Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment

This paper assesses the environmental sustainability of Japan by applying the environmental sustainability gap (ESGAP) framework, which builds on the concepts of strong sustainability, critical natural capital, environmental functions, and science-based reference values. The assessment is carried ou...

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Autores: Sato, M., Usubiaga-Liaño, A., Fairbrass, A., Ekins, P., Asuka, J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad del País Vasco
Repositorio:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
OAI Identifier:oai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/66117
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/66117
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Composite indicators
Environmental sustainability
ESGAP
Japan
Strong sustainability
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spelling Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessmentSato, M.Usubiaga-Liaño, A.Fairbrass, A.Ekins, P.Asuka, J.Composite indicatorsEnvironmental sustainabilityESGAPJapanStrong sustainabilityThis paper assesses the environmental sustainability of Japan by applying the environmental sustainability gap (ESGAP) framework, which builds on the concepts of strong sustainability, critical natural capital, environmental functions, and science-based reference values. The assessment is carried out using two indices of environmental sustainability (Strong Environmental Sustainability Index (SESI) and Strong Environmental Sustainability Progress Index (SESPI)) that provide a snapshot and a trend perspective on environmental sustainability performance and on progress toward it. The results reveal that Japan has not experienced significant changes in terms of aggregate environmental sustainability throughout the 2011–2017 period, but this is primarily a consequence of the mutually offsetting movements of different indicators. The country performs best for the human health and other welfare indicators, but worst for the sink function indicators such as the per-capita CO2 emissions and the eutrophication of fresh water. The indices also expose the main policy areas that Japan needs to strengthen to improve its environmental performance. They include issues such as tropospheric ozone pollution, which has long been discussed in scientific literature but never been a primal policy focus of the government until very recently. © 2024, The Author(s).AF was supported by UCL-Tohoku University Strategic Partner Funds; MS and JA were supported by Tohoku University–University College London (UCL) Matching Fund 2021; AU-L was supported by the María de Maeztu Excellence Unit 2023-2027 Ref. CEX2021-001201-M, funded by MCIN/AEI /10.13039/501100011033.Sustainability Science202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/66117reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIN/CEX2021-001201-M/https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11625-023-01441-xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/es/© 2024 The Authors.Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 3.0 Españaoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/661172026-06-18T09:23:17Z
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title Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment
spellingShingle Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment
Sato, M.
Composite indicators
Environmental sustainability
ESGAP
Japan
Strong sustainability
title_short Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment
title_full Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment
title_fullStr Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment
title_full_unstemmed Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment
title_sort Monitoring environmental sustainability in Japan: an ESGAP assessment
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sato, M.
Usubiaga-Liaño, A.
Fairbrass, A.
Ekins, P.
Asuka, J.
author Sato, M.
author_facet Sato, M.
Usubiaga-Liaño, A.
Fairbrass, A.
Ekins, P.
Asuka, J.
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author2 Usubiaga-Liaño, A.
Fairbrass, A.
Ekins, P.
Asuka, J.
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Composite indicators
Environmental sustainability
ESGAP
Japan
Strong sustainability
topic Composite indicators
Environmental sustainability
ESGAP
Japan
Strong sustainability
description This paper assesses the environmental sustainability of Japan by applying the environmental sustainability gap (ESGAP) framework, which builds on the concepts of strong sustainability, critical natural capital, environmental functions, and science-based reference values. The assessment is carried out using two indices of environmental sustainability (Strong Environmental Sustainability Index (SESI) and Strong Environmental Sustainability Progress Index (SESPI)) that provide a snapshot and a trend perspective on environmental sustainability performance and on progress toward it. The results reveal that Japan has not experienced significant changes in terms of aggregate environmental sustainability throughout the 2011–2017 period, but this is primarily a consequence of the mutually offsetting movements of different indicators. The country performs best for the human health and other welfare indicators, but worst for the sink function indicators such as the per-capita CO2 emissions and the eutrophication of fresh water. The indices also expose the main policy areas that Japan needs to strengthen to improve its environmental performance. They include issues such as tropospheric ozone pollution, which has long been discussed in scientific literature but never been a primal policy focus of the government until very recently. © 2024, The Author(s).
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