Publications & Media

Taku Kadoya, Yayoi Takeuchi, Yushin Shinoda, Keisuke Nansai (2022), Shifting agriculture is the dominant driver of forest disturbance in threatened forest species' ranges, Communications Earth & Environment, 3, 108.

Keywords:

Agriculture, Biodiversity, Forest disturbance driver, Forestry, Land use

Sho Hata, Keisuke Nansai, Kenichi Nakajima (2022), Fixed-capital formation for services in Japan incurs substantial carbon-intensive material consumption, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 182, 106334.

Keywords:

Input-output analysis, Fixed-capital endogenization, Matrix augmentation method, Block matrix decomposition, Capital-embodied material footprint

Go Suzuki, Natsuyo Uchida, Le Huu Tuyen, Kosuke Tanaka, Hidenori Matsukami, Tatsuya Kunisue, Shin Takahashi, Pham Hung Viet, Hidetoshi Kuramochi, Masahiro Osako (2022) Mechanical recycling of plastic waste as a point source of microplastic pollution. Environmental Pollution, 303, 119114.

Keywords:

Microplastics, Mechanical recycling, Point source, Occurrence, Discharge

Natsuko Kajiwara, Hidenori Matsukami, Govindan Malarvannan, Paromita Chakraborty, Adrian Covaci, Hidetaka Takigami (2022), Recycling plastics containing decabromodiphenyl ether into new consumer products including children’s toys purchased in Japan and seventeen other countries. Chemosphere 289, 133179

Keywords:

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs); Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); e-waste; Circular economy; Black plastic

Takuma Watari, Stephen Northey, Damien Giurco, Sho Hata, Ryosuke Yokoi, Keisuke Nansai, and Kenichi Nakajima (2022), Global copper cycles and greenhouse gas emissions in a 1.5 °C world, Resource Conservation and Recycling, 179, 106118.

Keywords:

Material flow analysis; Climate change; Material stock; Renewable energy; Electric vehicle

Ryu Koide, Shinsuke Murakami, Keisuke Nansai (2022) Prioritising low-risk and high-potential circular economy strategies for decarbonisation: A meta-analysis on consumer-oriented product-service systems. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 155, 111858.

Keywords:

Product service systems; Circular economy; Greenhouse gas emissions; Life cycle assessment; Consumer product; Systematic review; Meta-analysis

Press articles:

Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei)
Kankyo Business Online