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2021年11月に開催された国連気候変動枠組条約（UNFCCC）第26回締約国会議（COP26）において、パリ協定の世界全体の進捗状況を評価する仕組みであるグローバル・ストックテイク（Global Stocktake：GST）が開始された。これを受けて2022年3月以降、UNFCCC事務局は4つの統合報告書を公開した。これらの統合報告書は、国連気候変動政府間パネル（IPCC）第6次評価報告書等の様々な情報源と共に、GSTの技術的評価に情報を提供している。 本稿では4つの統合報告書のうち、『適応に関する取り組み、経験、優先事項の現状に関する統合報告書』（UNFCCC, 2022 ）のポイントを解説する 。同報告書は、 (1)...

The rapid growth in microplastic pollution research is influencing funding priorities, environmental policy, and public perceptions of risks to water quality and environmental and human health. Ensuring that environmental microplastics research data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) is essential to inform policy and...

Globally, estimating crop acreage and yield is one of the most critical issues that policy and decision makers need for assessing annual crop productivity and food supply. Nowadays, satellite remote sensing and geographic information system (GIS) can enable the estimation of these crop production parameters over large geographic areas. The present...

This chapter is developed to the Plastic Atlas Japan Special Edition プラスチック・アトラス アジア［日本語特別版］. As discussed by the chapter, Japan has introduced numerous innovative policies and strategies to promote the circulation of resources and to build a sustainable society. The Japanese experience shows that building an adequate waste management system is a...

This chapter is newly added to the Plastic Atlas Japan Special Edition プラスチック・アトラス アジア［日本語特別版］. From the “economic miracle” period up to the present, Japan has built an excellent system for efficiently collecting and recycling recyclable waste. Yet, recycling does not constitute a definitive solution. Rather, it is important to lower the amount of...

Forest ecosystems play an indispensable role in addressing various pressing sustainability and social-ecological challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and ecosystem services deterioration, hence the monitoring of the world's forests is crucial. As part of the global forest assessment workflow, a forest is generally classified and...

This article quantifies the environmental, health, and economic co-benefits from the use of solar electricity and heat generation in the Ger area (a sub-district of traditional residences and private houses) in Ulaanbaatar (UB), Mongolia. The quantification of the featured co-benefits is based on calculating emissions reductions from the...

Highland agriculture is fraught with several challenges that are related to tough agroclimatic conditions, poor agricultural institutions and socio-economic conditions. Overlaid with these challenges is the rapid climate change that is projected in the highlands as the world highlands will experience more rapid warming than the rest of the world...

持続可能なアジア太平洋に関する国際フォーラム（International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific:ISAP）は、第一線で活躍する専門家、国際機関、政府、企業、NGO 関係者が集い、アジア太平洋の持続可能な開発に関する多様な議論を行う国際フォーラムである。主催機関である地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）が関与している国際的なネットワークと協力しつつ、関係者間の情報共有の促進や連携強化を図ることを目的として、毎年日本で開催している。 2021年のISAPでは、「未来を導く決定的な10年： 気候、生物多様性と他の地球的課題の統合的な解決を目指して」をテーマとし、気候変動ならびに生物多様性についての二つの締約国会議（COP...

The International Forum for Sustainable Asia and the Pacific (ISAP) is held annually in Japan bringing together leading experts, international organisations, governments, businesses, and NGOs to discuss various aspects of sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific. This year’s forum was organised by the Institute for Global Environmental...