Side Event at Japan Pavilion, COP23

14:30~16:00, 15 November 2017 at Japan Pavilion (Bonn Zone)
Introduction
Since Paris Agreement, there has been an emphasis on aligning public and private sectors' climate
actions and many private corporations have begun to publicly announce their climate goals. Nevertheless,compared to their goals for clean energy use, the private sector's engagement in addressing climatechange adaptation has attracted little notice. At this event, innovative adaptation business cases by large
multinational corporations as well as by emerging start-ups will be show-cased for their effect on thesociety in reference to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Sendai Framework for Disaster RiskReduction. At the same time, some unique financing strategies will be shared to solicit further discussion
on how to scale-up private sector participation.

Agenda14:30

14:35-15:35

Welcome remarks
Mari Yoshitaka, Chief Consultant, Clean Energy Finance Division Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan
Stanley Securities (MUMSS)
Adaptation needs in developing countries and potential for collaboration with theprivate sector
Saleemal Huq, PhD, Director, International Center for Climate Change and Development at
Independent University, Bangladesh
Building industrial resilience in Africa
Nahomi Nishio, International Consultant, Department of Environment, United Nations
Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Sharing experience from business perspective (1) Chemical Industry
Masakazu Murakami, D.V.M, Senior Associate, Responsible Care Department, Sumitomo
Chemical Company, Limited
Sharing experience from business perspective (2) ICT industry
Seiya Yamazaki, Director, Environmental Engineering Department, Environmental
Technology Division, Corporate Environmental and CSR Strategy Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
Innovative approaches to utilizing private finance in adaptation activities based on acase study in Latin America
Jay Koh, Founder & Chair, Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group(GARI) / Founder & Managing Director, The Lightsmith Group
Promotion of public-private partnership in promoting adaptation
Kohei Tamura, Assistant Director, Global Environment Partnership Office, Ministry ofEconomy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI)

15:35-16:00

Q&A and discussion

Note: Japanese style refreshments will be served.

The newest version of "Climate Change Adaptation Good Practices by Japanese Private Sector" is now available!
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Speakers' Profile
Saleemul Huq, PhD, Director,
International Center for Climate Change
and Development at IndependentUniversity, Bangladesh
Dr. Saleemul Huq has worked
extensively in the inter-linkage
between climate change (bothmitigation as well as adaptation)and sustainable development withspecial emphasis on least
developed countries (LDCs). He
was a lead author of the chapter onAdaptation and Sustainable Development in the 3rdAssessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC), and was one of the coordinating
lead authors of 'Inter-relationship between adaptation andmitigation' in the IPCC's 4th Assessment Report. He also
serves as a Senior Fellow at the International Institute forEnvironment and Development.

Seiya Yamazaki, Director,Environmental Engineering Department,Environmental Technology Division,Corporate Environmental and CSR Strategy
Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
Seiya Yamazaki has joined Fujitsuin 1996, starting his career asengineer of mobile communication
system development. Yamazaki
has worked in corporate
environmental section since 2004.
He engaged in Fujitsu group's
environmental strategy, promoting
Green ICT initiative and green
solution business. Currently, Yamazaki is engaging GHG
reduction strategy and action toward zero emission by
FY2050 based on “FUJITSU Climate and Energy Vision”
which is a medium-to long-term environmental vision
through 2050. Yamazaki is Professional Engineer, Japan(category; Environment).

Kohei Tamura, Assistant Director,
Global Environment Partnership Office,Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry ofJapan
Kohei Tamura joined METI in2011. He works as anAssistant Director of theGlobal Environment
Partnership Office of METI,
mainly on implementation ofthe Joint Crediting Mechanism(JCM) and promoting
Japanese adaptation business. Previously, he engaged onnegotiations of the Investment Chapters of EPA/FTAs andalso on Diet relations.

Nahomi Nishio, International Consultant, Department ofEnvironment, United Nations Industrial Development
Organization (UNIDO)
Nahomi Nishio is the international consultant for
the Low Carbon and Climate Resilient Industrial
Development project at UNIDO Department ofEnvironment. Before joining UNIDO, she has lived
and worked in Macedonia, Philippines andMaldives for projects with JICA, JBIC and UNDP.

Masakazu Murakami, D.V.M, Senior Associate,
Responsible Care Department,
Sumitomo Chemical Company, LimitedSince first joining Sumitomo Chemical'sEnvironmental Health Science Laboratory in 1978, Dr.
Masakazu Murakami has held various positions within
the company before assuming the current position in2012. He currently serves as the Chairman of theWorking Group on Global Warming Subcommittee on
Global Environment Committee on Environment andSafety of KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation)and the Secretary of Energy & Climate Change Leadership Group ofInternational Council of Chemical Associations. His previous posts include
research work at National Cancer Institute in USA in 1989 and ResearchInstitute of Innovative Technology for the Earth in Japan in 1992.

Jay Koh, Founder & Chair, Global Adaptation &Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI) / Founder& Managing Director, The Lightsmith Group
Mr. Koh has over 20 years of experience at top-tierinstitutions in the public and private sectors. Prior tofounding Lightsmith in 2016, Mr. Koh was a Managing
Director and Partner of Siguler Guff, a global
alternative investment firm with over $10 billion undermanagement. His previous roles include Head ofInvestment Funds and Chief Investment Strategist atthe Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) ,Principal for direct growth equity investing at The
Carlyle Group. Mr. Koh currently serves on the Private
Sector Advisory Group to the UN Green Climate Fund, the Board of theNew York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and theadvisory committee to the NY Green Bank. He is also an adjunctprofessor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public
Affairs.

Facilitator- Mari Yoshitaka, Chief Consultant,
Clean Energy Finance Division,
Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd.
(MUMSS)
Since joining MUMSS in August 2000 for Clean
Energy Finance Committee start-up, Mari Yoshitaka
has worked on climate change policy with emphasis
on climate finance and mitigation projects whilepursuing modalities of enhancing financial incentives
to reduce greenhouse gases emissions as well asadaptation. She has also recently conductedstudies, lectures, etc. in the field of ESG investment.