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カーボンプライシングの基礎・特徴と企業戦略への埋め込み

Redesigning Wastewater Systems for Virus Surveillance

This short course on Nature-based Solutions (NbS) is designed to help local officers in vulnerable countries to learn how to integrate NbS into policy/financing processes addressing various challenges, including climate change adaptation and disaster risk management. The course contains three lessons: Lesson 1 broadly introduces the concept of NbS...

INAS showcases Nature-based Solutions (NbS) for policymakers, practitioners, and local communities. NbS are actions for effectively and adaptively addressing various societal issues through functions of nature to achieve societies in harmony with nature. NbS encompass ecosystem-based approaches and green infrastructure, which have been developed...

Increasing resilience to natural hazards and climate change is critical for achieving many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In recent decades, China has experienced rapid economic development and became the second-largest economy in the world. This rapid economic expansion has led to large-scale changes in terrestrial (e.g., land use and land...

COP26を前に世界が2050年までのネットゼロ又はカーボンニュートラルを目指す中、国際開発金融機関（MDBs）も気候変動問題への対応を強化しており、化石燃料エネルギーへの取組みもを見直す動きも進んでいる。MDBsに対してはさらに対応の強化を求める声が欧米諸国を中心に上がっており、本年8月には米国政府がMDBsにおける化石燃料案件に係る指針を発表した。こうした国際的な議論の流れを受け、10月、世銀・IMF総会において日本政府も新規の石炭火力プロジェクトを支援しないとするMDBsの判断について支持を表明しつつ、MDBsに対しパリ協定に沿ったNDC、LTS、エネルギー計画の策定を支援するとともに、GHG排出を抑制する観点から最良と思われる方策を支援すべきとする「国際開発金融機関（MDBs...

日本環境ジャーナリストの会（JFEJ ）主催 のシンポジウム「万博助成カーボンニュートラル実現のラスト10 年～循環型社会を目指す日中韓の現場から～」において基調講演を行った際に用いられた発表資料。日中韓脱炭素都市戦略の現状と今後の展望、特に、地域間協力について解説。

This article outlines ASEAN’s plan to transition toward a resilient and net-zero emission world, based on the ASEAN's first State of Climate Change Report launched on 7 October 2021.

This presentation examines the future challenges of shrinking cities. In particular, it focuses on Japanese shrinking cities, exploring how sustainability values are reshaping policies to tackle urban shrinkage. It concludes by questioning how can Japanese cities begin adapting now to the challenges ahead and which sustainable alternatives can help...

This presentation examines how Voluntary Local Reviews (VLRs) are supporting the localisation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It draws upon the analysis of VLR reports presented between 2018 and 2020 to argue that VLRs ease the implementation of the SDGs by fostering horizontal...