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特集：COP28報告～成果と課題、日本への示唆―「適応」と「損失と損害」に関するCOP28の成果

The low-lying Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) is a key agricultural production landscape increasingly threatened by anthropogenic stresses and climate change. Among the different threats, droughts caused by extreme events, climate change and upstream developments, affect the delta the most. This paper explores the relationship between the intensity...

Microplastics (MPs) are plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm in size that pose a significant threat to the environment and human health. They are generated from primary and secondary sources, forming a part of waste from commercial products and through the degradation of larger plastic pieces. An increasing number of scientific studies have shown...

Equity and fairness have a high significance in Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation as it is evident that disasters affect communities differently depending on their developmental levels, and social status. Any public policy or intervention on disaster risk reduction deals with communities that are at different ‘starting lines’ in...

There has been a growing concern over the occurrence of fluoride (F−) in groundwater and the impact of F− exposure on human health issues over the past decades. So, this study conducted a regional–scale assessment of the occurrence and trend of groundwater F− distribution [2014–2018] integrated with locally field–based investigations on F− exposure...

地球・人間環境フォーラムの月刊環境情報誌、「グローバルネット」に地球環境戦略研究機関(IGES)北京事務所所長の小柳秀明が、中国の最新環境事情を偶数月で連載しています。

環境新聞にて連載中の「シャオリュウの中国環境ウオッチ」では、地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）北京事務所長の小柳秀明が、中国の環境の現状と対策を毎月報告しています。

The Forest Environment Transfer Tax (FETT), a scheme similar to Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES), was introduced for Japanese forests at the national level in 2019 to address the challenges of climate change and promote management mainly in privately owned forests under the New Forest Management System (NFMS). Given insufficient human and...

This study examines the changing rainfall patterns in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta (VMD) utilizing observational data spanning from 1978 to 2022. We employ the Mann–Kendall test, the sequential Mann–Kendall test, and innovative trend analysis to investigate trends in annual, wet, and dry season rainfall, as well as daily rainfall events. Our results...

2020年10月、わが国が「2050年カーボンニュートラル、脱炭素社会の実現」を宣言したことを受け、2023年末の時点で、東京都・京都市・横浜市を始めとする1,013自治体（46都道府県、570市、22特別区、327町、48村）が「2050年までに二酸化炭素排出実質ゼロ」を表明した。係る自治体の総人口は約1億2,577万人にのぼる 。 葉山町（以下、本町）では、令和3年3月、2050年に温室効果ガス排出量を実質ゼロにすることを表明する「はやま気候非常事態宣言」を発表し、「町民や事業者へ再生可能エネルギーの利用や省エネルギーの推進について周知・啓発」の実施、「海や里山などを守り、本町の豊かな自然環境を未来へ継承」など5つのアクションを掲げた 。 2021年に改正した...