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Key messages ✓ Cities are home to over half of the world’s population and are centers of growing resource demand. In many cities, the immense demand for resources is driven by the conventional silo approach to resource management, inefficient production systems, and resource-intensive lifestyles. Efforts to improve efficiency in urban systems by...

Key Messages: ✓ The Asia-Pacific region is the world’s largest emitter of GHGs, and its cities account for a major share of these emissions. Out of the top 10 CO2 emitting cities globally, six are located in the region. Asia-Pacific cities have key roles to play in achieving the 1.5oC/2oC global climate targets. ✓ A total of 45 countries in the...

The Asia-Pacific region is the cradle of production and the center stage of the world economy today. At the same time, the region is a flourishing arena of new socio-economic development driven by digitalization and servicization. In light of these trends, it is necessary to examine emerging opportunities for transitioning to Sustainable...

Roundtable discussion on SDGs were held during SBE Tokyo 2019 in August 67, 2019. SDG7, 8, 9, 12, 13 were discussed during the roundtable. Hotta made a presentation on SDG 12 by briefly introduce SDG 12 and policy design for SCP as well as plastic pollution issues.

As a follow-up to the 30th Meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials on the Environment last July, UNSCAP and ASEAN organized Expert Group Meeting on establishing the ASEAN Resources Panel on 18-19 December, at the United Nations Conference Centre in Bangkok. The recommendation to establish this panel has been featured in the report “Complementarities...

The Communique of the G7 Summit in 2018 reaffirmed their strong commitment to implement the Paris Agreement through reducing emissions while strengthening resilience and reducing vulnerability as well as ensuring a just transition. Discussions of climate and energy justice, the key basis of the aforementioned consideration, focus on who produced no...

2019年10月３日、日本国環境省とフランス環境連帯移行省により、東京において、第３回年次会合が開催された。会合では、気候変動対策、生物多様性、海洋プラスチックごみ等について、両国の政策や課題、二国間連携の進捗状況について意見交換を行われ、今後の更なる連携協力について合意が行われた。それに先立ち、10月2日に、日仏の研究者による海洋プラスチックごみに関する意見交換が行われた。その場で、IGESからは堀田上席研究員が出席し、循環経済と社会の文脈からみた海洋プラスチック廃棄物問題について、話題提供を行った。 　

GIZ Thailand in collaboration with the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) organised the “Reduce! Rethinking the Circular Economy: A global knowledge exchange on Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 policy tools” at Mövenpick BDMS Wellness Resort Bangkok. The event aimed to rethink how the Circular Economy can solve the environmental...

日 時：平成 31 年 4 月 23 日（火）16 時 15 分～18 時 20 分 場 所：横浜市立大学金沢八景キャンパス（横浜市金沢区瀬戸 22-2） シーガルセンター3 階シーガルホール 対 象 者：一般市民、学生（400 名） ○後 援：環境省、横浜市文化観光局、川崎市 海洋プラスチックごみ問題に関する日欧研究者による政策対話が開催され、SCP領域の堀田リーダーは、循環経済と社会の観点から見た海洋プラスチックごみ問題として、国際的な政策潮流について紹介をした。

At GIZ's global knowledge exchange on SDG 12 policy tools, a poster on top-runner approach was presented by Hotta, IGES. Key elements, or components, or structure, or mechanism • Mandatory energy efficiency standard based on functions of products • T op-runners of the market make the realistic standards. • Gradual increase in standard levels over...