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This paper estimates the affordability of energy cost increases for energy-intensive companies due to the introduction of market-based climate policies in Korea. Data were collected from 62 respondents from iron & steel, cement and petrochemical industries, over 90% of which are under control of the ‘Target Management Scheme’, an ongoing mandatory...

This paper seeks to measure industrial energy saving activities (ESAs) and identify their determinant factors via an empirical study of companies in Hyogo, Japan. The surveyed companies exhibit high participation ratios in the pre-listed ESAs, especially those related to managerial measures. The classified factors are partly confirmed by...

The two day workshop, held in February 2013 in the scenic setting of the Kokoda Trial Motel, by the Laloki river on the Sogeri Plateau, was the most recent in a succession of workshops hosted by the Institute of National Affairs (INA) on the critical global theme, but particularly for PNG, of climate change, forest and resource management and...

IGESは、“持続可能なアジア”をキーワードに、ダイナミックに動きつつあるアジアの環境動向を、第一線で活躍する専門家へのインタビューを通じてタイムリーに提供する月刊オンライン連載を行っています。 本冊子では、2013年1月～12月に連載した各インタビューを所収しています。

This policy brief explores the debate on the green economy concept for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), to be held in Rio de Janeiro in 2012, and covers initiatives in various countries. It also makes a proposal on the vital role of Japan in linking green economy policies from developed countries to global...