Climate Crisis
湿地 - 忘れられた炭素の貯蔵庫
深刻化する気候危機の緩和策として、「Nature based Solutions（NbS）」が注目されている。NbSを推進する上で、湿地は重要な役割を果たし、残された重要な湿地を守り、その再生を進めることは、気候変動の重要な緩和策となるだけでなく、自然の吸水力や保水力を利用・拡大することで、大規模化する傾向にある水害の防止などにも貢献する
Tetsuji Ida
Tetsuji Ida, born in Tokyo 1959, is a graduate of Tokyo University.
He studied sociology of science and technology. Since he was assigned as a staff writer of Kyodo News in 1983, he has covered environment and development issues from the Tsukuba Science City bureau and the science news desks in the Tokyo. From 2001 to 2004, he spent 3 years in Washington bureau in the US as a science correspondent. Since 2010, he is in a current position.
He begun working on environment and development issues in 1987; one of his major subjects is climate change since he is reporting this issue before UNFCCC was formally adopted and he was a main writer of KYODO NEWS at COP3 in Kyoto.
He reported environment and poverty issues and conservation efforts on the ground in many counties in Asia, Africa and the South America for more than 30 years.
He has covered many international conferences on multilateral environmental agreements including UNFCCC, CITES, CBD, Montreal Protocol, Ramsar Convention, WSSD in 2002 at Johannesburg, South Africa and Rio+20, Brazil in 2012. He has authored or coauthored twelve books on primate conservation, climate change, fisheries resources, toxic chemicals and natural resources management.
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Climate Crisis
Wetlands, the forgotten carbon sink that can help mitigate impact of climate change
Nature-based solutions that target conservation and restoration of wetlands can act as important climate adaptation and mitigation measures. Here's why.
Davos Agenda
How the new financial disclosure framework will encourage companies to protect nature
The Task Force on the Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) framework is set to become the default standard for companies for disclosing nature-related risks.
Climate and Nature
増大する自然破壊のリスクを前に - 国際機関の情報開示の新枠組み
世界の機関投資家や企業などが参加する国際組織「自然関連財務情報開示タスクフォース（TNFD）」が、企業や金融機関が、自らの活動が自然に与える影響を把握し、開示するための初の国際的な枠組みを公表した。
Climate and Nature
環境と人道的見地から違法漁業を根絶しなければならない理由
G7サミットは、世界中の環境と人権に影響を与える違法漁業に対抗する方法を議論する重要な場となります。
Climate and Nature
Why illegal fishing must be stamped out on environmental and humanitarian grounds
The forthcoming G7 Summit will be an important venue for discussing how to combat illegal fishing which impacts the environment and human rights worldwide.
Climate Crisis
気候難民 忘れられた犠牲者
地球規模で気候危機が深刻化するのに伴い、自然災害や干ばつなどの気象現象によって、故郷を追われる人々の数が増えている。これらの人々は「気候難民」と呼ばれることもある。そもそも気候難民とはどのような人たちで、国際社会はこの問題にどのように対処するべきなのだろうか。
Climate Crisis
Climate refugees – the world’s forgotten victims
At least 1.2 billion new climate refugees could result by natural disasters and other weather-related events by 2050, as per an Australian think tank IEP
Ocean
われわれを取り巻く海の危機に対する、国際的な取り組みの強化が急務
人間が引き起こした気候危機、乱獲、プラスチックによる海洋汚染、海洋酸性化など、わ人間とってなくてはならない海の環境は今、多面的な危機に直面している。国の安全保障にも関わる海洋環境の保護と危機の回避に向けた努力を強化することが急務だ。海の環境保全は四方を海に囲まれた島国である日本にとっても喫緊の課題なのだが、その政策は、多くの先進国に比べて遅れが目立ち、断片的で許ない。政策...
Ocean
The world must pull together to stem the urgent crisis in our ocean
The oceans are increasingly under threat from a host of different factors - and so far, the international response has not been good enough.