地球環境問題と企業・政府・消費者（秋学期）
(Global Environmental Issues and Actors)
This course is offered in English.
By attending this course, you will understand what’s happening on global environment and how important they are to our economy, health and future generations. I will focus on the actors, such as firms, governments and consumers and explain their roles. Then move on to selected issues; First, climate change (including international as well as domestic policies and measures), second, waste minimization focusing on EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility), and, if time allows, compatibility of free trade and environment.
- 1. Nature of global environmental problems
- 2. Corporate activity (1)
- ─Environment Management System
- 3. Corporate activity (2)
- ─Life Cycle Assessment
- 4. Global environmental issues and firms
- 5. Government activity (1)
- ─Cost benefit analysis and value of environment
- 6. Government activity (2)
- ─Policies and measures (command and control, economic incentives)
- 7. Government activity (3)
- ─Policies and measures(emission trading, voluntary agreements)
- 8. Role of consumers and NGOs
- 9. Japanese environmental policies,its history and characteristics in comparison to those of US and Europe
- 10. Climate change (1)
- ─IPCC report and Framework Convention on Climate Change
- 11. Climate change (2)
- ─Kyoto protocol and the Kyoto mechanisms
- 12. Climate change (3)
- ─Domestic measures
- 13. Waste minimization, through Extended Producer Responsibility
- 14. Free trade and the environmental protection
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