Japan Climate Action Summit (JCAS)

*This event has already finished.

 

Date and Time:

13:30-18:00, Friday, October 12, 2018

 

Venue:

Toranomon Hills Forum Main Hall

(5F, Toranomon Hills Mori Tower, 1-23-3 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo )

 

Participation fee: Free

Organizer: Japan Climate Initiative (JCI)

 

Program:

*English program is HERE

*Videos of the event are available below this page.

 

1. Opening Remarks

Takejiro Sueyoshi, Special Advisor to UNEP Finance Initiative in the Asia Pacific region

 

2. Keynotes “Non-State Actors Leading Climate Action”

Carl Pope, Vice-Chairman America’s Pledge, Former Executive Director of the Sierra Club

Paul Dickinson, Executive Chair, CDP  DL

 

3. Panel Discussion “Frontier of Climate Action”

3-1 “Pursuing well below 2 target by corporates”

(Moderator: Kae Takase, Senior Manager, CDP Japan)

Yukiko Araki, Sustainability Promotion Division Executive General Manager, Hitachi, Ltd.  DL

Mitsuaki Komoto, Energy and Climate Change Deputy General Manager, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

Atsuko Suzuki, Senior Officer / General Manager, CSR Department, ASAHI GROUP HOLDINGS.LTD.  DL

Koichi Yanagita, Vice President of ESG, Kao Corporation

 

3-2 “Challenge to 100% Renewable Energy”

(Moderator: Mika Ohbayashi, Director, Renewable Energy Institute)

Ken-ichi Ishida, Managing Officer and Chief Manager of Environment Improving Department, Sekisui House, Ltd.

Sergio Kato, Corporate Vice President, Ricoh Company, Ltd. /General Manager of Sustainability Management Division

Hideyuki Kanemitsu, VP, Head of Responsible Business Unit, Fujitsu Limited

Kahori Miyake, Executive Officer, CSR & Communication, AEON Co., Ltd.

 

3-3 “Decarbonization from local communities”

(Moderator: Masako Konishi, Deputy Director of Conservation, WWF Japan)

Shuhei Okuno, Deputy Director General, Climate Change Policy Headquarters, Yokohama City

Teisuke Suzuki, Executive Vice President, Suzuhiro Kamaboko Co., Ltd. / Chairperson, Odawara Hakone Chamber of Commerce & Industry / Founder and President, “ Network of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs for a Sustainable Business and Energy Future”

Mayumi Takada, Nagano Prefecture

Chikako Futamura, Director, Member Relations DIV. JAPANESE CONSUMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE UNION

 

(Break)

 

4. Congratulatory Remarks

Yoshiaki Harada, Minister of the Environment

Yoshihiko Isozaki, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

Norikazu Suzuki, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs

Takashi Nagao, Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Financial Services

 

5. Panel Discussion “Vision for long-term low-carbon strategy for Japan”

(Moderator: Teruyuki Ohno, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Institute)

Junko Edahiro, Professor, Graduate School of Leadership and Innovation, Shizenkan University

Toshihiro Kawakami, Co-Chair, Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership, (Head, EHS Department, LIXIL Corporation)  DL

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

Michiyo Morisawa, Director, CDP Japan  DL

Naoyuki Yamagishi, Climate and Energy Group Leader, Conservation Division, WWF Japan  DL

 

6. Top Leaders Session

(Moderator: Hiroko Kuniya, Anchor)

Daisaku Kadokawa, Mayor of Kyoto City  DL

Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo

Kazuo Hirai, Chairman, Sony Corporation  DL

Yoshinori Yamashita, President and CEO, Ricoh Company, Ltd.  DL

 

7. Summit message

Japan Climate Action Summit Declaration

 

8.Closing/Reception

 


Event Video (PART1 of 2)

 

Event Video (PART2 of 2)