Masato Kawanishi
Visiting professor, Climate change and development cooperation
Keywords: Climate change adaptation; Transparency
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Degree

Doctor of Engineering (Ibaraki University)

Current research topics

• Capacity development in developing countries for tracking progress toward their climate change mitigation goals under the Paris Agreement.
• Capacity development in developing countries for managing the climate change adaptation process.

Selected publications

• Kawanishi, M, Morizane, J, Lubis, NA, Fujikura, R, 2020, Issue interpretations and implementation analysis for the national greenhouse gas inventory: the case of Indonesia, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences 10(4): 411-425.

• Kawanishi, M, Preston, BL, Ridwan, NA, 2016, Evaluation of national adaptation planning: a case study in Indonesia, In: Kaneko, S, Kawanishi, M, (eds.) Climate Change Policies and Challenges in Indonesia, Springer, Tokyo, pp 85-107.

• Kawanishi, M, Mimura, N, 2014, Assessment of insurance for paddy production: a case study in Indonesia, Climate and Development 7(3): 257-266.

Research

As the Paris Agreement applies to all countries, the effective implementation of the Agreement largely depends on capacities of developing countries. They are obliged to establish their respective climate change mitigation targets and regularly update greenhouse gas inventories to track progress. They are also expected to organize the climate change adaptation process: climate risk assessment, adaptation planning, implementation, and monitoring & evaluation. In response, capacity development needs of developing countries have grown. Using JICA projects on climate change as cases, my research aims to investigate climate change-related capacity development needs in developing countries and the role of development cooperation.