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New2026.3.17Press
News Release: "Reduced air pollution from climate mitigation could boost crop yields and lower hunger risk", referring to the paper titled "Ozone pollution reduction partially offsets the negative impact of climate mitigation efforts on global hunger" published in Nature Food.

Based on simulations from six global agroeconomic models, researchers from The University of Tokyo, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto University, National Institute for Environmental Studies, and E-Konzal Co. Ltd., together with collaborators from other countries, reporting that the ozone reduction benefits of climate mitigation could partially offset this increase in hunger risk.
Also posted on EaurekAlert! (https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1119343)
New2026.3.12Press
Interview article based on the paper "Afforestation and reforestation have varying biodiversity impacts across and within biomes" by Dr. Pavithra Rangani WIJENAYAKE (Research Associate), et al., was posted in Mongabay.

Article title: Study maps tree-planting risks and rewards for climate and biodiversity
2024.4.10Press
Research findings from the paper "Unlocking the potential of forage fish to reduce the global burden of disease" by Dr Shujuan XIA (Research Associate) et al. was featured in The Guardian.

Article title: Swapping red meat for herring, sardines and anchovies could save 750,000 lives, study suggests
2022.7.26Press
An article based on the column by Dr. Ichinose, Chief Senior Researcher, "Heat Risk and Color Selection," was published in yahoo! Singapore edition.
2021.7.30Press
News Release: Projections of surface air temperature required to sustain permafrost and importance of adaptation to climate change in the Daisetsu Mountains, Japan

This work was supported by TOUGOU, the “Integrated Research Program for Advancing Climate Models” of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (Grant Number JPMXD0717935715). This work was also partially supported by the Arctic Challenge for Sustainability II (ArCS II), Program Grant Number JPMXD1420318865, and by the Climate Change Adaptation Research Programs / Decarbonized and Sustainable Society Research Programs at the National Institute for Environmental Studies. Many researchers of Social Systems Division contribute to the Decarbonized and Sustainable Society Research Program.
2021.6.11Press
The article by Dr. Yasuko Kameyama, Director, is posted on East Asia Forum website.

Title: Feeling the heat: external pressure and Japan’s commitment to carbon neutrality
2020.11.6Press
The comments by Dr. Kameyama, Director, were introduced in the article titled “Japan promises to be carbon-neutral by 2050” in “The Economist.”
2020.10.1Press
News Release on EurekAlert!: The development of climate security discourse in Japan

Director Yasuko Kameyama of NIES, together with Dr. Keishi Ono of National Institute for Defense Studies, traced discourses related to climate security and revealed unknown risks never discussed in Japan.
2019.9.26Press
Dependence of economic impacts of climate change on anthropogenically directed pathways

Takakura J., Fujimori S., Hanasaki N., Hasegawa T., Hirabayashi Y., Honda Y., Iizumi T., Kumano N., Park C., Shen Z., Takahashi K., Tamura M., Tanoue M., Tsuchida K., Yokoki H., Zhou Q., Oki T., and Hijioka Y. *this is link to the page of press release of this paper
2019.9.26Press
Potentially large economic impacts of climate change can be avoided by human actions

A study estimates global-scale, multi-sectoral economic impacts of climate change, and suggests that a plausible range of decisions and actions by humans can determine the scale of the economic impacts, even if the uncertainty in the climate response to increased greenhouse gas concentration is considered. These actions include reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and improvement of socioeconomic conditions. This study highlights the importance of societal changes and the current generation’s responsibility for the future.
2019.5.14Press
Weighing up trade-offs between food security and climate mitigation