Programme
Session Keynote
Speeches Plenary 1 Plenary 2 Plenary 3 Interactive
Session 1 Plenary 4 Interactive
Session 2 Plenary 5 Closing
Session
- 29 July 2025
- JST 9:00 - 9:10 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation
Opening remarks from organiser and partners
ASAO Keiichiro, Minister of the Environment, Japan [video]
HASHIMOTO Kazuya, Vice Governor, Kanagawa Prefectural Government
- 29 July 2025
- JST 9:10 - 9:30 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation
Keynote Speech
- 29 July 2025
- JST 9:30 - 10:30 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation
Synergistic Responses to the Triple Planetary Crisis in the Asia-Pacific
INADA Kyosuke
Director General for Sustainability Management, Operations Strategy Department, JICA
Over 30 years of experience in infrastructure and environmental financing working for Japan’s international development agency. Currently serves as Director General for Sustainability Management, overseeing organization-wide mainstreaming of sustainability related issues (climate/Paris alignment, nature, and other ESG aspects), both for operation and corporate. Past assignments include, Chief Representative for Europe based in Paris, Senior Deputy Director General of Africa Department, member of the Digital Transformation Taskforce, Senior Director and head of India Division, Deputy Chief of Myanmar Office, Director of Climate Change Office, Deputy Director of Corporate Finance Department, Representative of PRC Office in Beijing. Obtained BA Economics, Keio University, Japan, MSc in Environmental Change and Management, University of Oxford, UK, and studied Chinese language at Peking University, PRC.
KOSAKA Kayoko
Chief Sustainability Officer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
April 2025 | Executive Officer [CSuO], Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. Group Deputy CSuO Senior Vice President, SOMPO Holdings Inc. |
April 2024 | Executive Officer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. |
April 2023 | President and Chief Executive Officer, Sompo Japan Career Bureau Inc. |
April 2020 | General Manager, Accounting Processing Department, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. |
April 2019 | General Manager, Business Creation Department |
April 2018 | General Manager, Secretarial Department |
April 2017 | General Manager, Human Capital Department, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc. |
April 1993 | Joined Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. |
March 1993 | Tokyo University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences |
- 29 July 2025
- JST 10:30 - 10:50 (GMT+09:00)
- 29 July 2025
- JST 10:50 - 11:50 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation
Accelerating Climate Action through a Synergistic Approach: Delivering on Net-Zero and Sustainable Development at COP30
KOAKUTSU Kazuhisa, Director of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center, IGES
- 29 July 2025
- JST 11:50 - 13:20 (GMT+09:00)
- Foyer
Poster Session by IGES Researchers (at Foyer)
- 29 July 2025
- JST 11:50 - 13:20 (GMT+09:00)
- 501
Extended ICLEI Café - Local Government and Business Networking
- 29 July 2025
- JST 13:20 - 14:20 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation
Just and Inclusive Transition towards Net-Zero and Resilient Societies in ASEAN
- 29 July 2025
- JST 14:20 - 14:40 (GMT+09:00)
- 29 July 2025
- JST 13:20 - 14:50 (GMT+09:00)
- 501
- Japanese Only
Collaborative Pathways to Meaningful Youth Engagement in Environmental Sustainability
- 29 July 2025
- JST 14:40 - 15:40 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation
Mobilising Private Sector Engagement in the Circulating and Ecological Sphere for Synergistic Local Climate Actions and Sustainability
(TBC)
- 29 July 2025
- JST 15:40 - 16:00 (GMT+09:00)
- 29 July 2025
- JST 14:50 - 15:10 (GMT+09:00)
- 29 July 2025
- JST 15:10 - 16:40 (GMT+09:00)
- 501
- English Only
Fostering SDGs Youth Leaders – Learning from Japanese Frontrunner Cities
- 29 July 2025
- JST 16:00 - 17:00 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation
Leveraging Co-Benefits for Healthy Net-Zero Transitions in Japanese and Other G7 Cities
- 29 July 2025
- JST 17:00 – 17:20 (GMT+09:00)
- 29 July 2025
- JST 17:20 - 17:50 (GMT+09:00)
- 503 + Online
- Simultaneous interpretation