Ways forward for building climate resilient societies in the Asia-Pacific Region and the role of AP-PLAT as a regional flagship initiative

Speakers:

Mimi Nameki
Deputy Director, Center for Climate Change Adaptation, National Institute for Environmental Studies

Naoya Tsukamoto
Director, Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific (RRC.AP), Asian Institute of Technology

Peter King
Senior Policy Advisor, IGES

Wijarn Simachaya
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand

Jinhua Zhang
Regional Coordinator, Environment under Review Programme, Regional office for Asia and the Pacific, UN Environment Programme

Eklabya Sharma
Deputy Director General at the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)

Putra Dwitama
Head of RAN API (National Action Plan on Climate Change Adaptation) Secretariat, Ministry of National Development Planning, Indonesia

Yasuo Takahashi
Special Advisor, Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ)

Moderator:

Osamu Mizuno
Principal Fellow, Strategic Management Office, IGES

Communications for Science-based Decision-making

Speakers:

Dechen Tsering
Director, Asia and the Pacific Office, UN Environment (UNEP-ROAP)

Albert Van Jaarsveld
Director General and CEO, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Shuzo Nishioka
Counsellor, IGES

Yusuke Matsuo
Programme Director, Business Taskforce, IGES

Togo Uchida
Executive Director, ICLEI Japan

Erina Imai
Joint Representative, Climate Youth Japan

Konoe Fujimura
Green Alliance Japan

Moderator:

Takashi Otsuka
Joint-Director of Knowledge and Communications, IGES

"Asian Industrialisation as a Source of Emerging Pollutants and Environmental Impacts" - Launch Session of Global Environmental Outlook 6 for Industry in Asia and the Pacific –

Speakers:

Dechen Tsering
Director, Asia and the Pacific Office, UN Environment (UNEP-ROAP)

Peter King
Senior Policy Advisor, IGES

Girish Sethi
Senior Director, Energy Program, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

So-Young Lee
Research Manager, Sustainability Governance Centre, IGES

Ngoc-Bao Pham
Senior Policy Researcher, Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services Unit, IGES

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

Moderator:

Tetsuo Kuyama
Programme Director, Regional Centre in Bangkok, IGES

G20 Ministerial Meeting on Energy and Environment 2019– Its Significance and Outlook -

Speakers:

Hiroshi Ono
Director General, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Kazuhiko Takeuchi
President, IGES

Satoshi Kojima
Principal Coordinator, Research and Publications Unit, Strategic Management Office, IGES

Yoriko Meguro
Co-president, W20

Moderator:

Mark Elder
Director of Research and Publications, Research and Publications Unit, Strategic Management Office, IGES

Tsuyoshi Kawakami
Principal Fellow, Strategic Management Office, IGES

Progress of China-Japan-Korea Joint Research Project on Cities Towards Decarbonisation and Sustainable Development

Welcome Remarks:

Keiko Segawa
Deputy Director General, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Opening Remarks:

Zhen Sun
Deputy Director General, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Ecology and Environment

Sang In Kang
Chief Research fellow, International Coorperation, Korea Environment Institute (KEI)

Speakers:

Yoon Jeyong
President, Korea Environment Institute (KEI)

Kenya Katayama
Mayor of Niseko Town

Dong Wang
Director, Shenzhen Research Centre on Climate Change

Fen Li
Chief Engineer, R&D center, Shenzhen Institute of Building Research Co., Ltd

Kim Jin Young
Director for Asia, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Sangmin Nam
Deputy Head, East and North –East Asia Office, UNESCAP

Moderator:

Xiu Yang
Senior Researcher, National Center for Climate Change Strategy and International Cooperation (NCSC)

Junichi Fujino
Programme Director, City Taskforce, IGES

Other members of China-Japan-Korea joint research project:

Bin Feng
Deputy Section Chief of Climate Change Division, Bureau of Ecology and Environment, Zhenjiang city

Xuejun He
Deputy Investigator of Atmospheric Environment Division, Wuhan Ecology and Environment Bureau

Keeyong Chung
Governance Director, Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)

Approaches for Transferring Low-carbon Technologies in Developing Asia

Panelists:

Ajay Mathur
Director General of TERI – The Energy & Resources Institute, and a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change

Ryuzo Sugimoto
Director, International Cooperation and Sustainable Infrastructure office, Global Environmental Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Motohiro Washimi
General Manager, International Research & Communication Department, The Energy Conservation Center, Japan (ECCJ)

Gen Takahashi
General Manager, Business Development, JFE Engineering Co., Ltd.

Tsukasa Saito
IGES Fellow (former Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.)

Moderator:

Toshizo Maeda
Programme Director, Kansai Research Centre, IGES

Yutaka Suzuki
Director, IGES Kansai Research Centre

Mid Century Strategies in Japan and the EU under the Paris Agreement: Challenges and Strengthening Efforts for Achieving a Decarbonised Society

Speakers:

Tsuyoshi Kawakami
Principal Fellow, Strategic Management Office, IGES

Diego Silva Herran
Fellow, IGES

Nobuhiro Kino
Director, Low-Carbon Society Promotion Office, Ministry of the Environment, Japan

Georgios Zazias
Energy Analyst and Modeller, E3-Modelling P.C.

Olivia Gippner
Policy Officer, Economic Assessment and Strategy, European Commission Directorate General for Climate Action

Moderator:

Masahiro Sugiyama
Associate Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, University of Tokyo

How to Enable Constructive Discussion on Carbon Pricing

Speakers:

Yukari Takamura
Professor, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S), The University of Tokyo Institutes for Advanced Study (UTIAS)

Suk Sunhee
Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Science Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Sciences Nagasaki University

Naoki Matsuo
Principal Policy Researcher, Research and Publications Unit, Strategic Management Office, IGES

Satoshi Kojima
Principal Coordinator, Research and Publications Unit, Strategic Management Office, IGES

Moderator:

Shuzo Nishioka
Counsellor, IGES