1. Introduction / Takamitsu Sawa -- 2. Global sustainability: Global sustainability : current issues and challenges / Michinori Uwasu -- Global sustainability : globalization and sustainable development / Kazuhiro Ueta -- A new paradigm for economic growth / Takamitsu Sawa -- 3. Paradigm shift of socio-economic development: Sustainable development and social common capital / Kazuhiro Ueta -- Social norms and people's values in light of sustainability / Takashi Ohshima -- Measuring sustainability and economic valuation of the environment / Masayuki Sato -- 4. Strategies for sustainable society: Basic mitigation strategy for climate change / Seiji Ikkatai -- Technology development strategy towards global sustainability / Satoshi Konishi -- Technological strategy for renewable bioenergy / Shiro Saka -- Clean development mechanism policy and sustainable rural development in China / Akihisa Mori -- Conservation of peat bog and agro-forestry in Indonesia / Kosuke Mizuno and Haris Gunawan -- Do markets matter? The role of markets in the post-2012 international climate regime / Yukari Takamura -- 5. Adaptation to environmental change: Adaptation in global integrated assessment models of climate change / Hans-Martin Füssel -- Risk assessment approach for seismic hazard mitigation and its application to adaptation to global climate change / Susumu Iai -- Risk management of climate change and stochastic calculus / Jiro Akahori -- 6. Policy recommendations towards global sustainability: Policy recommendations towards a low-carbon society in 2050 / Takamitsu Sawa -- A Green New Deal as an integration of policies towards sustainable society / Kazuo Matsushita -- Climate security and its implications for integrating paradigms of development and security / Seiichiro Hasui.

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