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Under the Paris Agreement in 2015, the Korean government pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 37 percent below business-as-usual (BAU) level by 2030, a goal that is considered ambitious compared to other countries’ commitments in their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC). Alongside the 2030 national target, the government has...

Lao PDR and Japan signed a bilateral document for the introduction of the JCM on 7 August, 2013. The first JCM meeting was held on 16 May 2014 to discuss (1) rules of implementation for JCM and JCM rules of procedures for the Joint Committee, (2) JCM project cycle procedure and ten forms related to the procedure, and (3) including REDD+ in the...

本業務は、日中都市間連携の推進、国際機関の活動に対する助言、短寿命気候汚染物質削減のための気候と大気浄化の国際パートナーシップ（CCAC）等のSLCPに関する国際レベルの活動支援、SLCPの削減対策を実施した場合のコベネフィット効果についての評価を通じて、コベネフィット型大気汚染対策を促進することを目的として実施した。

Drought is a serious problem in Thailand. Over 8.7 million hectares – majority of them in the northeast region– are frequently affected by drought. There were nine severe droughts in the period of 1989-2011 (DWR, 2016). In 2013, damages from drought was estimated over 2.5 billion Bhat (~81 million USD). Although long term observation by Thai...

2016年4月～2017年3月に日本・環境省の請負業務として実施した「平成28年度気候変動対策に係る国際交渉関連調査業務」の報告書であり、中国やインドの研究機関と共に実施した日中政策研究ワークショップならびに日印政策研究ワークショップ、更にはパリ協定に係る国際交渉の最新状況やその分析等を記載している。

急速な人口増加と都市化に伴い交通渋滞、廃棄物処理、大気・水質汚染など様々な環境問題が顕在化している。また、地球温暖化の影響に伴い、世界各地の都市で局地的な豪雨や洪水、渇水・土砂災害などが頻発化している。また、都市は世界のCO2排出量の70％以上を占めると推定されており、アジアは2050年までに世界のエネルギー消費量およびCO2排出量の50％を占めると予測されていることから、アジアの都市の持続可能で低炭素な開発は世界的な課題になりつつある。 環境省では、この状況に鑑み、途上国の脱炭素化を展開・推進するために、都市間連携に基づく低炭素都市づくりを支援している。「低炭素社会実現のための都市間連携事業」は、効果的かつ効率的に低炭素都市になるために、途上国の都市が...

JBF Capacity Building Project held the Pacific sub-regional dialogue workshop in Whangarei, New Zealand from 1 to 4 November, 2016, organised by IGES and funded by Japan. ILK holders/experts and experts on ILK from Pacific attended. The presentation by ILK holders/experts and the discussion result of the workshop are described in this proceeding of...

This is the summary of the country drought risk reduction assessment done as a part of the JICA-ASEAN project on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into institutional and policy processes (CN 20). The Philippines has made significant progress in understanding the El Nino and transferring the weather information to...

The Paris Agreement establishes an “enhanced transparency framework for action and support, with built-in flexibility which takes into account Parties’ different capacities” (Article 13, para. 1). The purpose of the framework for transparency of mitigation action is to “provide a clear understanding” of action, to “track progress towards achieving...

This is the summary of the country drought risk reduction assessment done as a part of the JICA-ASEAN project on integrating climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction into institutional and policy processes (CN 20). There is heavy reliance of the government on drought relief leading to drought relief dependency among the farmers in...