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2019年07月5・12日“資源循環・３Rの推進に向けて” 自治体職員のための初級実務講座における講義

The “Circulating and Ecological Economy” is a potentially innovative addition to the myriad of sustainability frameworks put forward by worldwide governments for attaining a sustainable future together with climate change mitigation and adaptation. Launched by the Government of Japan in its Fifth Basic Environment Plan of 2018, this framework aims...

China and Japan are currently in opposing stages of the expansion process of capitalism. While China is at the centre of the global accumulation of surplus capital through urbanisation and industrial expansion—i.e. the creation stage—Japan has been stagnant in recent decades and its periphery is de-urbanising—i.e. the destruction stage...

公正な移行（Just Transition）をテーマに、日本の電力部門における移行マネジメントに関する分析事例を紹介 本研究成果は、こちらの研究論文として発表いたしました。　 Kuriyama, A., & Abe, N. (2021). Decarbonisation of the power sector to engender a ‘Just transition’ in Japan: Quantifying local employment impacts. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 137, 110610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110610

本稿では，インド政府が国連気候変動枠組条約に提出したGHG排出削減目標案（INDC）の達成のために、国内的な取組として定めた「国家気候変動行動計画」の計画の１つである「省エネルギー化国家計画」の要となっている省エネ証書取引制度（Perform Achieve and Trade: PAT）と,IGES関西研究センターがインドで取り組んでいる日本の低炭素技術移転の取組を紹介する.

This report assesses the extent to which the G20 countries are making concrete efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Concrete policy measures and budget allocations are the focus of this assessment which is based on a survey of the extent to which the G20 countries reported concrete policy measures and budget allocations in...

The Japanese government has proposed a vision called "Circulating and Ecological Economy" in the Fifth Basic Environment Plan approved by the Cabinet in April 2018. The Circulating and Ecological Economy is an idea that aims to develop self-reliant and decentralized societies by leveraging regional resources, including natural environments and...

２０１８年４月に閣議決定された第５次環境基本計画において、「地域循環共生圏」の概念が提唱されました。「地域循環共生圏」とは、各地域が美しい自然景観等の地域資源を最大限活用しながら自立・分散型の社会を形成しつつ、それぞれの地域の特性に応じて、他地域と資源を補完し支え合うことにより、地域の活力が最大限に発揮されることを目指す考え方です。本事例集では、他の国や国際社会に参考となるような地域循環共生圏に関する日本の16の先進的取組を紹介することで、世界の各地で地域循環共生圏を創造する取組を後押しすることを目的としています。 本書のダウンロードはこちら（PDF） http://chiikijunkan.env.go.jp/pdf/jirei/jirei1_all.pdf

The Minamata Convention on Mercury was adopted at the conference held in Kumamoto City and Minamata City in October 2013. The convention aims to protect human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions/releases of mercury and mercury compounds and stipulates appropriate management and reduction of the emissions through the entire...

Energy expansion and security in the current world scenario focuses on increasing the energy generation capacity and if possible, adopting cleaner and greener energy in that development process. However, too often this expansion and planning alters the landscape and human influence on its surroundings through a very complex mechanism. Resource...