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
ASAO Keiichiro, Minister of the Environment, Japan [video]
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 Salsiah ALISJAHBANA, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations / Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)

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

Moderator
TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko, President, IGES
Bernadia IRAWATI TJANDRADEWI, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments Asia Pacific (UCLG-ASPAC)
, Director General for Sustainability Management, Operations Strategy Department, JICA
, Chief Sustainability Officer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

INADA Kyosuke

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

KOSAKA Kayoko

Chief Sustainability Officer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

EXPERIENCE
April 2025Executive Officer [CSuO], Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
Group Deputy CSuO
Senior Vice President, SOMPO Holdings Inc.
April 2024Executive Officer, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
April 2023President and Chief Executive Officer, Sompo Japan Career Bureau Inc.
April 2020General Manager, Accounting Processing Department, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.
April 2019General Manager, Business Creation Department
April 2018General Manager, Secretarial Department
April 2017General Manager, Human Capital Department, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Insurance Inc.
April 1993Joined Yasuda Fire and Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.
EDUCATION
March 1993Tokyo University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

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

Moderator
KOAKUTSU Kazuhisa, Director of the Paris Agreement Article 6 Implementation Partnership Center, IGES
Henrique ELLER, Head of Energy, Environment and Agriculture, Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Purvi MEHTA, Senior Global Climate Specialist
(TBC)
(TBC)

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
(TBC)
(TBC)
(TBC)
MASUI Toshihiko, Director of Social Systems Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan (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, President, NatureLit Japan
SUZUKI Wataru, Director, Biodiversity Strategy Office, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
(TBC)
(TBC)
(TBC)

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

Moderator
(TBC)
Bijon Kumar MITRA, Deputy Director, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES
City of Yokohama, (TBC)
ABE Satoshi, General Manager, ESG Center, ESG Strategy Division, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Dipal Chandra BARUA, Founder and Chairman, Bright Green Energy Foundation (BGEF)
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

Facilitator
OTA Junko, Policy Researcher, Kitakyushu Urban Centre, IGES
Alejandra Maritza RODAS AROCHE, Student, Graduate School of Business, Doshisha University
Hangga PRIHATMAJA, Student, Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
Mana SHORT, Research Assistant, Department of Global Studies, Sophia University
Mariam ALNAQBI, Student, Department of Transdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Institute of Science Tokyo
Martín Rogelio BUSTAMANTE ANTONIO, Student, Department of Social System Design, Eikei University of Hiroshima
KITAGAWA Sakurako, Student, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University
KOGA Minoru, Director General, Minamata Environmental Academia, Minamata City Office
ITO Yoshitaka, Section Manager, General Affairs Department, HOKUTAKU Co., Ltd.
Kana WATANDO, CEO, INOW

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