OECD Environmental Performance Reviews
Subtitle: Japan 2010
By: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Series: OECD environmental performance reviews; OECD Environmental Performance Reviews
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9789264087873
Subjects: Ecology; Euthenics; Nature and nurture; Adaptation (Biology)
Description: This 2010 review of Japan's environmental conditions and policies evaluates progress in reducing the pollution burden, improving natural resource management, integrating environmental and economic policies, and strengthening international co-operation. It includes coverage of policy for greening growth, implementation of environmental policies, climate change, waste management and the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle), and nature and biodiversity. The review finds that since the last review, Japan has made steady progress in addressing a range of environmental issues, notably air and water pollution, and the management of chemicals and waste. The energy intensity of the economy has continued to decrease, particularly in the industrial sector, and is among the lowest in OECD countries.  Material intensity has also decreased.  At the same time, several more complex, long-term challenges have come to the fore: climate change, sound waste, materials management, and  biodiversity conservation. Much of the last decade was characterised by sluggish economic growth, and environment and  green innovation are targeted as key drivers of future growth and job creation in Japan's New Growth Strategy.
Table of contents: title: Executive Summary; title: Developments since the 2002 Review; title: Greening Growth; title: Implementation of Environmental Policies; title: International Co-operation; title: Climate Change; title: Waste Management and the 3Rs (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle); title: Nature and Biodiversity; title: Selected Environmental Data; title: Selected Economic Data; title: Selected Social Data; title: Abbreviations; title: Selected Environmental Websites.