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1990年頃より北欧を中心に欧州に拡大した炭素税やエコロジー税制改革（炭素税等）に続き、日本においても、2012年より温暖化対策税としてすでに炭素税が導入されることになった。しかし、欧州の先進事例においては、日本と異なり、価格シグナルとして機能しうるほど税率が高く、かつ二重の配当を意図して税収中立とされていることが多い。このような炭素税等のあり方は、日本のNDCや長期目標達成に寄与すべく、現行の温暖化対策税の将来像の一面を提示しているといえる。しかし、日本におけるこれまでの炭素税をめぐる議論を背景とすれば、欧州の先進事例のような炭素税等を日本において実行するのは容易ではなく、これはそのような導入国においても同様であり、反対派との激しい議論の末に導入が実行されたことが多いと考える。そこで、まず...

Urban Transitions Global Summit 2016 brought together researchers, policy-makers, government representatives and practitioners to review the latest research and practice towards developing an urban future that is more economically competitive, sustainable and resilient, equitable and inclusive and digitally supported. IGES was invited to the...

Urban Transitions Global Summit 2016 brought together researchers, policy-makers, government representatives and practitioners to review the latest research and practice towards developing an urban future that is more economically competitive, sustainable and resilient, equitable and inclusive and digitally supported. IGES was invited to the...

Industrialized economies have been locked-into fossil fuel based energy systems through a path dependent process driven by technological and institutional increasing returns to scale. Indonesia which is experiencing rapid economic expansion, however, could choose not to repeat the same path by adopting precautionary actions that would divert the...

A unique GHG emission decline target was released by the Chinese government to facilitate the decrease in GHG emission per unit of GDP in China. In other words, an increase in GHG is permitted under a GDP reflecting a better quality environment quality. Therefore, technology promotion and policy evolution are necessary to realize this within a...

This paper presents the results of two national-level studies of REDD+ governance values in Nepal and Papua New Guinea (PNG), using a hierarchical framework of principles, criteria, and indicators (PC&I), with evaluation at the indicator level. The research was conducted by means of an online survey to determine general perspectives on the...

IGES made a proposal of an MRV methodology for the JCM projects which installs solar PV systems to the JCM Joint Committee between Mongolia and Japan. The Joint Committee approved a methodology MN_AM003 "Installation of Solar PV System" on the basis of this proposal. The attached proposed version (PM_003) includes three documents: the JCM Proposed...

In 2014 delegates from several countries came together to discuss each country’s needs for achieving their environmental protection goals and addressing more than 25 pressing environmental topics that were listed. It was at this meeting that the Global Environmental Education Partnership (the GEEP) was established. The GEEP is comprised of EE...

The presentation shared the key findings from IGES and TERI's joint activities regarding the promotion of the application of Japanese low carbon technologies in India. It emphasised on the initiation of Japan-India technology matchmaking platform which promotes mutually beneficial engagement of Japanese and Indian stakeholders in clean energy...