2008 Waseda University WISPJ International Symposium
“The Upside and Downside of Global Warming Side-effects on Asian Countries”
Objective
Worldwide countermeasures for global warming are rapidly changing. After a decline following the enactment of the Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992 and the Kyoto Protocol of 1997, the international political momentum behind such measures is once again building strong momentum.
As these two trends advance, we must closely examine the secondary effects of and reactions to the measures for global warming that have influenced and can be expected to influence the developing countries especially in the Asian region. This is significant for predicting the future direction of global warming politics and important in terms of constructing a sustainable society in Asian countries.
Given this understanding, this symposium intends to portray the advantageous and the disadvantageous, or the welcome and the unwelcome, aspects of global warming on the developing Asian countries, from the dual viewpoint of those countries and Japan.
Program (with Japanese/English simultaneous translation)
(1) Schedule: 1/30/2008
Registration 9:30 AM
Program 10:00AM-6: 15PM
(2) Location:
Waseda University International Conference Center （Map：PDF104KB)
(3) Sponsor:
Waseda University WISPJ
Co-sponsor: UNEPROAP, University of Tokyo IR3S/TIGS
(4) Program Chairman
Tokuhisa Yoshida (Waseda University Environmental Research Institute)
| Opening greeting | 10:00-10:15 |
| Katsuhiko Shirai （President of Waseda University） | |
| Keynote Addresses | 10:15 – 12:30 (45min×3 persons) |
| [1] Ryutaro Yatsu （Councilor, Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan） “Japan’s International Support for Global Warming Measures” |
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| [2] Hiroshi Nishimiya （UNEPROAP Vice-director） “Secondary Effects of Global Warming Measures on Asian Countries” |
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| [3] Nobuo Mimura （Director, Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science (ICAS), Ibaraki University） “Global Warming Effects on Asian Region” |
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| Lunch 12:30-13:30 | |
| Report | 13:30-15:30 （40min×3 persons） |
| [1] Asia’s Energy Situation and Global Warming Measure Hiroki Kudo （The Institute of Energy Economics, Japan） |
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| [2] Asia’s Food/Water Resource and Global Warming Measure Tetsuji ida （kyodo News Editor） |
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| [3] Asia’s Forestry Development and Global Warming Measure Harry Surjadi （Journalist from Indonesia） |
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| Break 15:30-15:45 | |
| Panel Discussion | 15:45-18:00 |
| ・Presentation: | |
| “Waseda University’s Environmental Support for Asian Countries” Shunji Matsuoka (Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies) 0:15 |
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| ・Panel Discussion: | |
| Theme “Aiming for Sustainability of Japan and Asia through Jointly Overcoming the Global Warming Problem” | |
| ・Panelists: | |
| Hiroshi Nishimiya, Harry Surjadi, Tetsuji
ida, Oota Hiroshi (Waseda University School of International Liberal Studies) Maricor Muzones (IGES Researcher from the Philippines) |
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| ・Moderator: | |
| Shunji Matsuoka | |
| Closing remarks | 18:00- |
| Katsuya Nagata, (Director of Waseda University Environmental Research Institute） |
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Note: Lecture titles are tentative
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