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Carbon cycle and carbon fixation

CO2 control, cycling, transformation, and fixation in forests and oceans

2.10Tuesday, 2026

Japan was a "Land of Photosynthesis" - A Vision for a Society Supported by Forests and the Sun by 2050

Today, political divisions are deepening, especially in Europe and the United States, and existing values such as democracy and liberalism are being shaken. Against this backdrop, [...]...

2.6Fri 2026

The Impact of the GX-ETS Maximum Price Limit of 4,300 yen on Forest-based J-Credits (Part 2) Background to Price Setting and the Forest Industry's Imperative to Redesign its Strategies

*Previous column is here Impact of GX-ETS ceiling price "4,300 yen" on forest-based J-credits (Part 1) System design and [...].

2.3Tuesday, 2026

Impact of the GX-ETS ceiling price of 4,300 yen on forest-related J-credits (Part 1) Read about changes in system design and market environment

In April 2026, the GX-ETS, a national emissions trading scheme, will begin in earnest in Japan. The first phase, in which participation was voluntary [...].

12.10Wed 2025

Is Planted Forestry Nature Positive? Interpreting the Interim Report of the Forest Natural Capital Project Released for COP30

The annual United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) not only hosts international negotiations related to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, but also various [...]

11.29Sat 2025

Sendai Port Biomass Power Plant, Japan's Largest Dedicated Wood Biomass Facility, Begins Commercial Operation Four Companies from Different Industries Collaborate to Contribute to Regional Renewable Energy Supply and Carbon Neutrality

Sendai Port Biomass Power LLC, jointly funded by Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo Gas, Hokuriku Electric Power, and Sumitomo Corporation Tohoku, is constructing [...] in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture.

11.20Thu 2025

Forestry Agency Adds Wood Utilization Carbon Storage to SHK System 207 Organizations Participate in "Forest Nation, Wood Town" Declaration

The Forestry Agency is moving toward reflecting the amount of carbon fixed in buildings through wood utilization in greenhouse gas emissions calculations under the SHK system (Sustainable Housing and Construction [...]

10.28Tue 2025

Innovative Nature of TFFF, Brazil's Tropical Forest Conservation Fund at COP30: A Hint for the Future of Community Forest Management in Japan

The 30th Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be held in November 2025, with Brazil as the [...].

8.22Fri 2025

Paper and paperboard also function as social devices that "store and circulate carbon" [Cultivating the Future through Carbon Cultivation].

The most familiar "mass products of forest origin" around us are probably paper and paperboard. Notepads, newspapers, wrapping paper, [...].

8.12Tue 2025

Why Japan Needs a "Circular Forest Economy" Now: Resource Self-Sufficiency, Lifelong Growth, and a Resident-Financed Platinum Society

As Chairman of the Platinum Initiative Network and former President of the University of Tokyo, I have long been thinking about the future of Japan. Now, the world [...].

8.10Sun 2025

Wooden thread T-shirt from unused thinned wood Tackling the challenge of recycling domestic timber

phoneme, which offers unique apparel both domestically and internationally, uses "mokito" (wood thread), which is made from unused thinned wood, for its T-shirts [...]...

7.25Fri 2025

Forest Circular Economy, edited by Hiroshi Komiyama, is a vision for the year 2050: Rebuilding Japan as a resource-rich nation will start with its forests.

The national challenges facing Japan today - carbon neutrality by 2050, regional sustainability, and resource self-sufficiency. These [...]...

7.18Fri 2025

New balance of power between shippers and buyers in the lumber market based on the concept of "local economic circulation and carbon neutrality

The percentage of domestic timber in demand for lumber has recovered to over 40%. Forests that are in the process of being logged or have passed their [...].

7.12Sat 2025

Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI) Reduces Soil Greenhouse Gas Measurement Time to 1/7 Innovative Technology Contributes to Climate Change Research and Advanced Forest Management

The Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute of the National Forestry Research and Development Institute (NFRI) is a research institute that conducts research on carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted from forest soils and its absorption by me [...].

7.10Thu 2025

Realization of carbon neutrality and development of the chemical industry through regional and inter-industry cooperation

With the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to virtually zero by 2050, a multifaceted approach of technology, policy, and regional cooperation around the world [...].

7.9Wed 2025

Carbon Neutrality as a Basis for Biomass Utilization in the Forest Circular Economy Landscape Approach is Key

The argument for wood use in many places is based on the premise that forest biomass is carbon neutral [...].

7.9Wed 2025

Waste Cooking Oil from Homes and Stores Becomes Aviation Fuel Domestic SAF Begins to be Supplied to Regular Passenger Flights

JGC Holdings, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, All Nippon Airways, and Japan Airlines have recently announced a domestic SAF (Sustainable [...]] that uses waste cooking oil as part of its raw material.

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