Localisation of SDGs: Global Trends and Message to the UN Summit on SDGs

Part1 Speakers

Shuzo Murakami
President, Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation (IBEC)

Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

Kazuhide Umemoto
Deputy Mayor, City of Kitakyushu

Bernadia Irawati Tjandradewi
Secretary General of the United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG ASPAC)

Moderator:

Yatsuka Kataoka
Joint-Programme Director, City Taskforce, IGES

Part2 Speakers

Eriko Yakushiji
Director General of Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama

Yuki Kawahara
President, Taiyo Jyuken Co. Ltd.

Termsiri Chongpoonphol
Director, Air Quality and Noise Management Division, Department of Environment, BMA

Tadashi Matsumoto
Head of Unit, Sustainable Development and Global Relations, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Part2 Moderator:

Shiko Hayashi
Programme Director, Kitakyushu Urban Centre, IGES

SDGs and Business: Leveraging Diversity Management to Implement the SDGs

Speakers:

Akira Doi
Assistant to Chairman of the Board Director for Special Mission, Global Compact Network Japan

Kazuko Jimbo
Senior Manager, Scientific Strategy Division, R&I Center, NIHON L’OREAL K.K.

Tetsuro Yoshida
Senior Policy Researcher, Sustainability Governance Centre, IGES

Shunsuke Kawada
Vice President, Kawada Seisakusho

Asako Osaki
National Coordinator, WE EMPOWER JAPAN

Moderator:

Nobue Amanuma
Senior Policy Researcher, Sustainability Governance Centre, IGES

Strengthening the Synergies between Waste, Climate and the SDGs

Speakers:

Claudia Giacovelli
Associate programme officer, International Environmental Technology Centre, UNEP/IETC

Kentaro Doi
Director, Ministry of the Environment, Environment Regeneration and Resources Recycling Bureau, General Administration Division

Syed Asad Ali Warsi
Founder & Director, Eco Pro Environmental Services, India

Yoshihide Kageyama
President,Ｊbiofoodrecycle Corporation

Moderator:

Kazunobu Onogawa
Director, The IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET)

This session will be streamed live via the internet. While the speakers on the stage will be the main subjects, participants in the room may also be appear in the video. We appreciate your understanding.

Efficient Use of Organic Waste and its Treatment Technology

Speakers:

Yosuke Koga
Section Chief, Biomass Circular Resources Division, Food Industry Bureau, MAFF

Yasunori Kawai
Manager, Innovation center, AISIN SEIKI Co., Ltd.

Yoshiyasu Okaniwa
Executive director, Biogas Process Council

Masaru Yamaoka
Leader, Aquatic Environmental Engineering Unite Hydraulic Engineering Research Division, Institute for Rural Engineering, NARO(National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

Moderator:

Kazunobu Onogawa
Director, The IGES Centre Collaborating with UNEP on Environmental Technologies (CCET)

Policy Dialogue on Single-Use Plastics - Policy Recommendations Working Session

This session are being organised to deepen discussions on single-use plastics and the future of food, based on discussions during the Asia-Europe Environment Forum (ENVforum) Annual Conference on 29 July, one day prior to ISAP2019.

This session are being conducted in English only, without simultaneous interpretation.
For further information about the Asia-Europe Environment Forum Annual Conference, or if you are interested in joining the Annual Conference,

Social Implementation of the Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere Initiative in Japan

Panelist:

Ryuichi Yamamoto
Deputy Director, Climate Change Policy Division, Environment Management Bureau, Hyogo Prefectural Government

Yasuko Inoue
CEO, Takarazuka Sumire Electric Power Co., Ltd.

Daisuke Utsunomiya
Researcher, Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Mayumi Taka
Community coordinator, Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture

Moderator:

Kazuhiko Takeuchi
President, IGES

Toshizo Maeda
Programme Director, Kansai Research Centre, IGES

Towards New Paradigms in Urban-Rural Linkages: Fostering Innovations for Sustainable Resource Management and Collective Resilience

Opening Remarks:

Kazuhiko Takeuchi
President, IGES

Speakers:

Rajib Shaw
Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Tomoko Takeda
Policy Researcher, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Unit, IGES

Sameer Deshkar
Assistant Professor, Architecture & Planning, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India

Makoto Ishigouoka
Group Leader, Water Source Environment Conservation Division Environment and Agriculture Bureau, Kanagawa Prefectural Government

Bijon Kumer Mitra
Senior Policy Researcher, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Unit, IGES

Hassan Virji
Professor, International Development and Cooperation, Hiroshima University

Nanda Jichkar
Mayor, Nagpur Municipal Corporation

Moderator:

Andre Mader
Programme Director, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Unit, IGES

Next Step of ESD for Achieving the SDGs

Speakers:

Anantha Duraiappah
Director, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)

Yuto Kitamura
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Education, University of Tokyo

Ushio Miura
Programme Specialist, UNESCO Bangkok Office - Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, UNESCO

Yoko Mochizuki
Head of Programme, Rethinking Policy, UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)

Masahisa Sato
Professor, Faculty of Environment, Tokyo City University

Moderator:

Mario Tabucanon
Senior Visiting Professor, UN University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)