Yoshiki Yamagata
Guest Senior Research Scholar
Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Yoshiki Yamagata graduated from The University of Tokyo (PhD in System Science). In 1991, he joined the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). As a principal researcher of the Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER), he is studying climate risk management modeling. He is also a Senior Guest Research Scholar at IIASA and a Visiting Professor at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM). His research topics include: land-use scenario, risk management, policy diffusion. He has been teaching at The University of Tokyo, University of Tsukuba and Hokkaido University, and contributing to international activities such as IPCC and Global Carbon Project, as well as to journals of Applied Energy etc.Last update: 17 DEC 2018
Publications
Kraxner, F. & Yamagata, Y. (2007). Biomass for bioenergy - An Austrian real case compared to the biomass for bioenergy environment in Japan. The Japanese Biomass for Bioenergy Journal
Benitez, P.C., McCallum, I. , Obersteiner, M. , & Yamagata, Y. (2007). The economics of tree-planting for carbon mitigation: A global assessment. In: Regional Externalities. Eds. Heijman, W., pp.307-321: Springer Berlin Heidelberg. 0.1007/978-3-540-35484-0_15.
Obersteiner, M. , Alexandrov, G., Benitez, P.C., McCallum, I. , Kraxner, F., Riahi, K. , Rokityanskiy, D., & Yamagata, Y. (2006). Global supply of biomass for energy and carbon sequestration from afforestation/reforestation activities. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 11 (5) 1003-1021. 10.1007/s11027-006-9031-z.
Ceronsky, M., Hepburn, C., Obersteiner, M. , & Yamagata, Y. (2005). Clashing strategic cultures and climate policy. Climate Policy 4 (4) 347-357. 10.3763/cpol.2004.0426.
Benitez, P.C., McCallum, I. , Obersteiner, M. , & Yamagata, Y. (2005). Global Potential for Carbon Sequestration: Geographical Distribution, Country Risk and Policy Implications. Working Paper 2005-18; Resource and Evironmental Economics and Policy Analysis (REPA), Dept. of Economics, University of Victoria, Canada (2005)