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This report demonstrates that changes in consumption patterns and dominant lifestyles are a critical and integral part of the solutions package to addressing climate change. The report fills a gap in the existing research by establishing global targets for lifestyle carbon footprints, examining current consumption patterns and their impacts on...

Currently, many researchers argue in favor of decentralization, as it facilitates more locally based and innovative forest policy. However, many local government administrations, especially those of municipalities, lack sufficient resources to function efficiently under a decentralized regime. There is an urgent need to reassess administrative...

東京大学未来ビジョン研究センター･グローバルコモンズセンターにおける食料バリュ ーチェーンにおける環境負荷等の見える化プロジェクト活動を推進するために、本業務では、ベトナムにおけるコーヒー及びガーナにおけるカカオを対象とし、以下の調査・研究業務を実施した： バリューチェーンの構造調査･分析、同バリューチェーンにおける環境･社会･経済面の課題調査･ 分析、並びに同課題の改善･解決策の検討 バリューチェーンにおける環境･社会･経済面の課題に対する改善･解決策の定量･定性的な効果 検証 環境負荷等の見える化に向けたサステナビリティ評価モデル策定支援 本報告書は、以上の業務の成果を取りまとめたものである。

This commentary summarises the key findings and implications of the study on Lifestyle Carbon Footprints: Long-term targets and case studies of the carbon footprints of household consumption. This study introduces and develops an approach to establishing lifestyle carbon footprints: greenhouse gases directly emitted during and indirectly induced by...

In this study, carbon footprints of households are estimated based on a combination of physical consumption and monetary-based data. Long-term targets for carbon footprints are established based on a review of existing emission scenarios. Hotspots for lifestyle carbon footprints, in nutrition, housing, mobility, and other domains, are identified...

This poster presentation received The People's Choice Award at the 13th Biennial International Conference on Ecobalance, 9-12 Oct. 2018, Tokyo, Japan. The poster was selected among over 90 posters by the votes of the participants. The Paris Agreement envisions a net negative carbon society by the second half of the century. Existing studies on...