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本ペーパーでは、COVID-19からの持続可能でレジリエントな回復と、グローバルな目標に沿ったより長期的な経済のリデザインに貢献するために、各国政府がすでに実施している戦略の優良事例を紹介し、さらなる行動への提言を行う。本ペーパーの読者として想定するのは、国レベル、地方レベルの実務者や政策立案者である。本ペーパーは、COVID-19からの回復とその後の社会形成に向けて、気候政策と環境政策を統合するための各国の取り組みや計画を共有するためのハブとして環境省が2020年9月に立ち上げた「リデザイン2020プラットフォーム」内の情報と、これらのトピックに関する最新の外部研究を活用し、持続可能な復興とリデザインを可能にする政策の枠組み作りと優先順位付けに環境省が役立てようとしている3つの移行...

This paper provides good practice examples of strategies that governments have already implemented to contribute to a sustainable and resilient recovery from COVID-19 and to a longer-term redesign of their economies, which align with global goals and makes recommendations for further action. The target audience is national- and subnational-level...

Between the 1990s and early 2000s, large-scale illegal dumping and improper treatment of medical waste was a common occurrence in Japan, and became a serious social issue owing to the potential human health risk and environmental damage resulting from the waste itself, which could be infectious or contained sharps or chemical and toxic substances...

This case study reports on the development of a healthcare waste management (HCWM) system at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital (TUTH) in Nepal where the intervention began in 2014 with support from HECAF 360 , a local NGO, and Health Care Without Harm (HCWH), an international NGO, and WHO Nepal. It describes the approach and path followed by...

This report presents the challenges faced and opportunities revealed through a study of two cases of source-segregated waste collection by local authorities in Sri Lanka; Moratuwa Municipal Council, in Colombo, and Kataragama Pradeshiya Sabha, in Monaragala for the purpose of raising planning and decision making capacities not only in Sri Lanka but...

This case study report examines the establishment and evolution of plastic waste recycling under two different operational modalities in urban areas of Sri Lanka; 1) single municipal operation, and 2) PPP (Public Private Partnership) based operation. This report provides an analysis of each modality in terms of effectiveness, technical feasibility...

This report presents three case studies in the context of centralised large-scale composting facilities in Sri Lanka in order to reveal the factors and approaches that led to positive results under different type of operational modality, i.e., 1) single municipal operation, 2) provincial operation, and 3) joint consortium operation (operated by two...

本ペーパーでは、グリーンファイナンスのなかで近年その市場規模が拡大しつつあるグリーンボンドに着目し、日本におけるグリーンボンド市場を更に拡大していくための政策提言を検討するため調査を行った 。グリーンボンド市場を拡大するためには、既にグリーンボンドを起債した発行体が継続的に発行すること、また、未起債の企業が新たに発行することの二種類が必要となる。本ペーパーでは、前者のグリーンボンドを過去起債した企業を対象に、グリーンボンドの発行体がグリーンボンドを戦略的な資金調達手段として位置付け継続的にグリーンボンドを発行していくためにはどのような課題があり、どのような制度的対応等が必要となるのかについて検討した。

This paper goes through the three historical experiences of carbon taxation in France and provides a detailed overview of the past attempts and current challenges to effectively put a price on carbon. By analysing the characteristics of each case, it explains the reasons for failure and success in adopting such tax and tries to help the reader...

This paper tries to capture the main characteristics of financial components of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs), in order to deepen understanding of developing countries’ financial needs. Such analysis will help developed countries and other countries consider provisions of financial support to developing countries. For this...