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In Japan, over 460 municipalities, so-called “Zero Carbon Cities” along with the national government have committed to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. It aims to create ”domino effect”, in which the best performing Zero Carbon Cities knock down other municipalities to turn the whole country to be carbon neutral. Goto City, a...

The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and Semarang City Government concluded an agreement to collaborate and support the implementation of City Resilience Strategy (CRS) on 24 May, 2016. IGES provides a total solution on actionable plans by conducting the following activities (Figure 1): 1) Developing low-carbon society scenarios...

Co-benefits are the multiple benefits of actions that mitigate cli-mate change while addressing other development priorities. Many cities in Asia have potential to achieve co-benefits. Howev-er, urban policymakers often lack concrete demonstrations over which actions can maximize co-benefits. Since 2015, the Institute for Global Environmental...

Remarks: 「クライメート・エッジ」は、気候変動問題を巡る国際交渉の動向や研究成果等、最新の情報を紹介し、官公庁、研究者・学会、マスコミ向けに発行しているIGES気候変動とエネルギー領域のニュースレターです。 気候変動対策の国際交渉や研究に関する旬な話題、日本国内やアジア各国の気候変動およびエネルギー政策の制度設計や将来への展望についてのエッジをきかせた提言、アジア地域を含む主要国の気候変動およびエネルギー政策に関する最新の動きや専門家からの特別寄稿も織り込んでいます。