The Japan Forum on International Relations has participated in this project as a collaborating institution since fiscal year 2023, under the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)’s program Co-Creation of Academic Knowledge titled “Building Climate Change Governance through Multistakeholder Cooperation: The Case of Low-Carbon Hydrogen Projects” (Research Period: 6 years).
This project recognizes that current divisions and conflicts among various actors hinder effective climate change mitigation measures. It aims to examine challenges for overcoming these divisions and conflicts within climate change governance. Specifically, it focuses on low-carbon hydrogen initiatives to propose strategies for achieving effective and sustainable climate change governance based on coordination among diverse actors.
The project has formed five groups: “Climate Change and International Politics,” “Climate Change and Trade,” “Corporate Climate Responsibility and Civil Society,” “Climate Change and Corporate Management,” and “Climate Change Related Technologies and CC(U)S.” These groups are collaborating on research and analysis.
Details of the activities are available via the link below.
Members
- Principal Investigator
Tomoko ISHIKAWA
Professor (International Law), Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
1G: Climate Change and International Politics
- Group Leader
Wakako ITO
Executive Director and Director of Research (International Politics), Japan Forum on International Relations
- Members
Kiichi FUJIWARA
Visiting Professor of Political Science and International Politics, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo
Kentaro TAMURA
Programme Director (International Relations), Climate Change and Energy, Public Interest Incorporated, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies
CHENG Fang-Ting
Research Fellow (International Relations), Law and Institutions Research Group, Centre for Frontier Research, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO)
2G: Climate Change and Trade
- Group Leader
Keisaku HIGASHIDA
Professor of International Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University
- Members
Naoto JINJI
Professor of International Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Masabumi SUZUKI
Professor (Intellectual Property Law), Faculty of Law, Waseda University
Yoshiko NAIKI
Professor (International Law), Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University
Rajesh SHARMA
Associate Professor, The School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, College of Design & Social Context, RMIT University, Australia
Yoshimichi ISHIKAWA
Associate Professor, School of International Relations, University of Shizuoka, Japan
3G: Corporate Climate Responsibility and Civil Society
- Group Leader
Tomoko ISHIKAWA
Professor (International Law), Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University
- Members
Tsuyoshi ARAI
Professor (Civil Law), School of Commerce, Waseda University
Miho ISHIMAKI
Associate Professor (Environmental Law), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Satoshi YAMAZAKI
Associate Professor (Resource Economics), Tasmanian School of Business and Economics, University of Tasmania
Yarik KRYVOI
British Institute of International and Comparative Law, UK
Elizabeth WHITSITT
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Calgary University, Canada
4G: Climate Change and Corporate Management
- Group Leader
Keiko ZAIMA
Dean, Kyoto Sangyo University
- Members
Ying SUN
Professor (Business Administration), Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University
Kanji TANIMOTO
Professor of Business and Society, School of Commerce, Waseda University
Hiroyuki TADA
Director, Sustainability Business Research Laboratory
5G: Climate Change Related Technologies and CC(U)S
- Group Leader
Hiroshi MACHIDA
Associate Professor (Chemical Engineering), Research Center for Net Zero Carbon Society, Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University
- Members
Koyo NORINAGA
Professor (Chemical Engineering), Research Center for Net Zero Carbon Society, Institute of Innovation for Future Society, Nagoya University
Kazuya GOTO
Senior Researcher (Chemical Engineering), Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Motohiro KONDO
Professor, Research Institute of Industrial Technology, Aichi Institute of Technology
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