The Global Commons Center will host two seminars inside the Japan Pavilion, which will be set up during the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt from November 6 to 18. The seminars will be held in a hybrid format with a Zoom webinar.
- New Roles of the Chemical Industry toward Carbon Neutrality by 2050
Overview | Of all the hard-to-abate industries, the chemical industry is considered particularly difficult to decarbonize because carbon is often embedded in its extremely diverse products. The Center for Global Commons at the University of Tokyo, together with system change company Systemiq, has proposed pathways for the chemical industry to reach scope 1-3 net zero while staying within the Planetary Boundaries, as well as new roles the chemical industry should take on. We will present our latest research results and discuss with global leaders how the chemical industry can transform itself into a climate solution in a hybrid format. |
Panelists | Lord Adair Turner (Chair, Energy Transitions Commission) Chad Holliday (Co-Chair, Mission Possible Partnership) Paul Polman (Co-Founder and Chair, IMAGINE) Shinichi Kihara (Deputy Director-General, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan) Sophie Herrmann (Partner, Systemiq) Naoko Ishii (Executive VP, Professor at Institute of Future Initiative, Director of Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo) Daisuke Kanazawa (Collaborative Researcher, Center for Global Commons, Institute of Future Initiative, University of Tokyo) |
Date | 10 November 2022 |
Time | 2:00-3:30am (JST) |
Language | Japanese・English |
| Registration fees | Free of Charge |
| Registration* （Webinar） | Registration required |
2. Japan’s Energy Transition Strategy for Net Zero by 2050
Overview | ETI-CGC (Energy Transition Initiative – Center for Global Commons), launched by Japanese leading companies and the University of Tokyo’s Center for Global Commons at the COP26 last year, has been studying Japan’s energy transition pathway toward 2050. In this event, the University of Tokyo will provide an interim report of the research for Japan’s Net Zero scenario in 2050 and discuss the challenges in the decarbonization scenario with ETI-CGC members and global leaders in a hybrid format. |
Panelists |
Naoko Ishii (Executive VP, Professor at Institute of Future Initiative, Director of Center for Global Commons, University of Tokyo)
Takeshi Uchiyamada (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Representative Director, Toyota Motor Corporation) Norihiro Suzuki (Vice President and Executive Officer, CTO and General Manager of Research & Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd.) Tomomichi Seki (Managing Executive Officer, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Incorporated) Lord Adair Turner (Chair, Energy Transitions Commission) Paul Cooley (Global Director for Offshore Wind, SSE Renewables) Miho Kurosaki (Independent analyst on climate change and ESG) Masakazu Sugiyama (Director of Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo) |
Date | 15 November 2022 |
Time | 20:00-21:30 (JST) |
| Language | Japanese・English |
| Registration fees | Free of Charge |
| Registration* （Webinar） | Registration required https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2FkxDPxDRde56Ts7jNHvNg
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