Tomoki Hirayama
Mr. Tomoki Hirayama from Mizuho Institute of Information Technology first introduced the AIM project activities and the latest research results and then introduced Japan's specific actions and work in reducing greenhouse gas and air pollutant emissions. The AIM project is an international network that includes China, Thailand, Malaysia, India, Bangladesh, and other Asian countries for joint analysis of low-carbon society, capacity building, and modeling development. Japan has now quantified greenhouse gas SLCP and air pollutant emissions under different scenarios; assessed measures to address global warming, the benefits, and associated costs of SLCP responses; and developed tools for use by stakeholders. In order to achieve actual emission reduction, carry out technical work, realize economic and social transformation, and finally realize the coordinated emission reduction of greenhouse gases and air pollutants.
About the Author
Tomoki Hirayama, Environmental and Energy Consultant, Mizuho Institute of Information Technology. Received a PhD in Decision Science and Technology from the Tokyo Institute of Technology. His main research areas are energy modelling, climate change, and air quality control.
Tomoki Hirayama published "Analysis of the Auxiliary Impacts of Climate Change Mitigation Actions on Air Pollutants and SLCPs: A Case Study from India." Participated in "Greenhouse Gases, SLCPs, and Air Pollutants Estimated by the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM)," AIM supports Asian countries in developing integrated assessment models for their long-term low-carbon scenarios. In an ongoing research project funded by the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan, the ancillary impacts of climate change mitigation actions on air pollutants and SLCPs are analyzed.
Tomoki Hirayama: Greenhouse gases, short-lived climate pollutants and air pollutants.pdf