Environmental Engineering Reference
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Table 1.2
Asia and Africa international environment leaders training program. (JST
2012
)
Project
Organization
Adopted
Global environmental leaders education program
for designing a low-carbon world
Hiroshima University
2008
International center for human resource develop-
ment in environmental management
Kyoto University
2008
International environmental leader program
Nagoya University
2008
Environmental leader double degree program
Waseda University
2008
Asian program for incubation of environmental
leaders
Tokyo University
2008
Strategic program for fostering environmental
leaders
Tsukuba University
2009
Women environmental leaders to promote local
ESD
Kobe College
2009
Rearing program for basin water environmental
leaders
Gifu University
2009
Creating a sustainable environmental leader
program
Hokkaido University
2009
Leadership program in sustainable living with
environmental risks
Yokohama National
University
2009
Strategy and practice of field-oriented education
for leaders in environmental sectors
Tokyo University Agriculture
and Technology
2009
International leader training program for sustain-
able use of water and resources
The University of Kitakyushu 2009
East Asia environmental strategist training
program
Kyushu University
2010
Environmental leader education to design a high
level society with co-existence between ecosys-
tems and humanity
Shizuoka University
2010
Environmental innovators for a future creative
society
Keio University
2010
Groundwater environmental leader program
Kumamoto University
2010
Strategic energy and resource management and
sustainable solutions
Tohoku University
2010
take the leadership to solve the environmental problems in developing countries
”
(JST,
2012
). As a result of this support, universities have been selected to develop
various aspects of environmental leadership training (Table
1.2
).
The proposal under the JST ELTP from Tohoku University was based on pre-
existing research and teaching in a number of fields underlying sustainable energy
and resources (e.g. geothermal, solar, batteries, metal resources, materials, recy-
cling, energy management and other technologies) and a high proportion of over-
seas students for masters and doctorate degrees. The ELTP proposed to tap into
academic disciplines on human security, Asian regional policies, the full range of
energy, resources and water expertise in the Graduate School of Environmental Sci-
