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ISBN: 978-92-9260-460-8
Citation: IRENA (2022), Socio-economic footprint of the energy transition: Japan, International Renewable
Energy Agency, Abu Dhabi.
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Acknowledgements
This report was developed under the guidance of Rabia Ferroukhi and was authored by Bishal Parajuli,
Carlos Guadarrama, Gondia Sokhna Seck, Xavier Casals, Sufyan Diab and Ulrike Lehr. The modelling results
were provided by Ha Bui, Alistair Smith and Jon Stenning (E3ME, Cambridge Econometrics). The report
benefited from the reviews and inputs of Asami Miketa, Kenji Kato, Celia García-Baños, Emanuele Bianco,
Michael Renner, Diala Hawila, Justine Brun, Adrian Whiteman, Ricardo Gorini, Nicholas Wagner and Gayathri
Prakash and Abdullah Abou Ali (IRENA); Daisuke Hayamizu, International Affairs Office Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy Department Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE), METI - Japan;
Yasushi Ninomiya, The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ); Mika Ohbayashi, Renewable Energy
Institute (REI); Katsumasa Tanaka, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES); and Keigo Akimoto,
The Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE).
IRENA is grateful for the generous support of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan,
which made the publication of this report a reality.
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