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1. GEOシリーズとは GEO (地球環境概観) シリーズは、UNEP (国連環境計画)が実施する一つのプログラム「環境問題レビュー(keeping the environment under review)」の主要な事業である。グローバルや（アジアなどの）リージョナルなアセスメントのほか、テーマ別のアセスメント、さらに、そこから派生する様々な報告書で構成されている。IGESはUNEPの重要なパートナーの一つとして、GEOシリーズに積極的に参画し、大きな貢献をしてきた。 1.1 GEO-6アジア太平洋地域アセスメント グローバルでのアセスメントに先立ち、その土台とすべく各リージョンにおける環境の現状と傾向が取りまとめられた。アジア太平洋地域アセスメントは41か国をカバーし...

This article examines the REDD+ engagement types preferred by Japanese private firms at the project level including their motivation and rationale for the engagement and explores the challenges and opportunities in relation to their participation. We analyzed 148 responses to a survey questionnaire mailed to participants across Japan and the...

The framework of “Just Transition” is important to implement policies towards decarbonisation of power sectors (DPS) in Japan. Using the existing DPS scenarios and employment factors for the power sectors based on an extended input-output tables, this study analysed “Just Transition” issues, along with three further aspects: distributional justice...

2018年8月に「エネルギー移行委員会 (ETC: Energy Transition Commission)」が「Mission Possible –Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Emissions from Harder-To-Abate Sectors by Mid-Century-」を公表した。本報告書は、炭素中立(Net-Zero)が難しいとされる重化学工業（鉄鋼、セメント、石油化学）部門および貨物、船舶、航空など旅客以外の輸送手段（以下、貨物など輸送部門）を対象に、炭素中立の技術的可能性とそれを実現するための施策をまとめたものである。本報告書は、200人を超える専門家へのインタビュー結果に基づき、世界的にも著名なコンサルティング会社（Material...

日本の中期目標（NDC）の引き上げ可能性について、以下の論文の研究成果に基づき発表を行った。 A. Kuriyama, K. Tamura, T. Kuramochi, Can Japan enhance its 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction targets? Assessment of economic and energy-related assumptions in Japan’s NDC, Energy Policy. 130 (2019) 328–340. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2019.03.055.

This presentation highlights the following topics. - Relationships between 2030 mitigation target (NDC) and co-benefits such as health care and air pollution. - Assessment on the ambition of current Japan’s NDC by comparative study for model analysis and historical trend. - Showing an example on how to utilize or deliver the results from IAM models...

Home to roughly 1.8 billion people, South Asia generates approximately 334 million tonnes of waste per year of which 174 million tonnes (57%) is organic in content. In addition to the increase in municipal solid waste, managing complex and emerging waste streams, including e-waste, food waste, construction and demolition waste, disaster waste...

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Parks and other public green spaces (hereafter “urban green spaces”) provide many benefits to urban dwellers, but some residents receive few benefits due to a lack of urban green spaces nearby their home/workplace. Understanding spatial variations in urban green space accessibility is thus important for urban planning. As a case study, here we...

OpenStreetMap (OSM) has become one of the largest sources of volunteered geographic information (VGI), and the data is now used for a wide range of applications. A massively popular augmented reality game, Pokémon GO, recently adopted OSM data for its in-game map and many of its in-game mechanics. This study investigated: (1) How Pokémon GO...