Program Officer (PO) HIJIOKA Yasuaki

HIJIOKA Yasuaki, Ph.D.

Director, Center for Climate Change Adaptation, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

1) Profile

1996 Graduated from Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo
2001 Received engineering doctorate from University of Tokyo
2001 Researcher, Environmental Planning Section, Social and Environmental Systems Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, NIES
2005 Senior Researcher, Environmental Planning Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research NIES
2006 Senior Researcher, Integrated Assessment Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2011 Senior Researcher, Sustainable Social Systems Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2012 Senior Visiting Research Associate, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, UK
2014 Head, Environmental Urban Systems Section, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2016-2018 Head, Climate Change Strategy Collaboration Office, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2016- Visiting Professor, Department of Environment Systems, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo
2018 Deputy Director, Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES
2023- Director, Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, NIES

2) Research Activity

Research on Development of an Integrated Assessment Model to assess Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation

3) Society Activity, etc

  • Coordinating Lead Author (CLA) in the IPCC Working Group II's Fifth Assessment report (AR5), Chapter 24 "Asia"
  • Lead Author (LA) in the IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, Chapter 3
  • Member of UNEP PROVIA (The Global Programme of Research on Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation) Scientific Steering Committee (2014-2018)
  • Supervisor in the Chronological Scientific Tables (2008-)
  • JSCE GEE Award (2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015)
  • NIES Award (2010, 2019)
  • 2011 Encouraging prize (Society of Environmental Science, Japan) (2011)