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Responsibility footprint analysis of Japanese activities to water resources sustainability in the world considering future changes

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18KK0303
Research Category

Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Medium-sized Section 64:Environmental conservation measure and related fields
Research InstitutionNational Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Principal Investigator

Motoshita Masaharu  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 研究グループ長 (50371084)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 金本 圭一朗  総合地球環境学研究所, 研究部, 准教授 (20736350)
小澤 暁人  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 主任研究員 (20783640)
近藤 康之  早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (80313584)
横井 崚佑  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 主任研究員 (80849894)
Islam Kamrul  国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所, エネルギー・環境領域, 研究員 (20945571)
Project Period (FY) 2018-10-09 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥17,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,930,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥7,020,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,620,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords水資源利用 / プラネタリー・バウンダリ / 責任フットプリント / 将来予測 / ウォーターフットプリント / プラネタリー・バウンダ
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We depend on production activities in different countries through international trade, and these production activities indirectly cause consumption of water resources that are usually invisible for us. In this study, we analysed the extent to which water consumption indirectly caused in the global supply chains is sustainable and how it may change in the future. We demonstrate that our final demand causes three times large amount of water consumption in outside Japan than those in Japan. Besides, around 10% of this amount is beyond the sustainable capacity of water resources. This situation could become more severe in the future and we need to take a closer look at the way we consume.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

流域固有の特性を踏まえた環境容量として水資源利用のプラネタリー・バウンダリを定量化した先行事例はなく、我々の水資源利用の持続可能性を評価するための基盤となる知見を構築した。また世界のサプライチェーンの中で間接的に誘発されている水資源消費量やその持続可能性を評価するだけでなく、地域や国ごとの影響の深刻さについて分析することで、これまでの研究では見えていない責任について明らかになった。グローバル化された貿易活動により世界の様々な地域で見えない環境影響を誘発しており、その重要性や分析フレームを世界に先駆けて示すことで今後の持続可能な社会の実現への貢献が期待される。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (52 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (19 results) Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (25 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 16 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン工科大学(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ETH Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] INRAE(フランス)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] NTNU(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン工科大学(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ETH Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン工科大学/ライプニッツ研究所(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] チューリッヒ連邦工科大学(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] CIRAIG/LIRIDE/ブリティッシュコロンビア大(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] FAO/EC Joint Research Center/パドバ大(イタリア)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ストックホルム環境研究所(スウェーデン)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research]

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン工科大学/欧州エネルギー研究所(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ETH Zurich(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] CIRAIG(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン工科大学(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] スイス連邦工科大学チューリッヒ校(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン工科大学(ドイツ)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] スイス連邦工科大学チューリッヒ校(スイス)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Responsibility for sustainable water consumption in the global supply chains2023

    • Author(s)
      Motoshita Masaharu、Pfister Stephan、Sasaki Takahiro、Nansai Keisuke、Hashimoto Seiji、Yokoi Ryosuke、Islam Kamrul、Finkbeiner Matthias
    • Journal Title

      Resources, Conservation and Recycling

      Volume: 196 Pages: 107055-107055

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.resconrec.2023.107055

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Balancing water use and nutrition for crop production in a highly dense population ? Bangladesh2023

    • Author(s)
      Islam Kamrul、Yokoi Ryosuke、Pastor Amandine、Motoshita Masaharu
    • Journal Title

      Sustainable Production and Consumption

      Volume: 43 Pages: 389-399

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.spc.2023.11.020

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Environmental Sustainability of Bricks in an Emerging Economy : Current Environmental Hotspots and Mitigation Potentials for the Future2023

    • Author(s)
      Islam, K., Motoshita, M., & Murakami, S.
    • Journal Title

      Sustainability

      Volume: 15 Issue: 6 Pages: 5228-5228

    • DOI

      10.3390/su15065228

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Ecological footprint accounting of mining areas and metal production of the world2022

    • Author(s)
      Islam Kamrul、Yokoi Ryosuke、Motoshita Masaharu、Murakami Shinsuke
    • Journal Title

      Resources, Conservation and Recycling

      Volume: 183 Pages: 106384-106384

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106384

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report 2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Letter to the editor re: “The scarcity-weighted water footprint provides unreliable water sustainability scoring” by2022

    • Author(s)
      Pfister Stephan、Scherer Laura、Boulay Anne-Marie、Motoshita Masaharu、Nunez Montserrat、Damiani Mattia、Manzardo Alessandro、Huang Jing、Link Andreas、Bunsen Jonas、Berger Markus
    • Journal Title

      Science of The Total Environment

      Volume: 825 Pages: 154108-154108

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.154108

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Building consensus on water use assessment of livestock production systems and supply chains: Outcome and recommendations from the FAO LEAP Partnership2021

    • Author(s)
      Boulay Anne-Marie、Drastig Katrin、Amanullah、Chapagain Ashok、Charlon Veronica、Civit Barbara、DeCamillis Camillo、De Souza Marlos、Hess Tim、Hoekstra Arjen Y.、Ibidhi Ridha、Lathuilliere Michael J.、Manzardo Alessandro、McAllister Tim、Morales Ricardo A.、Motoshita Masaharu、et al.
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Indicators

      Volume: 124 Pages: 107391-107391

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ecolind.2021.107391

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Regional Carrying Capacities of Freshwater Consumption?Current Pressure and Its Sources2020

    • Author(s)
      Motoshita Masaharu、Pfister Stephan、Finkbeiner Matthias
    • Journal Title

      Environmental Science & Technology

      Volume: 54 Issue: 14 Pages: 9083-9094

    • DOI

      10.1021/acs.est.0c01544

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Comparison of Different Monetization Methods in LCA: A Review2020

    • Author(s)
      Arendt Rosalie、Bachmann Till M.、Motoshita Masaharu、Bach Vanessa、Finkbeiner Matthias
    • Journal Title

      Sustainability

      Volume: 12 Issue: 24 Pages: 10493-10493

    • DOI

      10.3390/su122410493

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Responsibility of Japanese economy for the impacts on aquatic ecosystems arising from induced water consumption in global supply chains2024

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Motoshita, Kamrul Islam, Eleonore Pirrat, Stephan Pfister, Francesca Verones, Yuichi Iwasaki, Wataru Naito
    • Organizer
      nternational Conference on Economic Structures (ICES2024)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本のグローバルサプライチェーンを通じた水消費による生物多様性損失とその責任分析2024

    • Author(s)
      本下 晶晴、ISLAM Kamrul、南斉規介
    • Organizer
      第19回日本LCA学会研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Proposed method from GLAM3 for assessing the impact of natural resource use at endpoint level2023

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Motoshita
    • Organizer
      The 11th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Responsibility of Japanese economy for the impacts on aquatic ecosystems arising from induced water consumption in global supply chains2023

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Motoshita, Kamrul Islam, Eleonore Pirrat, Stephan Pfister, Francesca Verones, Yuichi Iwasaki, Wataru Naito
    • Organizer
      The 2023 International Conference on Sustainability, Environment, and Social Transition in Economics and Finance
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sustainable freshwater consumption of the agricultural crop production in a highly dense population setting2023

    • Author(s)
      Kamrul Islam, Ryosuke Yokoi, Masaharu Motoshita
    • Organizer
      SETAC Europe 33rd Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sustainable diet in a highly dense population setting: The balance of water use and nutrition2023

    • Author(s)
      Kamrul Islam, Ryosuke Yokoi, Amandine Pastor, Masaharu Motoshita
    • Organizer
      The 11th Australian Conference on Life Cycle Assessment
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ustainable diet in a highly dense population setting: The balance of water use and nutrition2023

    • Author(s)
      Kamrul Islam, Ryosuke Yokoi, Amandine Pastor, Masaharu Motoshita
    • Organizer
      EcoDesign 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Regional freshwater overconsumption induced by agricultural crop production: Case study from a highly dense population setting2023

    • Author(s)
      Kamrul Islam、横井崚佑、本下晶晴
    • Organizer
      第18回日本LCA学会研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Regional freshwater overconsumption induced by the agricultural crop production in a highly dense population setting2022

    • Author(s)
      Kamurl Islam, Ryosuke Yokoi, Masaharu Motoshita
    • Organizer
      EcoBalance 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Agricultural crop production induces regional freshwater overconsumption: Perspective from a highly dense population setting2022

    • Author(s)
      Kamrul Islam、横井崚佑、本下晶晴
    • Organizer
      第50回環境システム研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Agricultural crop production induces regional freshwater overconsumption: Perspective from a highly dense population setting2022

    • Author(s)
      Kamrul Islam、横井崚佑、本下晶晴
    • Organizer
      EcoDePS2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 世界の水資源利用の持続可能性への責任―日本のウォーターフットプリント分析を事例として2022

    • Author(s)
      本下晶晴、Stephan Pfister、佐々木貴央、南斉規介、橋本征二、横井崚佑、Matthias Finkbeiner
    • Organizer
      第17回日本LCA学会研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Improving the uncertainty analysis of input-output models by considering the correlation between input coefficients2022

    • Author(s)
      Jian Jin and Yasushi Kondo
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Economic Structures 2022 (ICES 2022)
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Pressure on sustainability of freshwater consumption in global watersheds and the virtual water trade effects2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoshita, M., Pfister, S., Finkbeiner, M.
    • Organizer
      icRS 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Responsibility for regional sustainability of water resources? Findings from the national water footprint analysis of Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoshita, M., Pfister, S., Sasaki, T., Nansai, K., Hashimoto, S., Yokoi, R., Finkbeiner, M.
    • Organizer
      The 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 世界の流域の持続可能性に対する日本のウォーターフットプリントの責任2021

    • Author(s)
      本下晶晴、Stephan Pfister、佐々木貴央、南斉規介、橋本征二、横井崚佑、Matthias Finkbeiner
    • Organizer
      第49回環境システム研究論文発表会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Sustainability of freshwater consumption in global watersheds ― Pressure in supply chains and the effects of virtual water trade2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoshita, M., Pfister, S., Finkbeiner, M.
    • Organizer
      EcoDesign 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Sustainability of freshwater consumption in global watersheds ― Pressure in supply chains and the effects of virtual water trade2021

    • Author(s)
      Motoshita, M., Pfister, S., Finkbeiner, M.
    • Organizer
      World Water Congress XVII
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Global scale analysis on the regional carrying capacity of freshwater consumption and its exceedance2021

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Motoshita, Stephan Pfister, Matthias Finkbeiner
    • Organizer
      The 14th Biennial International Conference on EcoBalance (EcoBalance 2020)
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 世界の流域における水資源利用の持続可能性とvirtual water tradeの影響2021

    • Author(s)
      本下晶晴、Stephan Pfister, Matthias Finkbeiner
    • Organizer
      第16回日本LCA学会研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 世界におけるライフサイクル影響評価モデルの開発動向2021

    • Author(s)
      本下晶晴
    • Organizer
      令和2年度 LCA日本フォーラム LIME3活用検討研究会 成果報告会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Responsibility of Japan for sustainable water use in the global supply chains2020

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Motoshita
    • Organizer
      The 5th European Resources Forum
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 世界の流域における水資源消費の環境容量とその超過要因2020

    • Author(s)
      本下晶晴、Stephan Pfister, Matthias Finkbeiner
    • Organizer
      第48回環境システム研究論文発表会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Key aspects in hotspots analysis of national environmental footprint - from application to the case of Japan -2019

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Motoshita, Keisuke Nansai, Seiji Hashimoto, Takahiro Sasaki, Stephan Pfister, Matthias Finkbeiner
    • Organizer
      LCM 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Environmental hotspots in global supply chains attributed to Japanese national activities2019

    • Author(s)
      Masaharu Motoshita, Keisuke Nansai, Seiji Hashimoto, Takahiro Sasaki, Stephan Pfister, Matthias Finkbeiner
    • Organizer
      EcoDesign 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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