Osaka University________________________________________________________________________

International Symposium

Legal Possibilities to Strengthen
Renewable Energies
April 19 - 21, 2012
Osaka, Japan_______________________________________________________________________
Language: English (during the conference)
Venue:
Hotel New Otani Osaka

Organizers:
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University
Co-organizers:
Green Access Project(Cabinet Office/Funding Program for World-Leading Innovative R&D on Science and Technology)

EU Institute in Japan, Kansai

Thursday, April 19, 2012
Field trip to Kyoto (International guests only)

Friday, April 20, 2012
9.00 –First Day of Conference / Banquet Room Wisteria, B1F
Greetings:
Mr. Marc Spitzkatz
Director of KAS Rule of Law Programme Asia, Singapore
Prof. Yutaka Takenaka
Dean of the Graduate School of Law and Politics, Osaka University
Prof. Takehisa Awaji
President of Japan Association of Environmental Law and Policy /Emeritus Professor of Rikkyo University

9.30 – 11.00 hrs

Session I:

Approaches for Tackling Climate Change 1

Moderator:
Prof. Noriko Okubo / Mr. Satoshi Sasaki
Osaka University

Report 1: Mr. Gijs Berends
Delegation of the European Union to Japan“European Policy Approaches to tackle Climate Change”
Report 2: Prof. Takehisa Awaji
President of Japan Association of Environmental Law and Policy /Emeritus Professor of Rikkyo University“Japanese Policy Approaches to tackle Climate Change”
Report 3: Mr. Naoyuki Sakumoto
Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)“Legal Approaches to tackle Climate Change in Asian Countries”
11.00 –Coffee break

11.30 – 13.15 hrs

Session II:Approaches for Tackling Climate Change 2(possibly with focus on the municipal policies)

Moderator:
Prof. Kazuhiro Ueta
Kyoto University
Report 4: Prof. Jiunn-rong Yeh
National Taiwan University, R.O.C.
“Taiwan’s Approaches to tackle Climate Change”
Report 5: Ms. Yuko Nishida
Bureau of Environment, Tokyo Metropolitan Government“Tokyo Climate Change Policy”
General discussion
13.15 –Lunch /2

15.00 – 18.00 hrs

Session III:

Renewable Energy: Law and Policy

Moderator:
Mr. Marc Spitzkatz

Report 6: Mr. Sanjay Upadhyay
Advocate Supreme Court of India, India“Renewable Energy Law and Policy in India --- Prospects and Challenges”
Report 7: Associate Professor Xinjun Zhang
Tsinghua University, China“Renewable Energy Law and Policy in China”
Report 8: Prof. Tadashi Otsuka
Waseda Law School“The Development of the Renewable Energy Law System in Japan”
Coffee break
Report 9: Prof. Joachim Sanden
Leuphana University of Lueneburg, Germany“German Legal steps to promote Renewable Energies”
General discussion
19.00 –Reception /Saturday, April 21, 2012
9.00 – 11.30 hrs

Second Day of Conference / Banquet Room Cattleya, B1F

Session IV:

Climate Change, Human Rights
and Global Governance : Towards Rio+20(Coffee will be served during the session.)

Moderator:
Prof. Kota Fukui
Osaka University

Report 10: Prof. Yukari Takamura
Nagoya University“Interlinkage and Coordination between Regimes:
Towards a more effective global environmental governance”
Report 11: Mr. Tiago Trentinella
Lawyer, Brazil“Rio+20 from the Perspective of Brazil”
Report 12: Prof. Noriko Okubo
Osaka University“The Climate Change Litigation and Its Global Movement”(Climate Change and Human Rights 1)
Report 13: Mr. Srunyoo Potiratchatangkoon
Central Administrative Court Judge, Thailand“The Flood Litigation and the Climate Change Issues”(Climate Change and Human Rights 2)
12.30 –

Lunch /3