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Institute for Global Environmental Strategies FY2017 Annual Report

公益財団法人地球環境戦略研究機関2017年度年報

UNEP published the Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions, the first-ever comprehensive scientific assessment of air pollution outlook in the region. It outlines 25 clean air measures that could achieve safe air quality levels for 1 billion people by 2030 - with numerous benefits for public health, economic development and...

　本稿は、北東アジアの中国、日本における再生可能エネルギー(以下、「再エネ」)に関する政策環境の相違を議論し、今後の展望を概観する。要点は、以下の通りである。 •　最大限に再エネの普及による電力システムの転換は脱炭素社会の構築にとって基本的柱の一つである。過去10年間、日中両国は莫大な投資を行い、再エネの領域で世界的リーダーになってきた。 •　風力と太陽光発電が、中国の電力システムの脱炭素化に不可欠な役割を担っている。日本での再エネの導入は、温室効果ガス(GHG： Greenhouse gas)削減、エネルギー自給率の向上、化石燃料調達費用の削減、産業の国際競争力の強化、雇用の創出、地域の活性化、非常時のエネルギー確保等、多方面のメリットが認識され、進められている。 •...

The Tonle Sap Lake (TSL) is among the most productive freshwater ecosystems, and one of the most fish-abundant lakes in the world. It is connected with the Mekong River by the Tonle Sap River. The TSL absorbs a huge volume of water, which helps to reduce flooding in the Mekong River floodplains during the peak flooding season, then releases water...

1.Japan’s transition from a “Linear Economy” toward a “Sound Material-Cycle Society” 2. Reforming the sustainable lifestyle in local material loop - a case of Oki town in Japan 3. Forward

Salinity is one of the major drivers of environmental change and a persistent stressor in coastal areas, often resulting from prolonged storm and tidal surge flooding. Especially in case of the Asian Mega Deltas, where vast number of communities depends on coastal agriculture as sole livelihood, salinity is compounding as an immediate as well as...

Global support for promoting adaptation, both in terms of technical and financial assistance is growing, though only a few countries have reached the stage of submitting their NAPs. Developing effective NAPs is a complicated process requiring a great deal of financial and technical resources, much akin to the implementation of environmental...

The chapter focuses on future scenarios of Biodiversity and Ecosystem nServices (BES) and implications to human well-being in the Asia-Pacific region and account for the unique regional characteristics and national policy making practices related to conservation of BES.

This article analyzes which factors influenced willingness to purchase residential electricity savings technologies in Bogor, Indonesia. Survey data collected from 600 households between October and November 2015 was used to test hypotheses on demographic, informational, and participatory determinants of willingness to invest in energy efficient...