In this course, students will study environmental policy instruments and discuss their strengths and shortcomings, with the goal of developing the ability to apply and assess them to address practical sustainability problems. On completion of the course students should be able to: • Assess how sustainability challenges can be addressed through a range of public policy instruments (taxes, subsidies, pollution permit markets, voluntary measures, etc.). • Understand and discuss the economic principles behind these policies. • Engage with debates about the practical strengths and weaknesses of major types of environmental policies. • Analyse the appropriateness of specific policy instruments for a given case study and pre-empt main implementation issues. • Recognise and apply a range of theoretical frameworks to conceptualise the relation between the larger economy, society and the environment Environmental and sustainability policy instruments are the different strategies that governments and the public sector can employ in order to achieve socially desirable sustainability goals. These instruments include taxes and subsidies (such as pollution taxes in urban centres or subsidies for renewable energy), tradable pollution permits (like carbon markets), and market-based instruments (e.g., payments for ecosystem services). Students will learn the economic-theoretical foundations for each of these policy instruments. These foundations include the assumptions or conditions under which they perform adequately, as well as their limitations. With a robust understanding of these instruments, students will be able to analyse and assess which instruments may be more suitable for specific policy circumstances and be able to make recommendations for a given practical case. The course covers more innovative policy approaches such as voluntary environmental measures, and introduces sustainability management strategies in the private sector (business). It concludes with a view of key macro-scale concepts and models for sustainability policy at the interface between the economy, society and the environment.

広く産学官にわたってグローバルに活躍するために必要な「俯瞰力」を養成することを目指す。物質科学の各分野について最先端の知識を修得し、自分の専門分野と周辺分野がどのように関連するか、あるいはし得るか、について深く考察するために、第一線で活躍する講師の方々にその分野の最前線を概観していただく。さらに、それらの講義を通して異分野間のコミュニケーションを円滑に進めるための具体的方法論を学ぶ。 This survey course is designed to enable students to develop the broad perspective that is required of global leaders working in and across industry, academia, and government. Students will gain knowledge and insight on advancements in each field of materials science research, given by leading researchers working on the frontline in those fields. This will allow students to consider how peripheral fields are related to their own area of expertise, and to consider the potential for forging bridges between related fields in the future. In addition, students will learn specific methodologies designed to facilitate smooth communication among different disciplines.

地球レベルから生命現象までの広範な物質世界を、分子レベル、分子集合体レベルで解明し、新しい自然観を探究する現代化学のフロンティアを講ずる。化学の各分野の教員が、最先端の研究について易しく解説し、化学の未来について考える。講義中に研究室見学を行う。

This lecture discusses design principles and planning strategies needed in cities and regions to enhance their social, environmental, and economic sustainability. The lecture is designed as an omnibus, consisting of the three lecturers listed below. Toru TERADA (Coordinator of the course, Associate Professor, Department of Natural Environmental Studies) Marcin JARZEBSKI (Project Associate Professor, GPSS) Giles SIOEN (Project Lecturer, GPSS)