Programme Day 1：Monday, 14 December 2020
10:00〜11:50

Opening Ceremony
Opening Speech TAKESHITA Wataru

Chairman, Global Environmental Action (GEA) / Member, House ofRepresentatives / Former Minister for Reconstruction, JapanAddress
His Majesty the Emperor
Guest Speech
SUGA Yoshihide
Prime Minister of Japan
Keynote Speech (Video Message)
Inger ANDERSEN
Under-Secretary-General, United Nations (UN)

Executive Director, UN Environment Programme (UNEP)

Commemorative Speech
YOSHINO Akira

Honorary Fellow, Asahi Kasei Corporation / Nobel Prize Laureate in Chemistry (2019)“Towards a Sustainable Society”
12:00〜12:50

Luncheon, “Kiri” Banquet Room (assigned seats)
Speeches

13:00〜14:45

UTO Takashi
MUNEKIYO Kouichi
NAKAGAWA Toshio

State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Japan
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
Senior Advisor, Global Environmental Action (GEA)
President, Japan Medical Association

Session 1: Implementing the SDGs and the Paris Agreement andMoving towards the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Opening Remarks by Chair of the Conference
TAKEMOTO Kazuhiko Visiting Professor, UNU Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability(UNU-IAS)/ Project Professor, the University of Tokyo

Session Chair TAKAMURA Yukari
Keynote Speech KOIZUMI Shinjiro
Presentations TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko
Yannick GLEMARECFUTAMIYA Masaya

Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo
Minister of the Environment/ Member, House of Representatives, Japan
President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Chair, Central Environment Council, Government of Japan
Executive Director, Green Climate Fund (GCF)

Online Participation

Chair, Committee on Responsible Business Conduct & SDGs Promotion,
Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)
Director-Chairman, Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

Free Discussion
14:45〜15:00

Coffee Break

15:00〜16:30

Session 2: Innovations for Renewable Energy Diffusion
Session Chair Michael NORTON
Presentations OGIMOTO Kazuhiko
Helene von REISMIYAKE Kahori

Environment Programme Director, European Academics’ Science Advisory Council (EASAC)
Project Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
President/ CEO & CSO, IKEA JAPAN K.K.
Executive Officer, CSR & Communication, Aeon Co., Ltd.
Co-Chair, the Japan Climate Leaders’ Partnership (JCLP)Free Discussion
16:30〜16:45

Coffee Break

16:45〜18:15

Session 3: Climate Change Adaptation and Water
Session Chair OKI Taikan
Presentations NAKAKITA Eiichi
Thomas PANELLA

Senior Vice Rector, UNU/ Assistant Secretary-General, UN
Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
Chief, Water Sector Group, Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Online Participation

TAKEMURA Kotaro
HIRABAYASHI Yukiko
Free Discussion

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Secretary General and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Japan Water Forum
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology

Programme Day 2：Tuesday, 15 December 2020
10:00〜11:50

Session 4: Promotion of Circular Economy and Countermeasures for Marine
Plastic Litter
Session Chair MORIGUCHI Yuichi

Vice President, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Japan
Professor, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School ofEngineering, the University of Tokyo

Presentations Keith ALVERSONDirector, UNEP International Environmental Technology Centre (IETC)
Online Participation

KATSURAGAWA Takahiro Mayor of Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture
Paul PERRINIAUX
President, Nihon Michelin Tire Co., Ltd.
ISOBE Atsuhiko
Professor, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University
Free Discussion

12:00〜12:50

Luncheon, “Kiri” Banquet Room (assigned seats)
Speeches

13:00〜15:00

TAKAHASHI Hinako
IWAI Shigeki
KUMANO Seishi

State Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
State Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan
Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan

Session 5: Strategic Initiatives for Achieving SDGs: Local Governments,
Business and the Financial World
Session Chair TAMAKI Rintaro
Presentations TAKEMOTO Kazuhiko
KANAI Tsukasa

President, Japan Center for International Finance (JCIF) / Former Deputy Secretary
General, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Visiting Professor, UNU-IAS/ Project Professor, the University of Tokyo
Executive Manager/ Chief Sustainable Officer, Corporate Planning Department,
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

BERNADIA Tjandradewi

Secretary-General, United Cities and Local Governments
Asia-Pacific (UCLG-ASPAC)

Jörg RAUPACH-SUMIYAProfessor, International Management, College of Business Administration,
Ritsumeikan University

Free Discussion

15:00〜15:30

Coffee Break

15:30〜17:30

Wrap-up Session

Online Participation

Chair of the Conference
TAKEMOTO Kazuhiko
Visiting Professor, UNU-IAS/ Project Professor, the University of Tokyo
Reports from Session 1-5 & Free Discussion
Chair’s Summary
Closing5