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This paper conducts a comparative analysis of green industrial policy strategies recently advanced by the European Union (EU) and the United States (U.S.), and extends insights to the evolving policy landscape in Japan. Its analysis underscores how the European strategy is characterized by a systematic approach that balances emissions constraints...

Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into climate actions is essential for a healthy planet and people. Yet, national climate policies and international climate support programs often fail to explicitly recognize the interconnections between climate concerns and other priorities covered under the SDGs. This failure can leave key...

The response of land surface phenology (LSP) to the urban heat island effect (UHI) is a useful biological indicator for understanding how vegetated ecosystems will be affected by future climate warming. However, vegetation cover in rural areas is often dominated by cultivated land, whose phenological timing is considerably influenced by...

The transport sector is one of the main sources of global GHG emissions, of which road transport emissions are greatest. The decarbonisation of road transport requires systemic changes combined with technological interventions to optimise the use of transport modes. Given the diverse options for road transport decarbonisation due to differences in...

A global agreement to end plastic pollution must be based on pertinent, multi-disciplinary knowledge. Consideration of the full life cycle impacts of plastics and substitutes is important to achieve sustainable solutions rather than shifting the burden. Hence, this process requires considerations of fossil-based and biobased feedstocks for plastic...

運輸部門は、世界における温室効果ガス（GHG）の主な排出源の1つであり、特に道路輸送の比率が高い。道路輸送の脱炭素化には、技術革新と社会変革を組み合わせ、輸送手段を最適化することが求められる。道路輸送の脱炭素化に際しては、技術の進捗状況や商業化のレベルが国や地域によって大きく異なるため、地域ごとのまちづくりや社会的課題の解決につながるような方策が求められる。運輸部門の脱炭素化は、広範な社会構造の変化につながり、気候危機といった深刻な問題に対する解決に貢献するとともに、豊かな交通社会を導く好機となりうる。

This presentation explains the basic elements of President Biden's climate policies, and comments on the level of their ambition as well as their political feasibility.

Discusses prospects for US climate policy in the Biden Administration.

本ブリーフィングノートは、バイデン政権の気候政策の見通しについて考察するものである。 バイデン政権の就任1か月間の気候政策に含まれている主要な要素と、そこに含まれていないものについて分析した上で、これらの政策が今後、どのように採択され、実施されていくかについて検討する。具体的には、バイデン大統領の気候政策立案プロセスの主要人物と組織構造、初期の主要な優先事項と戦略、そして国境炭素調整措置など、国内外のいくつかの特定分野における今後の政策の方向性について論ずる。そこでは、大統領令や規制、法律の違いを説明するとともに、気候政策と雇用や経済全体との強い関連に言及する。そして、通常は気候関連の議論の対象にならないが、気候対策を実施する上で重要な、省庁や関連する諸機関について考察する。

This briefing note considers the prospects for the Biden administration’s climate policy. It surveys the main elements of the Biden administration’s climate policies in his first month in office, as well as what is not included, and it speculates on the potential for these policies to be adopted and implemented. Key personnel and the overall...