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GPI Brief no. 4 (May 2008)
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- "Policy Institutions" Research Note
The Emerging Global Carbon.........2
Chikara Furuya (Senior Economist, Institute for International Monetary Affairs)
- While there has been an increasing interest in the global environmental issues, more and more financial institutions have been going green, by applying their financial system, knowledge, and technology to solve the problems. The article provides an overview of two notable trends in “the environmentalization of financial services,” that is, emerging new environmental businesses and growing global carbon markets, and it also discusses their challenges and opportunities.
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- "Globalization and Public Policy" Research Note
Globalization in Security Issues, Japan’s Diplomacy, and Japan-US Alliance.........6
Katsuhisa Furukawa (Research Fellow, Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society)
- In today’s globalized environment, issues such as climate change, infectious diseases, poverty, or disaster management are seen as important agenda for international security. However, Japan’s diplomacy has not yet effectively integrated “new stakeholders” who addresses these new security challenges. Japan’s diplomacy and Japan-US alliance needs more robust integration of new stakeholders, including those in charge of law enforcement, development, public health, transportation, and science and technology, in addition to the traditional ones which primarily consists of diplomats and defense officials. It is critical that there be communication between new and traditional stakeholders and the nurturing of common understanding about the strategic objectives of the alliance.
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- "Policy Research" Note
Incorporating Strategic Environmental Considerations into Design of Public Policy: The Case of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).........9
Hayato Kobayashi (Consultant, The World Bank)
- Reducing environmental risks and achieving long-term sustainability calls for incorporating environmental considerations into the design of public policy through Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). The traditional "Impact-centered" approach, focusing on identifying and mitigating environmental impacts of proposed activities, however, is of limited effectiveness at a policy level characterized by uncertainty. For SEA to be effective at this level, a new approach, "Institutions-centered" approach, focusing on environmental governance and a mechanism for social learning is needed.
- Essay
Save Japan from the State of Policy Vacuum!.........11
Hideki Wakabayashi (Visiting Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies and former Member of the Japanese House of Councilors)
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