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このニュースレターでは、北九州イニシアティブの最新活動情報や、都市環境管理に関する研究とトレンドについての情報を提供します。

This study examines two major transitions in forest governance - decentralisation and state-sponsored (formal) community forestry - with respect to whether they are opening spaces for communities to contribute to sustainable forest management. Our main thesis is that there is a need for democratic decentralisation in order to effectively re-engage...

Summary of the book "Asian Aspirations for Climate Regime Beyond 2012" (Report of the second round of "The Asia-Pacific Consultations on Climate Regime Beyond 2012" in 2006) in Japanese. 本報告書は、2006年11月にIGESが発行した「Asian Aspirations for Climate Regime Beyond 2012」の内容を抄訳したものである。本報告書では、まず、2012年以降の国際枠組みに対するアジア諸国の視点について紹介し、続いて、主要テーマであるエネルギー安全保障と持続可能な開発...

The environmental policies in place today across the globe have been arrived at through a process of evolution, adoption, and adaptation. This paper outlines how environmental policies have evolved over time, including how their scope has broadened from looking at primarily industrial pollution to addressing a host of other environmental problems...

This chapter discusses how and why environmental policies have changed over time, both internationally and in the developing world. It provides an overview of policy diffusion and policy integration. The main policy paradigms and principles, policy instruments, selection criteria and methods of making environmental policy choices, and factors...

This chapter introduces and describes the methodology used in a recent research program aimed at identifying useful lessons about what has made environmental policies successful in developing countries, particularly in Asia-Pacific. These lessons are intended mainly for policymakers. The study used qualitative research methods, including textual...

The high cost of renewable energy technologies and uncompetitive prices of power from renewable sources under present market　conditions are among the factors impeding a necessary shift away from fossil fuels. This research examines policy options that could help to overcome these obstacles, focusing on two driving factors: the policy framework and...

Resource efficiency and recycling and strategies for sustainable production and consumption need to be further developed throughout Asia. To improve resource efficiency the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that occupy a majority of industrial sectors and contribute a large proportion of Asian gross domestic product must become central actors...