エネルギー資源学講座

International and Regional Environment

国際エネルギー資源学分野

International Energy Resources

Carbon dioxide reduction through more efficient
resource utilization

教授 金 放鳴准教授 グラウゼ ギド

准教授 ヘルト アリエスヤディ

助教 バール カエル

Professor

Associate Professor

Associate Professor

Assistant Professor

Fangming Jin

Guido Grause

Herto Dwi Ariesyady

先進社会環境学専攻

より効率的なリソース利用による二酸化炭素の削減

Kyle Bahrfuel use, which is necessary for stabilizing the earth’s climate, will affect all sectors of life. However, changes can be achieved only by thefor the local condition. Ideally, this approach should account forcooperation of stakeholders and population. Managing the process of change with all its imponderables in the interaction of various groupsinterests relative to environmental conservation and use, for allis the main focus of this research.

existing constraints as well as for all major political, legal,
administrative, economic, environmental, social and cultural
aspects, and the most important things is that we should regard

The most challenging issue of our time is the rise of theeither affect or be affected by a given development project are

Water-Food-Energy nexus in order to accomplish global sustainable

atmospheric CO2 level. With human activities burning fossil fuels,

interviewed using questions designed and tested to measure thatdevelopment.

we affect the global carbon cycle over a time span that is muchproject’s social license to operate (SLO). The stakeholder network is

Therefore, the capacity building on the sustainable environmental

longer than our own life. The reduction of CO2 emissions requires

also mapped by asking stakeholders about the quality of their

the termination of the use of gas, oil, coal.

relationships with other stakeholders during the interview. Figure 1

1. Agent-based modelingand stakeholder analysis
In addition to the technical challenges to sustainable technology,
there are many socio-economic issues that must be addressed inorder to transition to a cleaner energy and material system for humandevelopment. At the core of those issues are human behaviors, which
can be unpredictable and difficult to understand, especially on theFig.2 Resource and Ecopoint flow.

management is strongly important, such as for graduate program
students as an agent of change for better environmental management.

shows an partial stakeholder network built from interviews in an

consumers to merchants and manufacturers down to resources

Three related subjects have been delivered during last period,

onsen town in the Tohoku region of Japan. This network, along withproducers, acting as mining fees (Fig.2). Every resources has its own

namely Introduction to Sustainability, Sustainable Environmental

the associated SLO data is the topographic and mechanistic basis for

Ecopoint value (Tab.1) and resource production cannot exceed theManagement and Business, and Environmental Energy Systeman agent-based model of geothermal social license in Japan. Thisavailability of Ecopoints. Furthermore, Ecopoints can be traded

Studies. The approaches to deliver the course content covered amodel will be used specifically to test policies for equitablebetween individuals according to their personal requirements. After

combination of classroom activities and group assignment. Besides,

development of geothermal resources or other stakeholder consensus

introduction of the Ecopoint system, resource consumption isa separated field excursion was carried out to gain more wide-

as the case may be.

reduced by rising resource prices using an intentional inflation rate.

ranging understanding on the importance of environmental

This concept allows individuals to gain full control over their own

management in practical situations of industry and society in anneeds. Conflicts as between food crop and energy crop production isintegrated manner.

2. Ecopoint concept

individual level. In aggregate, however, it is possible to identify

Department of Environmental Studies for Advanced Society

The environmental challenges of the 21th century require massive changes in industry, business, and life-style. The forthcoming end of fossil

avoided since individuals will use their Ecopoints for food before
investing in luxury good. This concept reduces CO2 emissions,some underlying behaviors such as consensus building (or lack

The global resource consumption is not sustainable. Fossil fuelthereof), diffusion of information, network formation. These groupcombustion increases the atmospheric CO2 level endangering earth’s

behaviors emerge from individual interactions and decision making.

climate. Alternative biomass production requires additional land

Agent-based modeling is a computational tool designed specificallyareas, which are withdrawn from natural habitats. Ores of important

to explore emergent phenomena such as these, in order to understandmetals might be depleted over the next 50 years.

the mechanisms by which they occur.

The Ecopoint concept tries to reduce the effects of excessive resource

In order to create such a model, preliminary work is done to analyze

consumption by limiting the use. Ecopoints work as an ecologic

Current environmental management practices especially inindividual stakeholder values, preferences, and behaviors. This iscurrency that is distributed to the world’s population for purchasing

developing countries such as Indonesia are considered unsustainable.

done through astakeholder census, in which all parties who may

resources incorporated in products. They are handed from

This is usually attributed to high population growth rate and poverty,

limits land use, and reduces poverty.

3. Capacity Building on Sustainable
Environmental Management

especially in less developed areas. This is worsen by the climate

Fig.3 Classroom Activity of Introduction to Sustainabilitychange phenomena all over the regions. Increase intensity andfrequency of environmental pollution, storms, drought, flooding,and precipitation variance have implications for environmental
resilience for various uses and sectors.
Sustainable development and environmental management is seen
worldwide as the solution to this problem. Although this concept has
been accepted widely as an approach to manage environment forachieving public prosperity and sustainable environment worldwide,
nevertheless the concept itself is not a common blue-print and so, it
Fig.1 . Partial stakeholder network. Node size reflects the eigenvector
centrality of that individual within the network.

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Tab.1 Resource prices at an annual income of 12 000
Ecopoints per person.

is still required comprehensive understanding and some adjustments

Fig.4 Field Excursion on Water Management Practices

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