HIJIOKA Yasuaki
(Visiting Professor/Division of Environmental Studies)
Department of Environment Systems
Career Summary
1996: Graduated from Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo
2001: Received engineering doctorate from University of Tokyo
2001: Researcher,Environmental Planning Section, Social and Environmental Systems Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, NIES
2005: Senior Researcher, Environmental Planning Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research NIES
2006: Senior Researcher, Integrated Assessment Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2011: Senior Researcher, Sustainable Social Systems Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2012: Senior Visiting Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, UK
2014: Head, Environmental Urban Systems Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2016: Head, Climate Change Strategy Collaboration Office, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2016-: Visiting Professor, Department of Environment Systems, Graduate Shcool of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo
2018-: Deputy Director, Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
Educational Activities
Graduate school:
Transition to a Cycle-Oriented Society, University of Tokyo
Climate Change Impact, Vietnam-Japan University
Research Activities
His research topics cover modeling analysis for environmental issues related to climate change impacts and adaptation, and he is involved in the development of the Asian Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) to estimate climate change impacts and to assess policy options for stabilizing global climate.
He was a Lead Author (LA) of UNEP/GEO4.
a Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) of Chapter 24 "Asia" for the Working Group II of the Fifth Assessment report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),
a Lead Author (LA) of Chapter 3 for the IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, and
a member of UNEP PROVIA (The Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation) Scientific Steering Committee (2015-2018).
Literature
1) Hijioka, Y., E. Lin, J.J. Pereira, R.T. Corlett, X. Cui, G.E. Insarov, R.D. Lasco, E. Lindgren, and A. Surjan, 2014: Asia.In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L.White
(eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1327-1370
2) Hoegh-Guldberg, O., D. Jacob, M. Taylor, M. Bindi, S. Brown, I. Camilloni, A. Diedhiou, R. Djalante, K.L. Ebi, F. Engelbrecht, J.Guiot, Y. Hijioka, S. Mehrotra, A. Payne, S.I. Seneviratne, A. Thomas, R. Warren, and G. Zhou, 2018: Impacts of 1.5oC Global Warming on Natural and Human Systems. In: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty [Masson-Delmotte, V., P. Zhai, H.-O. Portner, D. Roberts, J. Skea, P.R. Shukla, A. Pirani, W. Moufouma-Okia, C. Pean, R. Pidcock,
S. Connors, J.B.R. Matthews, Y. Chen, X. Zhou, M.I.Gomis, E. Lonnoy, T.Maycock, M.Tignor, and T. Waterfield (eds.)]. In Press.
Other Activities
Japan Society of Civil Engineers (JSCE)
Japan Society on Water Environment (JSWE)
Society of Environmetal Science,Japan Society of Hydrology & Water Resources (JSHWR)
Coordinating Lead Author of Chapter 3 for IPCC AR5
Lead Author of Chapter 3 for IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C
Member of the Expert Committee on Climate Change Impact Assessment, the Global Environment Committee, Central Environment Council, Ministry of the Environment
Chairman of the committee of "Synthesis Report on Observations, Projections and Impact Assessments of Climate Change, 2018"
Supervisor, Rika Nenpyo (Chronological Scientific Tables 2019)
Future Plan
Our research topic covers various aspects regarding climate change adaptation. Based on the Climate Change Adaptation Act that was put into effect in 2018, Japan is expected to plan and implement adaptation, in which local governments and citizens are involved. In this process, “choosing strategies with less regret (to seize social and economic opportunities under current climate change and future scenarios)” is crucial to promote adaptation at local level. Our nation has just embarked on adaptation initiatives. By building up our experience, technology and knowledge in the fields of disaster mitigation, agriculture, and health that have been developed for a long period of time to secure citizens‘ lives, we explore scientific findings within a public-private-people partnership to adapt to changing climate.
Messages to Students
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