• Masahiro Sugiyama

    Masahiro Sugiyama
    Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives
Biography

Masahiro (Masa) Sugiyama is a Professor at the Institute for Future Initiatives(IFI), the University of Tokyo(UTokyo). He is an expert on long-term climate policy. His recent research projects include scenario analysis of climate and energy policy and governance of climate engineering from the public engagement perspective. He joined UTokyo in April, 2014. He was a lead author of the Working Group III’s contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC). He was a member of Harvard SCoPEx (Stratospheric Controlled Perturbation Experiment) Advisory Committee, and is also a member of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP) Working Group 41 Ocean Interventions for Climate Change Mitigation. He holds a Ph.D. in climate science and a master’s degree in technology and policy, both from MIT. Prior to joining UTokyo, he was a researcher at the Socio-Economic Research Center, the Central Research Institute of the Electric Power Industry.

Research Fields

Climate and energy policy scenario analysis,Governance of climate engineering (geoengineering), Recent commentaries and video clips include the following.

Major Papers
  • Asayama, S., Sugiyama, M., & Ishii, A. (2017). Ambivalent climate of opinions: Tensions and dilemmas in understanding geoengineering experimentation. Geoforum, 80, 82-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.01.012
  • Sugiyama, M., Asayama, S., Kosugi, T., Ishii, A., Emori, S., Adachi, J., Akimoto, K., Fujiwara, M., Hasegawa, T., Hibi, Y., Hirata, K., Ishii, T., Kaburagi, T., Kita, Y., Kobayashi, S., Kurosawa, A., Kuwata, M., Masuda, K., Mitsui, M., Miyata, T., Mizutani, H., Nakayama, S., Oyamada, K., Sashida, T., Sekiguchi, M., Takahashi, K., Takamura, Y., Taki, J., Taniguchi, T., Tezuka, H., Ueno, T., Watanabe, S., Watanabe, R., Yamagishi, N., Yoshizawa, G. (2017). Transdisciplinary co-design of scientific research agendas: 40 research questions for socially relevant climate engineering research. Sustainability Science, 12(1), 31-44. DOI: 10.1007/s11625-016-0376-2
  • Moriyama, R., Sugiyama, M., Kurosawa, A., Masuda, K., Tsuzuki, K., & Ishimoto, Y. (2016). The cost of stratospheric climate engineering revisited. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 1-22. DOI: 10.1007/s11027-016-9723-y
  • Sugiyama, M., Akashi, O., Wada, K., Kanudia, A., Li, J., Weyant, J. 2014. Energy efficiency potentials for global climate change mitigation. Climatic Change, 123(3-4), 397-411. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0874-5. (EMF27 special issue)
  • Yamamoto, H., Sugiyama, M., Tsutsui, J. 2014. Role of end-use technologies in long-term GHG reduction scenarios developed with the BET model. Climatic Change, 123(3-4), 583-596. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0938-6. (EMF27 special issue)
  • 山本 博巳・坂東 茂・杉山 昌広・渡邊 裕美子, 2014. マルチモード電源構成モデルによる太陽光・風力発電導入時の発電システムの評価. 電気学会論文誌Ｂ（電力・エネルギー部門誌）, Vol. 134, No. 9, 799-810, DOI: 10.1541/ieejpes.134.799
  • Chikira, M., Sugiyama, M., 2013. Eastward propagating intraseasonal oscillation represented by Chikira-Sugiyama cumulus parameterization. Part I: Comparison with observation and reanalysis. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 70, 3920-3939.　DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-13-034.1.
  • 杉山昌広・朝野賢司, 2013. 「固定価格買い取り制度（FIT）における太陽光発電の機動的な買い取り価格改定の必要性」．エネルギー・資源, 34, 9-16.
  • Sugiyama, M., 2012. Climate change mitigation and electrification. Energy Policy, 44, 464-468.
  • 小松秀徳・杉山昌広・小杉隆信・杉山大志, 2012. 「地球温暖化の不確実性と気候工学の役割」. エネルギー・資源, 33 16-25.
  • 杉山昌広・西岡純・藤原正智, 2011. 「気候工学（ジオエンジニアリング）」． 天気 [日本気象学会機関誌] 58, 577-598.
  • 高橋潔・杉山昌広・江守正多・沖大幹・長谷川利拡・住明正・福士謙介・青柳みどり・朝倉暁生・松本安生, 2011. 「地球温暖化リスクの伝達の試み：メディア関係者との意見交換と市民対象の双方向型シンポジウム」．科学技術社会論研究 9, 40-53.
  • 杉山昌広・杉山大志, 2010. 「気候工学（ジオエンジニアリング）のレビュー」. Eco-Engineering 22, 155-165.
  • Sugiyama, M., Shiogama, H., Emori, S., 2010. Precipitation extreme changes exceeding moisture content increases in MIROC and IPCC climate models. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 107, 571-575, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0903186107.
  • Chikira, M., Sugiyama, M., 2010. A Cumulus Parameterization with State-Dependent Entrainment Rate. Part I: Description and Sensitivity to Temperature and Humidity Profiles. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 2171-2193. DOI: 10.1175/2010JAS3316.1
  • Sugiyama, M., 2009. The Moisture Mode in the Quasi-Equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model. Part I: Analysis Based on the Weak Temperature Gradient Approximation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1507-1523, DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2690.1.
  • Sugiyama, M., 2009. The Moisture Mode in the Quasi-Equilibrium Tropical Circulation Model. Part II: Nonlinear Behavior on an Equatorial β Plane. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 66, 1525-1542 DOI: 10.1175/2008JAS2691.1.
  • Sugiyama, M., Stone, P.H., Emanuel, K.A., 2005. The Role of Relative Humidity in Radiative—Convective Equilibrium. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 2001-2011, DOI: 10.1175/JAS3434.1.