highly interconnected across scales, sectors and regions. Unfortunately, the current risk financing regime is highly fragmented and lacks the perspective informed of multi-dimension risk reduction. Often, financing is targeting the ‘affected’ rather than ‘effector’...

A waste bank is a unique community-based waste management system that promotes source separation of waste and recycling. This study conducted a total population sampling targeting all identified waste bank units in Medan City (N = 100) between September 2017 and February 2018. Descriptive statistics were applied to address 16 research questions and...

Avoiding disasters is an interesting and helpful idea to understand where we have made progress in risk reduction and where we can make further inroads. This presentation looks at the idea of avoiding disasters deeply and discusses the needed approaches to quantify and bring evidence to the front. It proposes that while evidence on avoiding...

Food waste has become a pressing global issue in recent years. In China, the issue of food waste has become increasingly severe. As a provincial capital city, Harbin is also a major agricultural city in China with distinct urban and rural features. This paper uses Harbin as a case study to evaluate different strategies for preventing and reducing...