Sustainable Finance in Europe and Japan: How the Low-carbon Energy Transition can be implemented at the Project Level

研究成果有高有低，主要是由于项目实施和研究执行完全与2020年初新冠肺炎大流行的开始和2021年底欧米克隆变异传播的高峰期相吻合。然而，尽管这对JSPS Kaken-hi项目造成了重大限制，但这笔资金使研究员能够与日本和欧盟的研究界接触，并与金融和可持续发展领域的研究人员以及行业和政府机构层面的利益相关者建立坚实的研究联系。这种联系不仅导致了几篇同行评审的出版物，有时还有高水平的学科水平的共同作者，还促进了与从高中生到大学生再到企业领导人等利益相关者的联合研究和参与活动。鉴于参加学术会议和其他面对面活动的机会减少，该研究员寻求其他途径，以便从部门从业者那里适当收集数据，同时向广泛的利益攸关方传达他正在进行的调查结果。活动包括与东京创业社区的联合可持续金融和ESG相关研究交流，ESG数据级研究，绿色债券和可持续发展报告研究。他还在Kaken-hi主题的背景下向大学生和商业从业者讲授课程，从而取得了相互促进的成果和推广。

The research achievements present several highs and lows, primarily due to the project implementation and research execution coinciding entirely with both the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 and its peak with the spread of the Omicron variant in late 2021. Nevertheless, despite the significant limitations that this created for the JSPS Kaken-hi project in question, the funding enabled the research fellow to engage with the research community in Japan and the EU, and establish solid research connections with both researchers in the finance and sustainability areas, as well as, with industry and government agency-level stakeholders. The connections not only led to several peer-reviewed publications, at times with high-level subject-level co-authors, it also facilitated joint research and engagement activities with stakeholders ranging from high school students over university students to corporate leaders.In light of reduced opportunities to attend academic conferences and other in-person events, the fellow sought other ways in order to properly gather data from sectoral practitioners while at the same time communicating his ongoing findings to a broad set of stakeholders. Activities included joint sustainable finance and ESG-related research exchanges with the Tokyo startup community, ESG data-level research, research on green bonds and sustainability reporting. The fellow also taught courses within the context of his Kaken-hi subject to university students and business practitioners, leading to a mutually enhancing outcome and outreach.