Publications & Media

Ryosuke Yokoi, Takuma Watari, Masaharu Motoshita (2022), Future greenhouse gas emissions from metal production: gaps and opportunities towards climate goals, Energy & Environmental Science, 15, 146-157.

Keywords:

Metals, Climate change, Shared socio-economic pathways

Keisuke Nansai, Susumu Tohno, Satoru Chatani, Keiichiro Kanemoto, Shigemi Kagawa, Yasushi Kondo, Wataru Takayanagi, and Manfred Lenzen (2021), Consumption in the G20 nations causes particulate air pollution resulting in two million premature deaths annually, Nature Communications, 12, 6286.

Keywords:

footprint; input-output analysis, global supply chain, air pollution, premature death

Press articles:

Research highlights in Nature asia
ABC NEWS
ZME SCIENCE
NewScientist
South China Morning Post
The Washington Post

Cheng, Y., Asaoka, Y., Hachiya, Y., Moriuchi, N., Shiota, K., Oshita, K. and Takaoka, M. (2021) Mercury emission profile for the torrefaction of sewage sludge at a full-scale plant and application of polymer sorbent. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 127186.

Keywords:

Mercury adsorption; Sorbent polymer catalyst composite material; GORE Mercury Control System; Thermodynamic calculation; Speciation mercury continuous emission monitoring

Takuma Watari, Keisuke Nansai, Kenichi Nakajima (2021), Contraction and convergence of in-use metal stocks to meet climate goals, Global Environmental Change, 69, 102284.

Keywords:

Climate change; Decoupling; Inequality; Material flow analysis; Science-based targets

Takuma Watari, Keisuke Nansai, Kenichi Nakajima, Damien Giurco (2021), Sustainable energy transitions require enhanced resource governance, Journal of Cleaner Production, 312, 127698

Keywords:

Responsible sourcing; Climate change; Net zero; Carbon neutral; Mining

Minami Kito (2021), Impact of aircraft lifetime change on lifecycle CO₂ emissions and costs in Japan, Ecological Economics, 188, 107104.

Keywords:

Aircraft lifetime; Airline industry; Stock-flow analysis; CO₂ emission; CO₂ reduction

Ryu Koide, Satoshi Kojima, Keisuke Nansai, Michael Lettenmeier, Kenji Asakawa, Chen Liu, Shinsuke Murakami (2021), Exploring carbon footprint reduction pathways through urban lifestyle changes: a practical approach applied to Japanese cities, Environmental Research Letters, 16, 084001.

Keywords:

Carbon footprints; Urban lifestyle change; Household consumption; Zero-Carbon cities; Paris agreement

Data visualisation tool:

Decarbonized Lifestyle Options for 52 Japanese Cities: Visualization of Carbon Footprints and Reduction Potentials

Press articles:

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Kyodo News
Business Insider Japan

Sho Hata, Keisuke Nansai, Takako Wakiyama, Shigemi Kagawa, SusumuTohno (2021), Embedding a low-carbon interregional supply chain into a recovery plan for future natural disasters, Journal of Cleaner Production, 315, 128160.

Keywords:

Disaster; Nankai Trough earthquake; Input–output analysis; Inoperability; Quadratic programing

Graphical abstract:

Haruka Mitoma, Fumiya Nagashima, Shigemi Kagawa, Keisuke Nansai (2021), Critical supply chains for mitigating PM2.5 emission-related mortalities in India. Sci Rep 11, 11914.

Science Animation; How much metal can we use in a carbon-constrained world?

Original paper:

Watari et al. (2020), Global metal use targets in line with climate goals, Environmental Science & Technology, 54(19), 12476-12483.