This paper argues that greater clarity about the transition to green hydrogen will help strengthen the alignment with Japan’s international climate strategy and local revitalization policies.
Japan: Integrating sustainability goals across the investment industry
日本 投資業界全体における サステナビリティ目標の統合 （参考訳）
This report aims to clarify the extent to which institutional investors in Japan are currently permitted or required to invest for sustainability impact.
The case study details Japan's adoption of Ecosystem-based Disaster Risk Reduction to replace its ageing infrastructure.
This publication presents an overview of how waste generation could grow if the world continues along the current trajectory and how to consider changing that path.
This is a compendium featuring six successful examples of green public procurement implementation in four different Asia-Pacific countries - Thailand, Japan, China, and Korea.
This paper introduces Japan’s initiative of valuing ecosystem services and incorporates it into the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting - Experimental Ecosystem Accounting (SEEA-EEA). Specifically, it evaluates ecological stocks (i.e. forest and wetland) and ecosystem services from them based on economic valuations and develops an accounting system to record these values.
This report examines the potential policy uses of the different varieties of resource and environmental accounts, particularly greener national accounting aggregates such as genuine savings and 'Eco-Domestic Product'.
The report Mobilizing Sustainable Finance for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Reviewing Experience and Identifying Options in the G7 takes stock of existing activities in G7 countries, identifies a range of emerging lessons and suggests possible next steps for action by G7 countries.
The report Financial Centres for Sustainability: Reviewing G7 Financial Centres in Mobilizing Green and Sustainable Finance has been prepared to explore how financial centres can contribute to the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement.
This report studies green growth trends, challenges and opportunities in the City of Kitakyushu, Japan. It firstly analyses socio-economic trends and the environmental performance of Kitakyushu; secondly reviews urban policies for land use, transport, buildings, waste, energy, water and industries that contribute to economic growth and reduce pressure on the...