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Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Pt. 1. The relevance of japanese global environmental initiatives to developing countries-an overview: 1. Global benefits from private sector initiatives: lessons on the environment from Japan / Koichiro Fukui -- 2. Expanding the scope and constituency for global environmental initiatives in developing countries / Wilfrido Cruz and Jeremy Warford -- 3. Review of environmental policy and energy conservation policy in Japan / Tomohiko Inui and Hiroyuki Kato -- Pt. 2. Case studies: 4. Environmental conservation by Japan's iron and steel industry: an example of the Nippon Steel Corporation / Teruo Akazaki, Tomohiko Inui, and Akie Takeuchi -- 5. Environmental conservation by Japan's electric power industry: an example of the Electric Power Development Company / Junichi Tsunoda, Tomohiko Inui, and Akie Takeuchi -- 6. Reforestation of an indonesian tropical forest: the win-win approach of a Private Japanese Firm / Noriyuki Kobayashi and Hiroyuki Kato

This volume is the result of a cooperative effort between the world Bank Institute and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) to encourage policy discussion of the links between global environmental concerns and national development policies and programs. The report is based on the premise that policymakers traditionally have not viewed global environmental problems, such as climate change, as collateral outcomes of their national sustainable development agenda. Therefore, the objective of this report is to present case studies that demonstrate how policy reform and investments can together produce national economic benefits while mitigating carbon emissions associated with climate change. These examples from Japan, which highlight the " software " aspects of change instead of the technology (for example, the important role of public-private sector cooperation, pricing incentives, and community participation) will be relevant for developing countries where the potential for these sources of change have not been sufficiently exploited.