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Groundwater is a de-facto source of water during drought and emergencies. In a broader perspective, the traditional short-term strategy of using groundwater to combat water deficits during drought needs revisiting. The objective of this paper is to examine the relevance and options for developing and adopting such groundwater-based natural...

This chapter introduces sustainability science and its approaches (1.1), identifies key challenges for the sustainability science approach (1.2), and describes UNESCO’s contribution to sustainability science (1.3). Within the sustainability science principles and framework, this book addresses some of the questions and challenges posed above...

This presentation highlights the following topics. - Relationships between 2030 mitigation target (NDC) and co-benefits such as health care and air pollution. - Assessment on the ambition of current Japan’s NDC by comparative study for model analysis and historical trend. - Showing an example on how to utilize or deliver the results from IAM models...

Although greenery in urban areas has many functions, such as mitigation of the urban heat island effect, and reduction of rainfall-induced surface runoff, it is difficult to secure the space required to plant trees in cities, which are crowded with buildings. Therefore, rooftop greening has attracted attention and many cities are adopting and...

With the advent of high-spatial resolution (HSR) satellite imagery, urban land use/land cover (LULC) mapping has become one of the most popular applications in remote sensing. Due to the importance of context information (e.g., size/shape/texture) for classifying urban LULC features, Geographic Object-Based Image Analysis (GEOBIA) techniques are...

Chapter 2 presents a general overview of the academic landscape of sustainability science research in Africa and summarizes the challenges and knowledge gaps for sustainable development in Africa. The chapter sets out to examine the current trends and patterns of sustainability research and how they can contribute to addressing sustainable...

This latest report, “Mainstreaming the SDGs in Business: Actions by Companies and Organisations in Japan”, includes the results of the 2018 survey as well as a survey specifically focused on diversity management, which is closely linked to SDG5 (gender equality and women's empowerment), SDG8 (decent work and economic growth) and SDG10 (reduced...

本ペーパーでは、グリーンファイナンスのなかで近年その市場規模が拡大しつつあるグリーンボンドに着目し、日本におけるグリーンボンド市場を更に拡大していくための政策提言を検討するため調査を行った 。グリーンボンド市場を拡大するためには、既にグリーンボンドを起債した発行体が継続的に発行すること、また、未起債の企業が新たに発行することの二種類が必要となる。本ペーパーでは、前者のグリーンボンドを過去起債した企業を対象に、グリーンボンドの発行体がグリーンボンドを戦略的な資金調達手段として位置付け継続的にグリーンボンドを発行していくためにはどのような課題があり、どのような制度的対応等が必要となるのかについて検討した。

日本環境教育学会が、日本児童教育振興財団からの助成を得て、作成・刊行した『辞典　持続可能な社会と教育』において、「グリーン経済と環境ビジネス」の項目を執筆しました。 本辞典の情報は以下をご参照ください。 https://www.kyoiku-shuppan.co.jp/book/book/cate5/cate501/post-55.html

Asia’s rapid urbanization and economic growth over the past few decades have resulted in an increasing number of social and environmental challenges. Municipal Solid Waste Management (MSWM) stands out amongst these issues, as the waste itself is highly visible and prevalent, increasing environmental pollutions (land, air and water), climate change...