Project for international cooperation on the analysis and assessment of technologies for climate change mitigation (ALPS II; FY2012-FY2016)
ALPS Project（ALternative Pathways toward Sustainable development and climate stabilization）
Background and objective
As global warming is bound to have severe impacts on the whole planet, there are high expectations for solutions to this issue. However, while global warming affects various sectors in every country of the world, its impacts are not uniform. Mitigation measures and associated costs that countries can afford to take and pay may differ to very large extent. A comprehensive policy package is thus needed to allow truly effective climate mitigation implementation on a global scale.
The post-2020 framework and targets for emissions reduction were adopted at the COP21 in Paris at the end of 2015. Concrete measures for effective emission reductions for that are expected hereafter, and the establishment of a post-2030 framework that will ensure further progress in terms of emissions reductions should be sought.
Within this project, we assess mitigation and adaptation measures, climate finance and climate policy in a consistent and comprehensive manner, taking into account the latest scientific knowledge on the subject, recent trends in international negotiations, and cooperating with international research organizations. Our goal is to contribute to the development of an international framework and of a national strategy under which economic growth and climate measures would be compatible (green growth).
