Mikiko Kainuma

Mikiko Kainuma (甲斐沼 美紀子) (born 1950) is a Japanese climatologist at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. She is primarily known for her work on climate change and climate policy. She is a lead Japanese author on the 4th and 5th IPCC assessment reports.

Career
Kainuma received her B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in applied mathematics and physics from Kyoto University, Japan. Since 1977, she has worked on air pollution and climate change at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), where she is currently the Chief of Climate Policy Assessment Research Section. She is a lead author on the Fourth and Fifth Assessment Report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Her projects include the Asia-Pacific Integrated Model (AIM) and the Integrated Environmental Assessment sub-project of the Asia-Pacific Environmental Innovation Project (APEIS).

At the 15th Annual Meeting of the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC), conducted virtually from November 29 to December 1, 2022, the consortium celebrated the achievements of Mikiko Kainuma from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies by bestowing upon her the IAMC Lifetime Achievement Award.

This prestigious award was given to Kainuma for pioneering contributions to Integrated Assessment Modeling (IAM) in Asia. Her efforts were instrumental in establishing a network of scientists and enhancing the capabilities of the AIM (Asia-Pacific Integrated Model) modeling team at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). Notably, Kainuma is among the co-founders of the IAMC, underscoring her vital role in the consortium's inception and growth.

Main publications

 * R. H. Moss u. a.: The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment. In: Nature. Band 463, Nr. 7282, 2010, S. 747, 10.1038/nature08823
 * M. Kainuma, Y. Matsuoka und T. Morita (Hrsg.): Climate policy assessment: Asia-Pacific integrated modeling. Springer Science & Business Media, 2011, ISBN 9784431679790
 * D. P. Van Vuuren u. a.: The representative concentration pathways: an overview. In: Climatic Change. Band 109, Nr. 1–2, 2011, S. 5, 10.1007/s10584-011-0148-z
 * Toshihiko Masui, Go Hibino, Junichi Fujino, Yuzuru Matsuoka, Mikiko Kainuma. Carbon dioxide reduction potential and economic impacts in Japan: application of AIM. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 2006. 7. 3. 271-284
 * Toshihiko Masui, Yuzuru Matsuoka, Mikiko Kainuma. Long-term CO2 emission reduction scenarios in Japan. Environmental Economics and Policy Studies. 2006. 7. 3. 347-366
 * Hanaoka Tatsuya, Kawase Reina, Kainuma Mikiko, Mastuoka Yuzuru. Regional Mitigation Analysis of Post-SRES Scenarios based on the updated Emissions Scenarios Database. Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshuu G. 2005. 33. 221-232
 * Fujino Junichi, Kainuma Mikiko, Matsuoka Yuzuru, Matsui Shigekazu. 8-4 Development of AIM-Trend model to prospect energy demand in Asian-Pacific countries. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of The Japan Institute of Energy. 2001. 10. 471-474