Japan's path towards carbon neutrality and carbon pricing with Professor Toshi H. Arimura

Is Japan on track to achieving net-zero emissions? How does Japanese climate policy stack up against the rest of the world? What makes the Japanese decarbonisation context unique?

For our first seminar in the Perspectives on Energy Transition series for 2025, we will be joined by Professor of Political Science and Economics, Toshi H. Arimura. Toshi will explore Japan's pathway to decarbonisation and the influence of mechanisms like carbon pricing and international carbon borders, as well as Australia's relationship with Japan, and how we can accelerate efforts towards net zero together. 

ABOUT TOSHI
Toshi H. Arimura is a Professor of Environmental Economics and a Director of the Research Institute for Environment Economics and Management at Waseda University. He has been a visiting scholar to Paris School of Economics and Sciences Po. He was a Professor at Sophia University and was a visiting scholar with George Mason University and Resources for the Future as a recipient of the Abe Fellowship. His major research area is climate change. He is a coeditor of Carbon Pricing in Japan (Springer) which received the commentary award from Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS) in 2021. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Minnesota. He has served on many Japanese government committees on environmental issues. He is the recipient of Outstanding Publication Award from SEEPS and served as the president of SEEPS.