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This report was developed as part of a series of three research publications on the research project led by UNU-IAS and IGES on monitoring and evaluation of education for sustainable development, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. This report specifically focuses on the development of an appropriate framework for structuring the approach on...

This paper examined whether a local government could promote international environmental cooperation through individual citizens’ carbon offsetting, in particular focusing on the perception effects of local government subsidies. The social survey was conducted for adult citizens in Kitakyushu city, Japan, who drive privately-owned vehicles, asking...

This report was developed as part of a series of three research publications on the research project led by UNU-IAS and IGES on monitoring and evaluation of education for sustainable development, especially in the Asia-Pacific region. This report specifically focuses on the assessment of ESD learning performance. The information contained here...

本調査では、市民が個人で行うカーボンオフセットを通じた環境国際協力の可能性を、特に自治体による補助金政策と組み合わせることで促進できないか、検討した。インターネットユーザーで、自家用車を利用する北九州市成人市民のうち、インターネット調査パネル登録者1642名を対象に調査分析を行った。カーボンオフセットについて、よく知っているとした回答者は11.2%、聞いたことはあるとした回答者が54.9%、知らないとした回答者が35.9%であった。実際にカーボンオフセットをしたことがある回答者は2.2%であった。 自己負担額及び北九州市による補助金有無について3通りのパターンを用意し、調査対象者を無作為に3群に分けて、オフセット利用の意思を調査した...

In this policy report the authors have compiled and analysed the most recent data on waste generation and the national policies related with waste management and climate change in ten countries in Asia. The study found that many countries in the region are now paying more attention to solid waste management from the perspective of climate change...

Citizens in Kitakyushu and Da Nang were surveyed. The provision of environmental information about Viet Nam, in particular, that regarding the Vietnamese people’s recognition of environmental issues in Da Nang, changed the views among Kitakyushu respondents regarding the most important areas of environmental cooperation and narrowed the gap between...