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Discussion Paper
Author:
Michael
Mehling
This paper conducts a comparative analysis of green industrial policy strategies recently advanced by the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.), and extends insights to the evolving policy landscape in Japan. Its analysis underscores how the European strategy is characterized by a systematic approach that balances emissions constraints...
Submission to Policy Process
Author:
Takeo
Tadono
Masato
Hayashi
Osamu
Ochiai
Mariko
Harada
Ko
Hamamoto
Takashi
Nishimura
Takahiro
Ikenoue
Mari
Miura
Hiroki
Miyazono
Hiroaki
Okonogi
Pedro Alberto Bignelli
Nara Vidal Pantoja
Daniel Moraes de Freitas
(Japanese title: 熱帯林違法伐採の検知(JJ-FAST)) This submission provides our input for the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement. Our input focuses on a satellite-based deforestation monitoring system for tropical forests, “JICA-JAXA Forest Early Warning System in the Tropics (JJ-FAST)”. Summary of the submission: A satellite-based deforestation...
Commentary (Op. Ed)
Author:
Michael
Lettenmeier
Viivi
Toivio
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...
Presentation
SETAC North America
Author:
Valentina
Pauna
Susanne
Brander
Kara
Wiggin
A global agreement to end plastic pollution must be based on pertinent, multi-disciplinary knowledge. Consideration of the full life cycle impacts of plastics and substitutes is important to achieve sustainable solutions rather than shifting the burden. Hence, this process requires considerations of fossil-based and biobased feedstocks for plastic...
Commissioned Report
本業務では、GOSATデータを活用したCO2インベントリ比較・検証への被検証候補国の理解を深め、比較・検証に向けた協働体制の構築支援を目的として、被検証候補国の協働予定の研究機関や政府担当者、日本の環境省、外務省、国際協力機構(JICA)等を招聘しオンラインでラウンドテーブルを開催し、当該国における比較・検証の実現に向けた手法、更なる検討事項等をまとめた。なお、中央大学によって科学・技術的観点から、最適な被検証候補国は中央アジア諸国(カザフスタン、キルギスタン、タジキスタン、トルクメニスタン、ウズベキスタン)であることが特定され、各国の招聘機関・者は、中央大学、環境省、外務省、JICA、各国現地大使館の多大なるご協力のもと招聘するに至った。
Conference Proceeding
Round table for “From satellite observation to national GHG inventories: inputs to the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement”
A national GHG inventory is an important input for the Global Stocktake (GST), which began from COP26, aiming to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of the Paris Agreement and its long-term goals. All Parties are required to submit a greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory as part of the Biennial Transparency Report (BTR) under the...
Presentation
Round table for “From satellite observation to national GHG inventories: inputs to the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement”
This was presented at a roundtable entitled “From satellite observation to national GHG inventories: inputs to the Global Stocktake of the Paris Agreement” on February 2022. A national GHG inventory is an essential input for the Global Stocktake (GST), which began from COP26, aiming to assess the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of...
Presentation
10th International Conference on Industrial Ecology
Author:
In this presentation, the characteristics of different consumer segments and their carbon footprints will be examined based on the analysis of consumer expenditure and time-use survey data. It utilises anonymised survey microdata and carbon intensity from existing EEIOA databases and focuses on in-depth analysis of the relationships between...
Commissioned Report
REDD+の効果的な実施に向けた具体的な方策を示すため、REDD+の国際的な制度の動向等について多角的に調査・分析を行い、得られた結果について体系的に整理した。1-1ではUNFCCCを中心とした国際的な議論の動向について取りまとめた。1-2では、既存のクレジット制度である京都メカニズムの共同実施に注目した。1-3では、現在進んでいるREDD+に係る資金拠出に係る取組状況として、緑の気候基金、世界銀行の森林炭素パートナーシップ基金、The REDD+ Early Movers Programについて調査した。1-4では、REDD+に関する政策的な検討や各国の緩和対策の中での位置付けとREDD+活動の実施状況を、JCMパートナー国5カ国(インドネシア、ベトナム、カンボジア、ラオス、コスタリカ...