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Kanako Tanaka, Dr.

Research Group Leader/senior researcher, Low Carbon Society Strategy(LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST)

Tanaka has been involved in the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) process for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports. Tanaka was a co-recipient of the 2007 Novel Peace Prize as a Lead Author for the IPCC.
Tanaka has been professionally working as a researcher, analyst and project manager for the area of climate mitigation, energy efficiency and sustainable development. As an analyst in the IEA, she executed analysis on energy efficiency policy for industry under G8 Gleneagles Action Plan and provided policy recommendation to G8 summit (2007 Heiligendamm and 2008 Hokkaido-Toya). She also initiated and developed a new project, Energy Management Action Network (EMAK). At LCS-JST, Tanaka had taken a major role in research management for electricity saving program at residential sector, corresponding to electricity crisis after the Great East Japan Earthquake, with municipal governments, including development a new inter-community network. Tanaka is also engaged in the international strategy research and published policy proposals on technology transfer for climate change mitigation, which focuses on the international technology cooperation.
She serves as a member for significant national meetings, e.g., National Energy and Environment Innovation Strategy (NESTI 2050) Working and Implementation Group and Energy Strategy Committee of Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan; and Global Environment Subcommittee, Committee on Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment, Industrial Structure Council, Japan. She has got a doctor’s degree of engineering at the University of Tokyo (chemical engineering).

E-Mail: tanaka.kanako@jst-lcs.jp
Website: http://www.jst.go.jp/lcs/en/about/member/kantanaka.html

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  • Promotion of Constructing Zero Carbon Society: Effectiveness of Quantitative Evaluation of Technology and System for Sustainable Economic Development
    • Kanako Tanaka, Dr. (Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
    • Koichi Yamada, Prof. (Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
  • Improving the G20’s coordination on the delivery and monitoring of the 2030 Agenda
    • Andrea Ordóñez (Southern Voice)
    • Elisabeth Hege (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI))
    • Franklin Murillo (Social Progress Imperative)
    • Gaurav Sharma (Asian Development Bank (ADB))
    • Laura Cavalli (Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM))
    • Imme Scholz (German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE))
    • Kanako Tanaka, Dr. (Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
    • Koichi Yamada, Prof. (Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
  • Establishing an Expert Advisory Commission to assist the G20’s Energy Transformation Processes
    • Andreas Löschel, Prof. (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)
    • Philipp Großkurth (RWI – Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research)
    • Michel Colombier, Prof. (Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI))
    • Yu Cong, Prof. (Chinese Academy of Engineering)
    • Patrick Criqui, Prof. (Université Grenoble-Alpes)
    • Christoph Frei, Dr. (World Energy Council)
    • Carl Friedrich Gethmann, Prof. (acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering)
    • The Rt. Hon John Gummer, Lord Deben (Committee on Climate Change)
    • Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng (Julia King) (Committee on Climate Change)
    • Franck Lecocq, Dr. (Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environnement et le Développement (CIRED))
    • Jyoti Parikh, PhD, FNASc (Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe))
    • Dirk Uwe Sauer, Prof. (acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering)
    • Robert Schlögl, Prof. (acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering)
    • Christoph M. Schmidt, Prof. (acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering)
    • Frithjof Staiß, Prof. (Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW))
    • Cyril Stephanos, Dr. (acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering)
    • Kanako Tanaka, Dr. (Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
    • Eberhard Umbach, Prof. (acatech – National Academy of Science and Engineering)
    • Matt Wenham, Dr. (Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering)
    • Du Xiangwan, Prof. (Chinese Academy of Engineering)
    • Koichi Yamada, Prof. (Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST))
    • Tian Zhiyu (Chinese Academy of Engineering)
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