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There is a general decline in biodiversity and the environment of coastal wetlands worldwide. Reasons for the decline obviously include overexploitation of wetland resources, climate change and industrialization, to mention but a few. This study used a purely qualitative approach using mainly focus group discussions (FDGs) in the framework of...

本稿は、環境研究総合推進費（JPMEERF20193002）による研究成果の概要を報告するものである。当該研究では、第 1 に、物質ライフサイクルの 6 つの断面（環境からの資源投入、生産工程への原材料投入、生産工程での原材料利用、製品の使用、使用済み製品の処理、環境への廃物廃棄）に基づいて物質フロー・ストックの指標群を提案した。主要な素材について物質フローデータベースを構築し、主要な指標を適用してその有用性を示した。第 2 に、環境・経済・社会に対する統合的な取組を評価する手法を開発した。産業連関分析に基づく手法については、これを主要な資源循環の取組に適用し、その有用性を示した。また、「循環型社会ビジネスの市場規模」指標について、新たな対象事業とその分類を提案し、推計例を示した。第 3 に...

COP28での損失と損害基金の運用化合意：気候危機と債務危機の視点から

Although developing countries have compiled greenhouse gas inventories (GHGI) for over 20 years, improving national GHGI capacity remains a priority under the Paris Agreement. However, a global assessment of GHGI capacity status and change over time has not yet been conducted. By developing a quantifiable GHGI capacity and quality indices based on...

Different baseline endowments and circumstances among countries, including local events, have resulted in disparities in energy policy and status. Differences in energy status have caused countries to make various decisions, but with the implementation of grid interconnections, some countries elected to plan the development of their energy sector...

巻頭コラム「なぜノルウェーで電気自動車が普及しているのか」

The establishment of the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society–strategic Research Network (LCS–RNet) (then named the International Research Network for Low Carbon Societies) was proposed at the Group of Eight (G8) Environment Ministers’ Meeting in 2008. Its 12th annual meeting in December 2021 focused on the discussion on how to transition into a...

This study analyzed the spatial-temporal change pattern and underlying factors in production-living-ecological space (PLES) of Nanchong City, China, over the past 20 years using historical land use data (2000, 2010, 2020). A land use transfer matrix was calculated from the historical land use maps, and spatial analysis was conducted to analyze...

日本科学技術ジャーナリスト会議の2023年10月定例会で、IGES研究員　堀田康彦、粟生木千佳が行った講演を基にしたニュースレター記事。

China has long sought to address climate change in line with other development goals. However, research supporting this alignment often employs data-driven models that downplay the policies and institutions needed to achieve the multiple benefits that studies feature in their analyses. This oversight is troubling because it neglects gaps between...