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Ai Kaibu

Deputy Director, Office of Market Mechanisms, Global Environmental Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Ms. Ai Kaibu is in charge of introducing carbon pricing mechanisms (e.g. ETS) in Japan. She is also responsible for policy measures for emission reduction from power sector. Before taking her current position, she engaged in the UNFCCC negotiation and worked for promoting environmental finance including investment in renewable energy.

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Yuji Mizuno

Director of Climate and Energy Area, IGES

Dr. Mizuno is leading the Climate and Energy Area of IGES. Before he joined IGES in 2016, he was serving for the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan and in charge for bilateral consultation for the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM), international negotiation for market mechanisms under the UNFCCC, capacity building for the clean development mechanism (CDM) under the Kyoto Protocol as well as the national registry for compliance of the Kyoto Protocol as an administrator of Japan. He holds a PhD degree in international relations from Waseda University.

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Zhen Jin

Research Manager, Climate and Energy, IGES

He obtained his doctorate from the Law Department of Kyoto University in March 2009. After worked as fellow of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) form 2014-2017, He joined IGES from May 2017. His research interest covers low-carbon city, energy-saving and air pollution control policies in China as well as ETS policy in Northeast Asia.

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Akiko Miura

Director, Emission Cap and Trade Section, Climate Change & Energy Division, Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

Akiko Miura joined Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 1994, and engaged in environmental policy planning at the Bureau of Environment. After engaging in promotion management of Tokyo Bay wharf, as Director of Planning at the Urban Energy Division, she played a leading role in both setting the targets and launching programs for further development of renewable energy in Tokyo. She has been in her current position since April 2016 and is responsible for designing and operating of the Tokyo Cap-and-Trade Program while managing international affairs and offering information of the program.

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Il-Young Oh

Director, Climate Change Policy Division, Future & Social Policy Bureau, Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Korea

He graduated from the Seoul National University with a Master of mineral and petroleum Engineering. He worked to Ministry of Environment of Korea in period of 1999-2016, as Deputy Director of Green Technology & Economy Division, Environmental Industry Department as well as Director of Climate Change Response Division, Climate and Air Quality Bureau. During 2012-2015, he was assigned as First secretary of Bonn Office of the Embassy of the Republic of Korea (dispatched). He joined Ministry of Strategy and Finance of Korea as Director of Climate Change Policy Division, Future & Social Policy Bureau from 2016.

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Qimin Chai

Director, International Cooperation Department, National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), China

Chai Qimin now is the director of International Cooperation Department in National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC), National　Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), and adjunct professor of Research Center for Contemporary Management (RCCM) in Tsinghua University and Guizhou Institute of Technology. He got academic degrees on Engineering, Management and Finance, and his professional activities and publications focus on green finance and investment, new energy and climate change economics, carbon factor and market theory, climate equity and security integrated assessment. He once worked in Tsinghua University since 2005, primarily in charge of the energy, environment and economy modeling development, as the co-director of Tsinghua-MIT Program on Energy and Climate Change. He currently serves as the delegate of Chinese Government Delegation of UN Climate Negotiations, and advisor of local governments for Low Carbon City and Emission Trading Scheme Pilots.