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[IR-3.1 Methodology on Environmental and Natural Resource Accounting Reflecting Global and International Issues(Final Report)]

[Contact Person]

Yuichi Moriguchi
Senior Researcher, Center for Global Environmental Research
National Institute for Environmental Studies
Environment Agency
16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 Japan
Phone +81-298-50-2540 Fax +81-298-58-2645
E-mail:moriguti@nies.go.jp

[Total Budget for FY1992-1994]

33,523,000 Yen (FY1994 11,127,000 Yen)

[Abstract]

　Environmental and natural resource accounting (ENRA) attracts more and more attention from the world. United Nations adopted the System of integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting(SEEA) as a part of 1993 revision of the System of National Accounts(SNA). In order to respond to international and domestic requirements to develop Japanese system of environmental accounting, an inter-Ministry research project was organized. A feasibility study revealed that global and international aspect of environmental changes was important for Japanese accounting system, because our country produces large amount of global environmental loads and highly depends on imported natural resources. Thus, this sub-theme put focus on physical and economic accounting methodology for global and international environmental changes. The study includes following issues: (1) Follow up of international activities on ENRA, by participating to meetings of the OECD etc; (2) Design of "A Complete System for integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting" as a theoretical framework for accounting environmental impacts by international money flow; (3) Survey of problems and data availability in applying the SEEA to international and global issues; (4) Survey of relationship between environmental changes in foreign countries and final usages of imported natural resources in particular forest resources; (5) Calculation of international balance of embodied GHG emission through trade; (6) Development of information system for graphic presentation of international and inter-sectoral flow of natural resources; (7) Assessment of the effectiveness of Green-GDP as a tool for stabilizing climate change and moderating international relationship.

[Key Words]

Environmental Accounting, Natural Resource Accounting, Sustainable Development, International Trade, Carbon Dioxide