Programme Director/ Director of Integrated Sustainability Centre
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
Co-benefits
Political economy of low carbon development
Air pollution regulation
Climate policy
Sustainable transport
SDGs
Multilevel governance
Education
Rutgers University, Chinese Department
The University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Department of Asian Studies
The University of California, Los Angeles, Political Science Department
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Commissioned Report
本業務は、アジア太平洋地域の国々の取組強化に資するとともに、同地域の動向や先駆的な取組を国際社会へ発信し、国連における2030年以降の持続可能な開発に関する国際枠組の議論へのインプットを目指すため、アジア太平洋地域特有の観点からシナジー推進の優良事例や展開方策を「アジア太平洋シナジーレポート」としてとりまとめることを目的としたものである。昨年度（令和6年度）業務において策定された企画書に基づき、ESCAP、UNEP、ADB等の関係機関と調整しつつ、生物多様性や都市等の個別テーマ（チャプター）の検討、地域特有の課題抽出、及びシナジーアプローチ実施に向けた提言の策定に向け、事務局として各種とりまとめ作業を進めた。
Commissioned Report
2015年9月に採択された「持続可能な開発目標(SDGs)」を中核とする「持続可能な開発のための2030 アジェンダ」の達成に向け、わが国では首相を本部長、全閣僚を構成員とするSDGs推進本部の設置や「SDGs実施指針」の策定（令和5年12月改定）を通じて、経済・社会システムの転換を加速させてきた。特に改定指針では、気候変動や生物多様性の損失等の課題に対し、トレードオフを回避し相乗効果（シナジー）を最大化させる「統合的解決」が重要視されている。 環境省においては、環境側面からの諸課題の同時解決を目指し、ステークホルダー間の連携強化を図ってきた。また、第6回国連環境総会（UNEA6）で我が国が提案・採択された「シナジー促進決議」を受け、決議提案国として、各国の環境施策の統合的実施を主導してきた...
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Working Paper
モントリオール議定書キガリ改定への批准後のタイにおけるHFC削減への取り組みに関する調査・分析レポート。内容は文献調査及び2025年11月にタイ政府（工業省工場局、天然自然環境省汚染管理局）へのヒアリング調査結果に基づいている。 なお本調査は、環境研究総合推進費S-20-3(4)(JPMEERF21S12030)における研究成果の一部である。
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability Science
Many parts of India will require data-driven analysis of the climate, air quality, health, and employment co-benefits of key sectoral interventions as they decarbonize. This research offers such an analysis for agrivoltaics—an intervention that co-locates agriculture with solar energy production on the same parcel of land—in India’s Nagpur...
Commissioned Report
From "Islands of Excellence" to a "Sea of Change": How ASEAN's Secondary Cities are Localising the SDGs in the region As the ASEAN region rapidly urbanises, the focus often falls on its mega-cities. However, a quiet transformation is underway in the region’s secondary cities -- the agile urban centres that are proving to be fertile ground for...
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In Global Environment Outlook 7
Achieving internationally agreed environmental, social and economic goals requires whole-of-government and whole-of-society approaches (established but incomplete). These approaches can transform interconnected economic and financial, energy, food systems, materials/waste and environmental systems. Such a transformation, in turn, requires...
Policy Report
Despite global efforts and calls for action, our planet has already entered into uncharted territory, facing global environmental crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and desertification, and pollution and waste. These interconnected crises, which are undermining human well-being and primarily caused by unsustainable...
Presentation
Clean Air Week 2025
Air pollution is Southeast Asia’s leading environmental health risk and a key driver of climate change through short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as black carbon and methane. The Southeast Asia Climate & Clean Air Initiative (SEACAI), co-financed by Germany and Switzerland, demonstrates how coordinated donor action can deliver tangible...
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Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability
Many cities have integrated health co-benefits into their climate plans to address cost concerns and build multi-stakeholder support for resilient, net-zero transitions. While some studies have demonstrated that cities vary in how much they link health and climate, few have examined why this is the case. This study fills this gap by using 16...
Peer-reviewed Article
In Sustainability Science
As more cities adopt resilient net-zero policies, local-level assessments of the current and future health impacts of warmer temperatures are becoming increasingly important. These assessments may be even more useful if they demonstrate how health impacts of different predicted temperatures vary across acclimatized/non-acclimatized groups. This...
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Updated: August 2025
Circulating and Ecological Sphere (CES)
Home Thematic Focus Areas CES Spotlight What's New Members About CES Concept Our Approach CES-Asia Consortium Activities Research Workshops Events Publications Academic Papers Reports Others Outreach Media Coverage Seminar Voices from the Field Tools...
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Updated: November 2024
Summit of the Future (2024) Special webpage
From September 22-23, the United Nations Summit of the Future was held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The aim of the Summit of the Future is strengthening global governance and accelerating the implementation of internationally...
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Updated: January 2024
IGES Activities on the Better Air Quality (BAQ) conference 2023
The Better Air Quality (BAQ) conference 2023, the region's largest and most prestigious air quality gathering, was held on 15th -17th November 2023, with pre-events on 13th -14th November, at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila, Philippines...
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Updated: January 2024
IGES Activity on COP28
Hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP28) will begin on 30 November 2023. Before, during and after COP28, this Special Webpage
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Updated: August 2022
Global Climate and SDG Synergy Conference
Calling for an integrative approach: Climate, SDGs and biodiversity Serious concerns were underlined at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) regarding the current NDC targets
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Updated: July 2022
IGES Activity on High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2022)
The High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development is the United Nations’ annual global platform for following up and reviewing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals. This year’s theme is "Buildin
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Updated: March 2023
Net-zero: Towards 1.5°C Goal
In 2021, Japan announced its Green Growth Strategy, setting out a roadmap for key technologies in line with its commitment on carbon neutrality by 2050. Japan has embarked on several initiatives on transformative technology in key sectors, with the a
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Updated: July 2020
IGES Activity on "High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2020)"
This special webpage presents reports and publications related to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF2020).
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Updated: July 2020
IGES Activity on "High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF 2019)"
This special webpage presents reports and publications related to the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), which as the main United Nations platform on sustainable development, is dedicated to the follow-up and review of the...
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Updated: August 2023
IGES Inputs to Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)
APFSD is an annual meeting convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) aimed at strengthening the region’s readiness for the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.