Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of adequate consideration given to domestic and foreign legal issues regarding space resource development.
• Inadequacies in understanding legal issues and constructing a legal system for space resource development may obstruct progress.

Mitigation Strategies

• Organizing the Space Resource Development Laws Study Group to address legal issues and consider the legal system for space resource development.
• Proposing that the Japanese government clarify the application of domestic rules to space resource development, permit private ownership of mined resources, and establish an authorization and supervision framework.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• ESG
• Artificial Intelligence (AI)
• Gender Equality

Social Achievements

• Developed a nine-year global project entitled '50:50 by 2030' to address gender disparity in law.
• Celebrated the first IBA Women’s Day.
• Held the IBA Presidential Showcase in Paris dedicated to Female Leadership at Law firms.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Low representation of women in senior legal positions (around 30%).
• Underscored contribution of lawyers to society and relatively negative perception of the profession.
• Geopolitical instability and polarization, particularly regarding breaches of international public law.

Mitigation Strategies

• Developing the '50:50 by 2030' project to uncover and address root causes of gender disparity.
• Creating the IBA Impact Report to measure the impact of the legal profession in society.
• Addressing geopolitical instability through the IBA's Rule of Law Forum and Human Rights Institute, including support for Ukraine.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities