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自然の力を克服できるほど人智は優れてはいない。人間活動拡大が地球資源の限界を超えはじめ、自らが起こした温暖化が人類生存を脅かしている。今始まる脱炭素社会への転換は自然共生による持続可能な社会に向けての第一歩である。自然への畏敬と調和を念頭に自然の摂理をふまえた科学に基づき、大至急この大転換を成し遂げる必要がある。

公益財団法人地球環境戦略研究機関（ IGES ）は、内閣官房と外務省が意見募集した「持続可能な開発目標（ SDGs ）に関する自発的国家レビュー（ VNR ）」に対して、パブリックコメントを提出しました。 SDGs の達成に向けた取り組みを着実なものとするためには、 SDGs の実施をモニタリングし、レビュー（評価）し、その結果に基づいて取り組みの改善を図るプロセスが非常に重要であるため、 SDGs を承認した国連加盟国は、自発的国家レビュー（ Voluntary National Review ： VNR ）という形で進捗を報告することが求められています。 VNR は毎年 7 月に開催されている「国連持続可能な開発のためのハイレベル政治フォーラム（ HLPF ）」で発表が行われており...

Water scarcity, together with the projected impacts of water stress worldwide, has led to a rapid increase in research on measuring water security. However, water security has been conceptualized under different perspectives, including various aspects and dimensions. Since public health is also an integral part of water security, it is necessary to...

2021年5月14日に開催された「気候変動ウェビナーシリーズ：パリ協定第6条に関する議論と今後の動向」でIGES高橋プログラムマネージャーが発表した資料となります。パリ協定第6条のおさらい、炭素市場と6条の関係、5月31日からの交渉の見通し、COP26に向けた論点と今後の行方について説明しています。 当日の動画はこちらに掲載しています。 https://www.iges.or.jp/jp/events/20210514

Water is of vital and critical importance to ecosystems and human societies. Issues like urbanization, population growth, socioeconomic change, evolving energy needs and climate change have put unprecedented pressure on utilization of freshwater resources. It is argued that achieving water security is the key to sustainable development. The focal...

Water security is a new concept for the sustainable water management. Rapid urbanization and climate change have become a burden for water security managers. It is important to understand and investigate various challenges and impacts of global environment changes for managing water-related problems like frequent urban floods; groundwater water...

The urban water providers are confronted with the multiple challenges of limited water availability, inadequate water quality and rising living standards, resulting in growing water demands. The inefficient water supply systems and negative impacts of changing climate are threatening local water resource availability and increasing risks of water...

Achieving water security through availability of sufficient water with good quality for all is the main agenda of the United Nation Sustainable Development Goals by the year 2030. The constraints on water availability and deteriorating water quality through global changes threaten secure access to water resources for different uses. Main drivers...

Water security in urban areas is a highly challenging issue. Urban areas have caused dramatic changes in the freshwater environments by activities such as damming, channel modification, increase in impervious surfaces, disconnected waterways and increasing pollutants. Accordingly, this chapter argues for a landscape-based approach for water...

Water resources in urban areas are either approaching or exceeding the limits of sustainable use at alarming rates. Depletion of groundwater and increasing floods has become a common issue in rapidly developing urban areas. Therefore, improvement of present water management systems for managing water quality, while at the same time reducing hydro...