Programme

Opening
Session Keynote
Speeches Plenary 1 Plenary 2 Plenary 3 Interactive
Session 1 Plenary 4 Interactive
Session 2 Plenary 5 Closing
Session
Opening Session (OP)
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 9:00 - 9:10 (GMT+09:00)
  • 503 + Online
  • Simultaneous interpretation

Opening remarks from organiser and partners

Guest Remarks
Minister of the Environment, Japan
Guest Remarks
HASHIMOTO Kazuya, Vice Governor, Kanagawa Prefectural Government
Welcome Remarks
TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko, President, IGES
Keynote Speech (KN)
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 9:10 - 9:30 (GMT+09:00)
  • 503 + Online
  • Simultaneous interpretation

Keynote Speech

Armida ALISJAHBANA, Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Plenary 1 (PL-1)
  • 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

TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko, President, IGES
Armida ALISJAHBANA, Executive Secretary, UNESCAP
Bernadia IRAWATI TJANDRADEWI, Secretary-General, UCLG
MIYAZAKI Katsura, Vice President, JICA
NISHIZAWA Keiji, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
Break – 20 min
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 10:30 - 10:50 (GMT+09:00)
Plenary 2 (PL-2)
  • 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
James GRABERT, Head of Mitigation Division, UNFCCC Secretariat
Henrique ELLER, Head of Energy, Environment and Agriculture, Brazil Embassy in Japan
Purvi MEHTA, Ex-Senior Advisor, Gates Foundation
Sheam SATKURU, Executive Secretary, ITTO
Lunch Break – 90 min
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 11:50 - 13:20 (GMT+09:00)
  • Foyer

Poster Session by IGES Researchers (at Foyer)

Stakeholder Engagement Space
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 11:50 - 13:20 (GMT+09:00)
  • 501

Extended ICLEI Café - Local Government and Business Networking

Plenary 3 (PL-3)
  • 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

ARINO Yosuke, Research Manager / Project Leader for Mitigation and Adaptation Integration, Strategic Management Office, IGES
Vong Sok, ASEAN Secretariat
Ambiyah ABDULLAH, ASEAN Centre for Energy
Pimvadee (Bern) KEAOKIRIYA, Senior Programme Manager for ASEAN DRR-CCAIGES, Regional Centre in Bangkok, IGES
MASUI Toshihiko, NIES
Break – 20 min
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 14:20 - 14:40 (GMT+09:00)
Interactive Session 1 (IS-1)
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 13:20 - 14:50 (GMT+09:00)
  • 501
  • Japanese Only

Collaborative Pathways to Meaningful Youth Engagement in Environmental Sustainability

FUKUDA Miki, Policy Researcher, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES
YADOMARU Kotoko, NatureLit Japan
Local Government
Business Representative
Academia
Youth
Plenary 4 (PL-4)
  • 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

KANAI Tsukasa, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.
Bijon Kumar MITRA, Deputy Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES
SDG Future City (Yokohama)
Kirin, Mitsui or Looop
Dipal C. Barua, Chairman, Bright Green Energy Foundation
Break – 20 min
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 15:40 - 16:00 (GMT+09:00)
Break – 20 min
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 14:50 - 15:10 (GMT+09:00)
Interactive Session 2 (IS-2)
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 15:10 - 16:40 (GMT+09:00)
  • 501
  • English Only

Fostering SDGs Youth Leaders – Learning from Japanese Frontrunner Cities

OTA Junko, Policy Researcher, Kitakyushu Urban Centre, IGES
Mariam ALNAQBI, student, Tokyo Univ. of Science
Mana SHORT, student, Sophia Univ.
Hangga PRIHATMAJA, student, Kyoto Univ.
KITAGAWA Sakurako, student, Kyoto Univ.
MEXT? JICA? 6) Martin ROGELIO BUSTAMANTE, student, Eikei Univ. of Hiroshima
Alejandra MARITZA RODAS, student, Doshisha Univ.
ITO Yoshitaka, Hokutaku Co., Ltd
WATANDO Kana, INOW in Kamikatsu Town - online
KOGA Minoru, Minamata Academia - online
Plenary 5 (PL-5)
  • 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

Eric ZUSMAN, Research Leader, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES
ICLEI
Hachinohe City online
Niigata City online
KERI (Kawasaki City)
Break – 20 min
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 17:00 – 17:20 (GMT+09:00)
Closing Session (CL)
  • 29 July 2025
  • JST 17:20 - 17:50 (GMT+09:00)
  • 503 + Online
  • Simultaneous interpretation

Wrap-Up and Key Messages

ONO Hiroshi, Executive Director, IGES