Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS)Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

Komiyama Hiroshi(Chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute)

(The 28th President, The University of Tokyo)

Koshi Mitsuo(Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo)

Advisory Committee

Evaluation Committee

Principal ResearchersDepartment of Planning

and Management

Yamada Koichi(Senior Adviser, Office of the President,

The University of Tokyo)

Mori Shunsuke(Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science)

Research Teams

Science Plaza (4F), 5-3 Yonbancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8666 JAPANPhone +81-3-6272-9270Fax +81-3-6272-9273URL https://www.jst.go.jp/lcs/ E-mail lcs@jst.go.jp

A 5-minute walk from Kojimachi Station (Exit 6) on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho LineA 10-minute walk from JR Ichigaya StationA 10-minute walk from Ichigaya Station (Exit 3) on the Toei Shinjuku Line or Tokyo Metro Yurakucho and Namboku LinesA 10-minute walk from Hanzomon Station (Exit 5) on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon Line

LCS’s areas of research

LCS’s outputLCS publicizes “Proposal Papers for Pol icy Making and Government Action toward Low Carbon Societies.” The proposal papers cover the results of LCS’s research on visions of bright and affluent zero emission society; social scenarios for realizing the vision; evaluation of present status and prospects of science and technology and R&D strategies aiming at zero-emission; and LCS’ s analysis methods. Please go to LCS’ s website for more information.

Upgrading quantitative analysis methods of LCS Input-output table

STI for SDGs and LCSJST drives forward “STI for SDGs,” an initiative to promote contribution of science, technology and innovation to the achievement of Sustainable Development Goals, in Japan. JST is also actively engaged in establishing innovation ecosystems in Japan and abroad aiming at co-creation of the future with society. Its efforts include programs for creating an environment where diverse stakeholders have dialogues, co-design and work together, resolve issues and respond to social expectations. Activities of LCS are positioned as one of these “STI for SDGs” programs of JST

CO2 emissions of different sectors in Japan (2015)

LCS Organization

Visions of bright and affluent low carbon societyIndustries in future low carbon society

Communities in future low carbon society

Social scenario for realizing bright and affluent low carbon society

Aiming at bright and affluent low carbon society

(Based on Energy White Paper 2018)

Power supply systems aimed at zero emissions

Energy technologies constitute zero emission power system

Solar cells Storage batteries

Pumped storage hydroelectricity

Wind power generation

Fuel cells Geothermal power Power electronics, semiconductors

Heating (office and household)

11%

Transport18%

Industry 28%(steel 12%, chemical 6%, etc.)

Electric power43%

Visions of resource cycling society

Biomass utilizing systems

Iron recycling

Carbon cycling society

Energy carrier systems

Carbon-free hydrogen

Ammonia

Deputy Director-General

Director-General

Senior Research Advisor

Research Director

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As of August 2019

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Low carbon power systems

Changes in power demand caused by the progress of AI and informatics

https://www.jst.go.jp/lcs/

ENVISIONING THE SOCIETY BASED ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

JR Ichigaya

Station

Sophia University Ichigaya Campus

Togo ParkMizuho Bank

Exit 3

Yasukuni Dori Ave.

Exit 5

Exit 6 Exit 5Nihon television

Kawaijuku Education Institution

Gas station

Hanzomon Station on the Tokyo Metro Hanzomon LineKojimachi Station

on the Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Subway Line

JST Tokyo Headquaters 4th floor (Science Plaza)

Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy

Police box

Ichigaya Station on the Toei Shinjuku Line or Tokyo Metro Yurakucho and Namboku Lines

Nippon TV Dori

Chiyoda International School Tokyo (CHIST)

Analyses by the “Platform of Low Carbon Technologies for Process Design and Evaluation of Manufacturing Cost and CO2 Emissions”

JST Tokyo Headquaters

Aiming at bright and affluent low carbon society

There is, however, a concern that reducing GHG emissions to net zero simply by suppressing energy consumption might slow down our economy, which has grown by expanding energy consumption. We need to build a vibrant “bright and affluent low carbon society,” where reduction of GHGs emissions from consumption of fossil fuels and economic growth are simultaneously achieved.The Center for Low Carbon Society Strategy (LCS), established in December 2009, is one of the think-tank centers of the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), the national research and development agency which engages in the co-creation of the science and technology-based future with society. The mission of LCS is to formulate and propose strategies to develop technologies for more efficient energy use, to increase the use of renewable energies systematically, and to build “bright and affluent low carbon society based on science and technology.”

The challenge that faces all of us on the earth:Achieving GHGs zero emissions during the early second half of the 21st Century

Recently, disasters caused by extreme weathers have hit every corner of the world more frequently than ever. A major cause of such weathers is considered climate change. To cope with the climate change, it is widely agreed that we should realize the zero emission society as early as possible during the second half of the 21st Century. Such society cannot be created without science and technology innovation. Nations and businesses have been competing more and more fiercely for dominance in the development of new energy technologies, especially renewable energies.

Proposing scenarios for building GHGs zero emission societyInitiatives by LCS

Evidence based quantitative analysesThe methodologies of LCS

Developing options of bright and affluent low carbon society / low carbon energy system

Developing options of future society and energy systems foreseen from the present

Quantitative technology evaluation by expanded and updated “Platform of low carbon technologies for process design and evaluation of manufacturing cost and CO2 emissions”

LCS deploys unique evidence-based quantitative analysis to plan a “bright and affluent zero emission society.” Applying its original “Platform of low carbon technologies for process design and evaluation of manufacturing cost and CO2 emissions” and “Input-output table,” LCS takes the following steps:

Design the energy systems quantitatively in the future society where economic society and lifestyle are expected to change due to fewer birthrate and aging population.

Evaluate low carbon technologies in the fields of: renewable energies, stable energy supply, next and further generations of semiconductors, steel, cement, chemical, and other materials industries.

Evaluate low carbon technologies that accommodates diversifying energy sources in an integrated manner

Evaluate growth of energy demand for greater data processing used for big-data analysis by AI in Society 5.0

What are the prospects for industrial structure and energy consumption in the future

How to achieve reduction of CO2 emissions by 80% from 2013 by 2050 and to realize s i m u l t a n e o u s l y f u r t h e r reduction to zero-emission and economic growth?

“How will we consume energies in zero emission society?” “How will industrial structures change towards zero-emission society?” “How do we realize sustainable affluence?” “Which low carbon technologies should we apply to achieve zero emission society, and how?” To find solutions to these questions, LCS endeavors to envision a “bright and affluent low carbon society” and to develop scenarios and strategies to realize such a society.

2050Bright and affluent

zero emission society

Developing scenarios and strategies to realize future society

2013 emissions 2030

-26%100% -80%

How can we realize an ideal future society through science and technology innovation?

When and what kind of low carbon technologies should be introduced to realize GHGs zero emission society?

Envisioning “bright and affluent low carbon society” in the second half of the 21st Century

Identifying bottlenecks to be tackled in realizing zero-emission society through back casting from

the vision of the future

Evaluating the cost of science and technology for zero emissions and their applicability to our society

Proposing social scenarios for realizing “bright and affluent low carbon society”

Zero

Collaboration with International Society

acatech(Germany) T20

EPFL (Switzerland)

LCS’s outreach activities

LCS symposium Science Agora

Proposals for policies and industries

Climate change countermeasures

Science and technology policies

Basic energy policy

Cooperation with research and development initiatives

Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society (RISTEX)

Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS)

JST-Mirai Program

Prospects of innovation by low carbon technologies and systems

Issues to be tackled and the technology required to realize the future vision

Envisioning the future Developing LCS’s original social scenarios

What should we put priority on, and when?

What are the obstacles and drivers of introducing new technologies? How much will the technologies cost?

How will the obstacles be changed by technological development, social and economic systems, and innovation, and what are their respective contr ibut ion to the changes?