Yukari Takamura specialises in international law and environmental law. Her research focuses on legal and governance issues relating to multilateral environmental agreements as well as climate and energy laws and policies. She is member of the Editorial Board of Journal Sustainability Science and of the Editorial Advisory Board of Journal Climate Policy. After receiving Master of Laws (Public International Law) from Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, she was appointed Associate Professor at Shizuoka University. Before joining the University of Tokyo in 2018, she worked as Professor at Ryukoku University, Kyoto, and Professor at Nagoya University, Japan. She also studied at Graduate School of University of Paris II (Panthéon-Assas), France and was Visiting Researcher at University of London, U.K. She serves as member of governmental advisory bodies, among others, Central Environmental Council as President, Procurement Price Calculation Committee for Feed-in Tariff Scheme for Renewable Energy as Chair and Science Council of Japan as Vice President.   She also serves as one of 10 members in the expert meeting established under the Prime Minister to promote climate actions and member of Advisory Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development of ADB.  She received Environmental Conservation Merit's Minister of the Environment Award in 2018.