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Starting in August 2019, the SWITCH Asia SCP Facility has provided technical support to Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) for development of the National Action Plan on Sustainable Consumption and Production (2021.2030) (NAP on SCP). The SCP Facility established a team of international and national experts to conduct an assessment on...

This report presents an overview of policies and initiatives related to sustainable consumption and production advanced by the governments of the African region. Although not pretending to present an exhaustive overview, the report was developed based on a broad literature review, including key reports produced by the UN Economic Commission for...

This report looks at national policies and initiatives related to sustainable consumption and production in Asia, without pretending to offer an exhaustive inventory of such policies and initiatives. It was developed based on literature review, integrating information collected through key regional projects such as SWITCH Asia and SwitchMed. The...

This report presents an overview of policies and initiatives related to sustainable consumption and production advanced by the governments of the pan-European region. Although not pretending to present an exhaustive overview of those policies and initiatives, the report was developed based on literature review as well as on the results of a pilot...

This report presents an overview of policies and initiatives related to sustainable consumption and production advanced by the governments of the Latin American and Caribbean region. Although not pretending to present an exhaustive overview, the report was developed based on extensive literature review as well as on the results of a pilot survey...

Transportation sector and automobile industry in Japan have been playing important roles to help address national energy constrains and global change issues such as climate change and promote technology development and enhance international competitiveness. Japan’s involvement in the market of the next-generation vehicles, in particular electric...

平成 28 年 11 月にパリ協定が発効され、令和２年（ 2020 年）を迎えた今年、いよいよパリ協定の実施段階に入った。パリ協定でも、中央政府に加えて自治体・都市を含む非政府主体による気候変動を加速させることが掲げられているが、具体的な地域の気候変動対策やプロジェクトを検討・実施するうえで、都市や自治体はキープレーヤーである。世界全体での脱炭素社会の実現に向けては、特に経済成長が著しいアジアにおいて、持続可能な脱炭素社会、またそれの通過点としての低炭素社会の構築への動きを加速させることが必要であり、社会経済の発展を支える活動の場である都市の脱炭素化・低炭素化に向けて、国際的にも都市の取組を支援する動きが強化されてきている。また、 post コロナを見据え、環境政策とのトレードオフの最小化...

This study focuses on carbon pricing as an economic measure for significant reduction of GHG emissions in 2050, and highlights the effectiveness and economic efficiency of carbon pricing through the form of carbon tax and emission trading scheme (ETS). Furthermore, this study proposes policy packages of green tax reform and demonstrates the...

本業務は、この新たに策定された行動計画のうち、「気候変動対応」と「グリーン経 済への移行」の２分野に関連する共同研究について、これまで三カ国で実施してきた共 同研究の内容及び成果を踏まえ、今後の研究方針計画を策定し、中国及び韓国の担当者 と協議を行い、三カ国間で今後の進め方を提案することを目的とする。このほか、我が 国がTEMM の枠組みをはじめとする数多くの環境協力を中国及び韓国と行っているこ とに鑑み、今後のTEMM に関する行動計画をはじめ、中国及び韓国との環境協力の効 率的な推進のため、中国及び韓国における環境行政の体制及び活動実態について分析し、 これをまとめた資料を作成することを目的とする。また、平成28 年４月、第18 回 TEMM（TEMM18）は、静岡市にて開催された...