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National and sub-national policy for Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) is one of the powerful instruments to influence sustainable consumption (SC) behaviour at both individual and organisational levels. This report addresses how to improve the capacity of policy makers and governments in formulating ESC policy. It also addresses the...

The education and business sectors are both important in every nation's progress. Hence developing the human capacity within them in the context of education for sustainable development (ESD) is vital in the transition towards sustainability. With the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development drawing to the last third of its phase, evaluation...

Over the past decade, Japan has an emerging carbon market, which was non-existent before the Kyoto protocol. While there have been discussions regarding cap-and-trade at the national level, compulsory policies remain extremely controversial with particularly strong opposition from the industrial sector. Currently, Japan has decided neither to...

2011年7月、財団法人地球環境戦略研究機関（IGES）は東日本大震災および福島第一原発事故後のエネルギー及び気候変動政策に関するアンケート調査を実施した。日本語と英語で調査票を世界各国に送付して総回答数710件を得た（回答者の内訳は日本人が61%で日本人以外が39%）。結果の概要は以下の通り。 日本における原子力発電およびエネルギー政策に関する質問では、49%が「1～2年以内」もしくは「2020年まで」に原子力発電所を操業停止して廃炉プロセスに入るべきと回答し、2050年までの段階的な廃止を含めると83％が日本における脱原発を支持した。原子力発電による電力供給量が減少した場合の対策として、90%が「再生可能エネルギーによる発電を増やす」を支持した(複数回答可)。「原発をやめるべきではない...

National and sub-national policy for Education for Sustainable Consumption (ESC) is one of the powerful instruments to influence sustainable consumption (SC) behaviour at both individual and organisational levels. This paper will address how to improve the capacity of policy makers and government officers in formulating ESC policy. It will also...

Climate change poses a serious threat to developmental aspirations of most countries in Southeast Asia. The historical observations indicated general warming over the entire region with variations in the degree of warming and localized impacts. The Mekong River basin, which is the largest basin in the region that provides livelihoods for millions...

This study shows that some Japanese local governments, at both the prefecture and city levels, have engaged in international cooperation with local governments in developing countries in Asia to improve environmental management and explains their motivations to do so even if international cooperation is not usually considered part of local...

After the earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear incident in North East Japan in March 2011, there is increasing discussion of reconstructing the damaged areas in an environmentally sustainable manner in Japan. The politicians are beginning to argue that this is an opportunity to reconstruct Japanese society in a more sustainable manner. This...

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