Post-Kyoto and the “Green New Deal”
Green Opportunities for Japan, Germany and the US
Governments around the world are preparing for the final stages of policy negotiations that will greatly affect the global environment, research agendas, and the route to economic recovery. In June, Japan will announce its mid-term targets for CO2 emissions. Meanwhile, the U.S. crafts its Green New Deal, and Europe prepares for the post-Kyoto summit in Copenhagen in December. For the rest of this year, we will see increasingly intense negotiations aimed at balancing environmental sustainability, economic effects, and the future character of our industries.
The organizers have covered the negotiations for a post-Kyoto agreement with a series of conferences; now we wrap up the final stages by bringing together high-level representatives from Japan, Germany and the US. How does the economic crisis affect the negotiations in Copenhagen and how can Kyoto II be embedded in economic strategies? How real is the “change” of energy and environment policy in the US, and how will the Green New Deal affect our strategies?
Together, Japan, Germany, and the U.S. are the global leaders in the fields of environmental technologies, public incentive mechanisms and market potential. The conference will highlight these strengths and discuss how they can be enhanced with effective strategies, mechanisms, and targets for Copenhagen. The conference will also examine how international environmental cooperation can become the backbone of economic recovery and sustainable growth.
We welcome your participation.
PDF Program ｢Post-Kyoto and the “Green New Deal”｣ [37KB]
Registration
For registration, please send your details (name, institution, position, email) by email to the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung(FES) no later than June 5.
tokyo@festokyo.com
Please provide your name, institution, position, email.
Information
Time and Date
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June 10, 2009 from 13:00 – 17:15 (Reception begins at 12:30） |
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| Venue | Tokyo International Forum Hall D5, 5th fl. 5-1 Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005, Japan. Tel.+81-3-5221-9000 Access:
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| Language | Simultaneous translation available: English, Japanese. |
| Entry fee | free |
Program
| 13:00 |
Welcome and Opening Remarks Friederike BOSSE (Secretary General, JDZB) Sven SAALER (FES, Japan Representative) ABE Tadahiko (Executive Director, FRI) |
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| Post-Kyoto – New Targets, New Opportunities | |
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| 13:15 |
Key notes: KOIKE Yuriko (Member of the House of Representatives, former Minister of the Environment, Japan) Matthias MACHNIG (State Secretary, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety) Robert ORR (Chairman of The Panasonic Foundation, former President of Boeing Japan and member of the Obama Foreign Policy Network and Economy Group) TAKAHASHI Yasuo (Director, Office of Market Mechanisms, Climate Change Policy Division, Ministry of the Environment, Japan) |
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Discussion Chair: TAKEUCHI Keiji (Senior Staff Writer, Asahi Shimbun) |
| 15:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 15:15 |
Panel: IIDA Tetsunari (Managing Director, Institute for Sustainable Energy Policy) IKUTA Takafumi (FRI) Martin JÄNICKE (Member of the Board, Bundesstiftung Umwelt) Pavan SUKHDEV (Director, The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity, UNEP) Stacy D. VANDEVEER (Professor, University of New Hampshire) |
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Panel Discussion and Q&A Chair: Andrew DeWit (Director, Economic Research Center, Rikkyo University, Tokyo) |
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End
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For inquiries
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Tokyo-Office
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TEL： +81（3）5401-2831
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http://www.festokyo.com
E-Mail: tokyo@festokyo.com
For registration, please send your details (name, institution, position, email) by email to the FES no later than June 5.
Links to the Organizors
- Japanese German Center Berlin
- Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation Tokyo
- Economic Research Center, Rikkyo University