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Dr. Eric Zusman
Institute for Global Environmental Studies (IGES), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0115, Japan

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Journal article
Published: 29 June 2021 in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
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The United States began liberalizing its wholesale and retail electricity market to lower costs, increase efficiency, and curb oil imports in the 1990s. Reductions in carbon dioxide (CO2) were a possible desirable side effect of these reforms. In recent years, concerns over climate change have prompted state governments in the United States to adopt renewable portfolio standards and other subnational climate policies. Given the United States significant contributions to a warming climate, understanding the isolated and combined effects of these deregulatory reforms and subnational policies on CO2 emissions is critically important. This article sheds light on those effects with a series of recursive generalized linear models and a heterogeneous panel analysis of 50 states in the United States from 1990 to 2014. The modelling offers a novel approach for systematically tracing the paths through which policy, energy, and pricing variables register direct, indirect and interactive effects on CO2 emissions. The results demonstrate that wholesale--but not retail--reforms lowered CO2 emissions by increasing energy efficiency and renewable use. The results also suggest that wholesale reforms interacted with subnational climate policies to reduce CO2 emissions more than either these reforms alone. These findings have far-reaching implications for the United States and beyond.

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Takako Wakiyama; Eric Zusman. The impact of electricity market reform and subnational climate policy on carbon dioxide emissions across the United States: A path analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021, 149, 111337 .

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Takako Wakiyama, Eric Zusman. The impact of electricity market reform and subnational climate policy on carbon dioxide emissions across the United States: A path analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 2021; 149 ():111337.

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Takako Wakiyama; Eric Zusman. 2021. "The impact of electricity market reform and subnational climate policy on carbon dioxide emissions across the United States: A path analysis." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 149, no. : 111337.

Journal article
Published: 19 June 2021 in Climate
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Cities are increasingly adopting potentially sustainable climate plans. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into these plans could help stabilize the climate while generating jobs, narrowing equity gaps, fostering innovation, and delivering other sustainability benefits. Yet, how much cities are integrating the SDGs into climate plans remains poorly understood. This article shed light on this question with a text analysis of SDG “keywords” in climate plans for two British and two Japanese cities. The results revealed that none of the surveyed cities have connected climate with socioeconomic priorities covered in SDG1 (poverty), SDG8 (employment), SDG5 (gender), and SDG10 (inequalities). Meanwhile, the United Kingdom cities made more connections between climate and responsible consumption and production (SDG12) than the Japanese cities. Further, Kyoto, Japan shares a climate-SDGs linkages profile that resembles the United Kingdom cities more than Kawasaki. Though not without limitations, text analysis can facilitate the city-to-city peer learning needed to make urban climate plans sustainable within and across countries.

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Leticia Ozawa-Meida; Fernando Ortiz-Moya; Birgit Painter; Matthew Hengesbaugh; Ryoko Nakano; Tetsuro Yoshida; Eric Zusman; Subhes Bhattacharyya. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Urban Climate Plans in the UK and Japan: A Text Analysis. Climate 2021, 9, 100 .

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Leticia Ozawa-Meida, Fernando Ortiz-Moya, Birgit Painter, Matthew Hengesbaugh, Ryoko Nakano, Tetsuro Yoshida, Eric Zusman, Subhes Bhattacharyya. Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Urban Climate Plans in the UK and Japan: A Text Analysis. Climate. 2021; 9 (6):100.

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Leticia Ozawa-Meida; Fernando Ortiz-Moya; Birgit Painter; Matthew Hengesbaugh; Ryoko Nakano; Tetsuro Yoshida; Eric Zusman; Subhes Bhattacharyya. 2021. "Integrating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into Urban Climate Plans in the UK and Japan: A Text Analysis." Climate 9, no. 6: 100.

Journal article
Published: 06 September 2020 in Journal of Environmental Management
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The government of Indonesia has pledged to meet ambitious greenhouse gas mitigation goals in its Nationally Determined Contribution as well as reduce water pollution through its water management policies. A set of technologies could conceivably help achieving these goals simultaneously. However, the installation and widespread application of these technologies will require knowledge on how governance affects the implementation of existing policies as well as cooperation across sectors, administrative levels, and stakeholders. This paper integrates key governance variables--involving enforcement capacity, institutional coordination and multi-actor networks--into an analysis of the potential impacts on greenhouse gases and chemical oxygen demand in seven wastewater treatment scenarios for the fish processing industry in Indonesia. The analysis demonstrates that there is an increase of 24% in both CH4 and CO2 emissions between 2015 and 2030 in the business-as-usual scenario due to growth in production volumes. Interestingly, in scenarios focusing only on strengthening capacities to enforce national water policies, expected total greenhouse gas emissions are about five times higher than in the business-as-usual in 2030; this is due to growth in CH4 emissions during the handling and landfilling of sludge, as well as in CO2 generated from the electricity required for wastewater treatment. In the scenarios where there is significant cooperation across sectors, administrative levels, and stakeholders to integrate climate and water goals, both estimated chemical oxygen demand and CH4 emissions are considerably lower than in the business-as-usual and the national water policy scenarios.

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Adriana Gómez-Sanabria; Eric Zusman; Lena Höglund-Isaksson; Zbigniew Klimont; So-Young Lee; Kaoru Akahoshi; Hooman Farzaneh; Chairunnisa. Sustainable wastewater management in Indonesia's fish processing industry: Bringing governance into scenario analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 2020, 275, 111241 .

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Adriana Gómez-Sanabria, Eric Zusman, Lena Höglund-Isaksson, Zbigniew Klimont, So-Young Lee, Kaoru Akahoshi, Hooman Farzaneh, Chairunnisa. Sustainable wastewater management in Indonesia's fish processing industry: Bringing governance into scenario analysis. Journal of Environmental Management. 2020; 275 ():111241.

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Adriana Gómez-Sanabria; Eric Zusman; Lena Höglund-Isaksson; Zbigniew Klimont; So-Young Lee; Kaoru Akahoshi; Hooman Farzaneh; Chairunnisa. 2020. "Sustainable wastewater management in Indonesia's fish processing industry: Bringing governance into scenario analysis." Journal of Environmental Management 275, no. : 111241.

Journal article
Published: 21 May 2020 in Travel Behaviour and Society
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The spread of online taxi services is transforming mobility patterns in many of the world’s rapidly motorizing cities. Yet few studies have systematically assessed which factors are behind this transformation. This article fill this critical knowledge gap for the three fast-growing cities of Semarang, Bogor and Bandung, Indonesia. The article employs an ordered logit model to determine whether and to what extent several sets of predictors—individual attributes, socioeconomic conditions, vehicle ownership, evaluation of the online system, and perceived barriers to public transport—influenced the decision to use of an online taxi in these three cities. The results indicate that the merits such as cost savings and vehicle comfort had the strongest effects. The level of service of public transport in the city also had discernible impacts. Finally, notable differences existed in the magnitude of predictors across modes and cities.

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Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho; Eric Zusman; Ryoko Nakano. Explaining the spread of online taxi services in Semarang, Bogor and Bandung, Indonesia; a discrete choice analysis. Travel Behaviour and Society 2020, 20, 358 -369.

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Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho, Eric Zusman, Ryoko Nakano. Explaining the spread of online taxi services in Semarang, Bogor and Bandung, Indonesia; a discrete choice analysis. Travel Behaviour and Society. 2020; 20 ():358-369.

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Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho; Eric Zusman; Ryoko Nakano. 2020. "Explaining the spread of online taxi services in Semarang, Bogor and Bandung, Indonesia; a discrete choice analysis." Travel Behaviour and Society 20, no. : 358-369.

Chapter
Published: 05 January 2019 in The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment
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Air pollution has large impacts on the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH), affecting not just the health of people and ecosystems, but also climate, the cryosphere, monsoon patterns, water availability, agriculture, and incomes (established but incomplete). Although the available data are not comprehensive, they clearly show that the HKH receives significant amounts of air pollution from within and outside of the region, including the Indo-Gangetic Plain (IGP), a region where many rural areas are severely polluted. In addition, the HKH receives trans-boundary pollution from other parts of Asia. This chapter surveys the evidence on regional air pollution and considers options for reducing it, while underlining the need for regional collaboration in mitigation efforts. As described in Chap. 1, the HKH region is fragile and rapidly changing; while the outcome of the interplay of complex drivers is difficult to predict, it will have major consequences. That holds true for air pollution as well.

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Eri Saikawa; Arnico Panday; Shichang Kang; Ritesh Gautam; Eric Zusman; Zhiyuan Cong; E. Somanathan; Bhupesh Adhikary. Air Pollution in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment 2019, 339 -387.

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Eri Saikawa, Arnico Panday, Shichang Kang, Ritesh Gautam, Eric Zusman, Zhiyuan Cong, E. Somanathan, Bhupesh Adhikary. Air Pollution in the Hindu Kush Himalaya. The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment. 2019; ():339-387.

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Eri Saikawa; Arnico Panday; Shichang Kang; Ritesh Gautam; Eric Zusman; Zhiyuan Cong; E. Somanathan; Bhupesh Adhikary. 2019. "Air Pollution in the Hindu Kush Himalaya." The Hindu Kush Himalaya Assessment , no. : 339-387.

Journal article
Published: 01 October 2018 in Sustainable Cities and Society
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This article analyzes which factors influenced willingness to purchase residential electricity savings technologies in Bogor, Indonesia. Survey data collected from 600 households between October and November 2015 was used to test hypotheses on demographic, informational, and participatory determinants of willingness to invest in energy efficient lighting. Results of an ordinal logit regression on 600 respondents in Bogor show willingness to purchase these technologies were positively correlated with information and participation variables. The estimates from these fuller models suggest that information of both relevant policies and training in the workplace were more likely to purchase energy saving lightings relative to those with less information. The national energy efficiency labelling program are shown to have a positive effect on purchasing LED lightings. Moreover, information should be as specific to the local and personal context as possible. A lack of information could to some degree be compensated by engaging in environmentally-related activities—with regular participants more likely to change their willingness to change purchasing behavior than less frequent participants.

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Ryoko Nakano; Eric Zusman; Sudarmanto Nugroho; R.L. Kaswanto; Nurhayati Arifin; Aris Munandar; Hadi Susilo Arifin; Muchamad Muchtar; Kei Gomi; Tsuyoshi Fujita. Determinants of energy savings in Indonesia: The case of LED lighting in Bogor. Sustainable Cities and Society 2018, 42, 184 -193.

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Ryoko Nakano, Eric Zusman, Sudarmanto Nugroho, R.L. Kaswanto, Nurhayati Arifin, Aris Munandar, Hadi Susilo Arifin, Muchamad Muchtar, Kei Gomi, Tsuyoshi Fujita. Determinants of energy savings in Indonesia: The case of LED lighting in Bogor. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2018; 42 ():184-193.

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Ryoko Nakano; Eric Zusman; Sudarmanto Nugroho; R.L. Kaswanto; Nurhayati Arifin; Aris Munandar; Hadi Susilo Arifin; Muchamad Muchtar; Kei Gomi; Tsuyoshi Fujita. 2018. "Determinants of energy savings in Indonesia: The case of LED lighting in Bogor." Sustainable Cities and Society 42, no. : 184-193.

Book chapter
Published: 12 October 2017 in Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia
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Takako Wakiyama; Ryoko Nakano; Eric Zusman; Xinling Feng; Nandakumar Janardhanan. Interactions of global climate institutions with national energy policies. Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia 2017, 313 -330.

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Takako Wakiyama, Ryoko Nakano, Eric Zusman, Xinling Feng, Nandakumar Janardhanan. Interactions of global climate institutions with national energy policies. Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia. 2017; ():313-330.

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Takako Wakiyama; Ryoko Nakano; Eric Zusman; Xinling Feng; Nandakumar Janardhanan. 2017. "Interactions of global climate institutions with national energy policies." Routledge Handbook of Energy in Asia , no. : 313-330.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2016 in AIMS Energy
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This study examines how a carbon tax could affect industrial-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in Japan. Rather than forecasting the effects of a tax, the paper employs a time-series autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model to determine how past subsidies and fuel price changes affected investments in energy and carbon intensity in Japan’s iron & steel, chemical, and machinery industries from 1993 to 2004. The results suggest the impacts varied greatly across industries. In the iron & steel industry, subsidies and price changes produced negligible effects on investments in energy and carbon intensity. This may be because existing iron & steel technologies have long lifetimes and substantial replacement costs. It may also be because the few large companies dominating the industry were relatively immune to subsidy provisions and pricing changes. In the chemical industry, subsidies and fuel prices gave rise to investments that improved carbon and energy intensity. This may be because the industry has relatively higher operation costs that could be cut easily given financial incentives. In the machinery industry, two of three fuel price changes (oil and gas), but not subsidy provisions, yielded improvements in carbon and energy intensity. This may reflect the heterogeneity of companies and products comprising the industry. Overall, the study underscores that policymakers need to tailor the rates and revenue recycling provisions of a carbon tax to an industry’s unique features to stimulate CO2 reductions

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Takako Wakiyama; Eric Zusman. What would be the effects of a carbon tax in Japan: an historic analysis of subsidies and fuel pricing on the iron & steel, chemical, and machinery industries. AIMS Energy 2016, 4, 606 -632.

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Takako Wakiyama, Eric Zusman. What would be the effects of a carbon tax in Japan: an historic analysis of subsidies and fuel pricing on the iron & steel, chemical, and machinery industries. AIMS Energy. 2016; 4 (4):606-632.

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Takako Wakiyama; Eric Zusman. 2016. "What would be the effects of a carbon tax in Japan: an historic analysis of subsidies and fuel pricing on the iron & steel, chemical, and machinery industries." AIMS Energy 4, no. 4: 606-632.

Journal article
Published: 01 February 2015 in Natural Resources Forum
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Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho; Eric Zusman. Estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from paratransit in Bandung, Indonesia: Reducing the transaction costs of generating conservative emissions baselines. Natural Resources Forum 2015, 39, 53 -63.

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Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho, Eric Zusman. Estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from paratransit in Bandung, Indonesia: Reducing the transaction costs of generating conservative emissions baselines. Natural Resources Forum. 2015; 39 (1):53-63.

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Sudarmanto Budi Nugroho; Eric Zusman. 2015. "Estimating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from paratransit in Bandung, Indonesia: Reducing the transaction costs of generating conservative emissions baselines." Natural Resources Forum 39, no. 1: 53-63.

Original articles
Published: 02 January 2015 in The Journal of Comparative Asian Development
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The 11 March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will forever be remembered as a once-in-a-lifetime tragedy. The changes to Japan's energy system following Fukushima may nonetheless leave future generations with a more sustainable legacy. A growing body of literature hypothesizes that transitions like this one have the potential to reshape Japan's energy system due to (1) an exogenous shock which (2) enables policy reforms that (3) gain momentum with the support of civil society organizations. However, this set of claims is based chiefly on small-n qualitative case studies at the national level in Europe. A significant opportunity exists to test the hypotheses on low carbon transitions across multiple cities in Asia. This article begins to fill that void with an econometric analysis of electricity use time-series data for 18 Japanese cities from 2007 to 2012. The results suggest that Japanese cities adopting post-Fukushima energy savings policy reforms experienced greater reductions in annual household electricity use than those not adopting reforms. At the same time, cities with higher concentrations of non-profit organizations (NPOs) saw greater reductions in annual household electricity use from the Fukushima disaster as well as post-shock policies. The research underscores the difficulties of testing transition theories and the need for qualitative research to complement inferences from quantitative studies on transitions.

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Rachel Daggy; Takako Wakiyama; Eric Zusman; James E. Monogan. Analysing Drivers of Low Carbon Transitions in Post-Fukushima Japan: A Cross-City Comparison of Electricity Consumption. The Journal of Comparative Asian Development 2015, 14, 137 -170.

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Rachel Daggy, Takako Wakiyama, Eric Zusman, James E. Monogan. Analysing Drivers of Low Carbon Transitions in Post-Fukushima Japan: A Cross-City Comparison of Electricity Consumption. The Journal of Comparative Asian Development. 2015; 14 (1):137-170.

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Rachel Daggy; Takako Wakiyama; Eric Zusman; James E. Monogan. 2015. "Analysing Drivers of Low Carbon Transitions in Post-Fukushima Japan: A Cross-City Comparison of Electricity Consumption." The Journal of Comparative Asian Development 14, no. 1: 137-170.