Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies in Japan

Dr. Nobuo Mimura is a Professor Emeritus at Ibaraki University and a Specially Appointed Professor at the university’s Global and Local Environment Co-creation Institute. His research areas are global environmental engineering and coastal engineering. For over 30 years, he has been deeply involved in studies on the assessment of climate change impacts and adaptation in Japan, Asia, and small island countries in the South Pacific. His work has highlighted the unique risks of the impacts in these countries and the role of adaptive actions. He also served as Lead Author, Coordinating Lead Author, and Review Editor for the second to sixth assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He has also contributed as an advisor to several Ministries of the Japanese Government as well as international bodies such as the World Bank. Currently, he leads a strategic research project, S-18 “Comprehensive Research on Projection of Climate Change Impacts and Evaluation of Adaptation” funded by the Ministry of Environment of Japan and the Environmental Restoration and Conservation Agency.Dr. Satoshi Takewaka is a Professor at the University of Tsukuba. His research interests are coastal engineering and remote sensing. He analyzes long-term trends of sandy beach deformations due to waves, currents, and climate change. He has experience in two governmental research projects on climate change issues and was an editor and author of project book publications. In the S-18 project, he collaborates with Professor Mimura and publicizes the research project and results.

• Chapter 1.Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Strategies: Japan’s Challenges to Integrated Research.- Chapter 2. Climate Change Scenarios for Impacts and Adaptation Research.- Chapter 3. Development of Socio-economic Scenarios for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Research.- Chapter 4. Coping with Climate Change: An Evaluation of Agricultural Impacts and Adaptation in Japan.- Chapter 5. Learn and predict from Data: Statistical Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Crop Production.- Chapter 6. Projection of Climate Change Impacts and Evaluation of Adaptation Options for Forestry.- Chapter 7. Impacts on Brown Macroalgae Undaria pinnatifida Farming Under Changing Ocean Climate.- Chapter 8. The Advancement of Climate Change Impact Assessment Methodology Project at National Institute for Environmental Studies.- Chapter 9. Description of Coastal Ecosystems (Coral, Macroalgae, and Seagrass) in Local Climate Change Adaptation Plans of Japanese Prefectures.- Chapter 10. Detection, Assessment, and Projection of Climate Change Effects on Terrestrial Ecosystems.- Chapter 11. Assessing Costs of Adaptations to Sea Level Rise in Japanese Coastal Areas.- Chapter 12. Projection of Coastal Impacts: Beach Erosion and Inundation Risk of Urban Areas.- Chapter 13. Assessment of Climate Change Adaptation Measures for Pluvial Flooding.- Chapter 14. Evaluation of Flood Damage Reduction by Use of Irrigation Reservoirs Under Climate Change with the Worst Scenario.- Chapter 15. Diffusion of Flood Adaptation Measures in Japan: An Agent-Based Model for Assessing Individual Behaviors and Policy Communication Effectiveness.- Chapter 16. Drought Risk and Agricultural Water Use: Changes in Water Resources and the Optimal Rice Growing Period.- Chapter 17. Climate Change and Quality of Life: What Affects the Happiness of Citizens?- Chapter 18. Implementing Urban Design Workshops for Climate Change Adaptation at the District Scale.- Chapter 19. Urban Metabolism and Adaptation Options for Climate Change.- Chapter 20. Urban Transport in a Warming World: Adapting to Climate Challenges.- Chapter 21. Risk Assessment and Adaptation Policies for Dengue Fever.- Chapter 22. Determinants of Farmers’ Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change.- Chapter 23. Direct and Indirect Economic Impacts of Sea Level Rise.- Chapter 24. Climate Security Policy in Japan: Toward Climate-Based Policymaking.