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-Towards Rio+20: IGES Messages from an Asian Perspective -IGES and IPCC Host Open Meeting -Japan and India Pursue Dialogue on Climate Change Policy and Measures -Household Winter Energy Saving: Introducing Measures based on Comfort -Economic Impact Evaluation of Nuclear Power Phase-out and Renewable Energy -The First Data Report on Resource...

Over the past decade, Japan has an emerging carbon market, which was non-existent before the Kyoto protocol. While there have been discussions regarding cap-and-trade at the national level, compulsory policies remain extremely controversial with particularly strong opposition from the industrial sector. Currently, Japan has decided neither to...

The first Preparatory Committee Meeting for the Rio+20/ UNCSD 2012 conference prioritized the reform of multilevel environmental governance aiming to address the “persistent implementation gap” for sustainable development. Most subsequent preparatory discussions have focused on improving sustainable development governance and institutions solely at...

財団法人地球環境戦略研究機関（ＩＧＥＳ、神奈川県葉山町　理事長　浜中裕徳）は、2012年6月にブラジル・リオデジャネイロで開催される国連持続可能な開発会議（ＵＮＣＳＤ）（以下、リオ＋２０）に先立ち、2011年11月1日付で国連経済社会局（ＵＮＤＥＳＡ：リオ＋20事務局）に「リオ＋２０に向けた　　ＩＧＥＳプロポーザル」を提出しました。本プロポーザルは、同局がとりまとめる「リオ+20成果文書のための統合文書」に掲載される予定です。 本プロポーザルでは、東日本大震災及びそれに伴う福島原発事故を重要な教訓として踏まえ、　環境・経済・社会の“レジリエンス（しなやかな強さ、対応力）”の強化が持続可能な開発の実現に向けた重要かつグローバルな課題であると指摘します。 その上で、リオ+20のテーマとなる...

Over the past five years, China has adopted increasingly ambitious reforms aimed at mitigating its greenhouse gases (GHGs). These reforms stand in sharp contrast to the view that China would struggle to craft a comprehensive climate policy due to conflicts with national interests and fragmented policymaking institutions. This paper argues that this...

The Great Tohoku Earthquake that occurred on 11th March 2011 is the most powerful earthquake in the known history of Japan. A chain of events unfolded after the earthquake that included a tsunami of historical magnitude that damaged critical infrastructure such as nuclear power plants located in Fukushima leading to release of unknown quantities of...