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This policy brief focuses on the international collaboration necessary to equitably progress towards the sustainable energy transition. In that context, it addresses SDG 12 - responsible consumption and production, and in particular SDG target 12.2 - achieving sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources. Based on recent research...

本報告書は、東京都とさいたま市との都市間連携を通してクアラルンプール市（以下、KL市）が進める、ゼロエミッション実現のための活動とこれまでの成果を示す。 KL市は東京都とは2019年度から、さいたま市とは2022年度から建築物の低炭素化に資する制度や事例について情報を共有してきた。今年度は、カマルザマンKL新市長（令和5年4月就任）の訪日の折に、竣工したばかりの東京都内の脱炭素ビル「麻布台ヒルズ」とさいたま市の美園地区の「スマートホーム・コミュニティ」に加えて、を視察する機会も提供した。 更に東京都が2025年度の施行に向けて準備を進める「新築住宅を供給するハウスメーカー等に屋根へのソーラーPVの設置と高断熱化を義務付ける条例」の制度内容...

IGES and Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) conducted the Regional-CES Scoping Project to assess the potential of promoting the Regional-CES concept in Asia. The scoping project organised workshops to engage key national and local stakeholders in the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia in order to promote the Regional-CES concept...

This report includes an analysis of the level of awareness of the SDGs, as well as the progress made in addressing the five SDG Goals (thematic themes) that the UN Global Compact focuses on: Goals 5 (gender equality), 8 (work and human rights), 13 (climate change) and 16 (anti-corruption), and Goal 12 (sustainable consumption and production), which...

Reducing the use and promoting the environmentally sound management of single-use plastics in the tourism sector offers a great opportunity to tackle plastic pollution at the source. Similarly, addressing problematic plastics throughout tourism value chains can also drive a shift towards innovative and circular business models. In this context...

The International Energy Agency estimates that to hit net-zero globally by 2050, six times more critical minerals will be required in 2040 than today. The rapid increase in demand for critical minerals is likely to increase price volatility. This could aggravate energy security concerns, and thereby delay the necessary clean energy transition...

　本論文の目的は、日本国内で豪雨災害が激甚化・頻発化する中、世界で気候変動がどのように捉えられているのかを紹介し、いくつか具体例を示すことで、脱炭素化に向けた建築・都市の役割を論じる。

The sound management of healthcare waste (HCW) has been receiving increasing global attention, now even more so given the urgency of the COVID-19 pandemic. Uncontrolled fluctuations in generation quantities, the composition of HCW as well as the significant impacts it poses on public health and the environment require a more dynamic and cohesive...

This chapter reviews recent developments in microplastic-related research; identifies major sources of microplastics to wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs); investigates the detection methods, concentration levels, and removal efficiency of microplastics at selected WWTPs; and presents a discussion on microplastics removal from wastewater and...

「SDGs 進捗レポート2022～GCNJ 企業・団体の取り組み現場から～」ローンチイベント（2022年3月3日オンライン開催）におけるSDG目標１２に関する発表資料