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UNESCO World Conference on ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)” (*1) to consider a better future for our planet, will be held this November in Okayama and Nagoya, Japan. Future strategies will be discussed while reviewing the outcomes of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) (2005-2014) which comes to an end this...

近年，気候変動に伴う風水害が各地で頻発し，東日本大震災のような大規模な自然災害等も発生しており，これらの外部リスクを低減し，災害に強いレジリエントなまちづくりを目指す自治体が増えてきている．さらに，災害時でも社会経済システムを支える都市機能を維持するため，防災・減災の取り組みだけでなく，都市のエネルギー自治や都市構造の変革等についても着目されるようになってきた． 本文ではアジア4都市におけるレジリエントシティの構築に向けた取り組みを取り上げ分析した．また，この4都市に被災状況のモニタリング体制や緊急支援物資の供給体制の整備が遅れていること，ハザードマップ等の作成や情報提供体制に改善の余地があること等の課題が存在し，レジリエントシティの構築に向けて早急な改善が必要であることを明らかにした．

The goal of this research is to develop a method for quantitative and objective assessment of the effect of satellite Earth observations on environmental policy. For this purpose, as an initial case study, the protection of the ozone layer is taken up to analyze the different phases and processes where satellite observations might have had an...

In late October 2014, over thirty participants met for a two day workshop on Advancing Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) and Sustainable Lifestyles Practices in China. The workshop was organised in cooperation between the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) in Japan and the Environmental Education Center at Beijing Normal...

Remarks: Mede two presentations in India in Sep. and Oct. 2014.

The success of a climate policy largely depends on how individual companies concern and react to the policy. However, there exists scant research identifying the conditions for smooth introduction of climate policies from the business viewpoints, particularly in the developing economies like China. To certain degree, this presentation may close the...