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Global Environment Lab
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The lab maps out pathways to a sustainable society using models of the environment, society, and the economy.
AboutAbout the lab
From everyday life to the whole planet, looking ahead to 2050.
The Global Environment Lab is run under a partnership agreement between Institute of Science Tokyo and the National Institute for Environmental Studies.
Focusing on environmental issues, the lab builds models that incorporate people, society, and the economy, and uses them to develop future scenarios and conduct policy evaluation for a sustainable society.
The faculty also includes researchers from the National Institute for Environmental Studies.
Recent degree theses have addressed the transition to a decarbonized society, household electricity consumption and CO2 emissions, and the impacts of climate change.
Key terms
- Future scenarios
- Several storylines describing how society and technology could change going forward
- Policy evaluation
- Estimating and comparing the effects that national or local government policies have on the environment and the economy
- Decarbonization
- Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide to net zero
NewsLab news
A paper by Project Associate Professor Tsuchiya and colleagues was published in Environmental Microbiology Reports
A paper by Project Associate Professor Tsuchiya and colleagues was published in Scientific Reports
ResearchResearch themes
The Global Environment Lab develops models of environmental issues that incorporate people, society, and the economy. Based on these models, the lab develops future scenarios and conducts policy evaluation toward realizing a sustainable society.
*Illustrative imageHousehold Life and CO2
CO2 emissions from households also vary with family structure, how appliances are used, remote work, and whether people keep pets. The lab builds models that estimate how differences in lifestyle affect electricity consumption and emissions.
*Illustrative imageQuantitatively Evaluating Decarbonization Policies
Using mathematical models, the lab estimates how effective CO2-reduction measures are and how they affect the economy. Its targets include the household and commercial sectors in Tokyo, the waste sector in Yokohama, countries in Africa, and emissions trading in China.
*Illustrative imageClimate Change and Its Effects on Daily Life
As heat becomes more severe, it affects things like heatstroke during school club activities and visitor numbers at ski resorts in winter. The lab analyzes how weather and social conditions relate to such risks and considers how to prepare for climate change.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Global Environment Lab consist of faculty and students in the doctoral, master's, and undergraduate programs.As of 2026
- Program-Specific Associate ProfessorYuko Kanamori
- Program-Specific Associate ProfessorKazuaki Tsuchiya
- Program-Specific ProfessorToshihiko Masui
- Assistant ProfessorYosuke MunesuePublications ↗
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Blue Marble Eastern Hemisphere” NASA（Reto Stöckli） / Public domain (cropped)
- Household Life and CO2: “Electricity meter Standard watt-hour meter A21W Osaki Electric Co., Ltd., made in 1990” OiMax / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Quantitatively Evaluating Decarbonization Policies: “US Navy 100614-N-8335D-090 Japanese contractors install solar panels on the Public Works building roof at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan” U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Richard Doolin / Public domain (cropped)
- Climate Change and Its Effects on Daily Life: “Naeba ski resort, January )” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (堀研究室): “Earth at Night 2001” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
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（ファイナンス・ 企業統治システム研究室） ): “Marunouchi sunset ( )” Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0 (cropped) - Related lab (大和研究室): “Crosby Garrett Helmet on auction at Christies” Portable Antiquities Scheme from London, England / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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