LCS-RNet Meeting

LCS-RNet 13th Annual Meeting : New Scientific Challenges for Strengthening Actions Based on IPCC AR6

Day1:Thursday, 15 December 2022, 18:00- 21:00 (GMT+09:00) Day2: Friday, 16 December, 2022, 18:00- 21:00 (GMT+09:00)

On 15-16 December 2022, the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society – Strategic Research Network (LCS-RNet) organised its 13th annual meeting, inviting several prominent experts and researchers involved in IPCC AR6 WGIII. This annual meeting set “New Scientific Challenges for Strengthening Actions Based on IPCC AR6” as an overarching theme,discussed how to trigger transitions and how to bridge science with actions. The annual meeting also featured four thematic themes - decarbonisation in agriculture and forestry, energy and food security, challenges in heavy industries, and a comparative study on zero-carbon cities in France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the UK.

Event Details

Date/time
Day1:Thursday, 15 December 2022, 18:00- 21:00 (GMT+09:00) Day2: Friday, 16 December, 2022, 18:00- 21:00 (GMT+09:00)
Venue

Online

Languages
English

Presentation Materials

Day 1: Thursday, 15 December 2022, 18:00- 21:00 (GMT+09:00)

18:00-18:40

Opening remarks: TSUKADA Gen’ichiro, Ministry of the Environment, Japan (MOEJ)

 

Opening Plenary 1:
How can we trigger transitions, and bridge science with actions?
Chair: KAINUMA Mikiko, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)

Keynote presentation 1

Franck Lecocq, AgroParisTech / International Research Center on Environment and Development (CIRED)

 
18:50-19:50

Session 1:
Agriculture and forestry: pursuing mitigation goals by reducing GHG emissions and increasing CO2 absorption
Chair: Nicola Colonna, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)

PDF (253KB)
Presentations

Francesco Tubiello, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

 
Karina Larsen, Climate Technology Centre &Network (CTCN)  
Panel discussion

Bruno Dorin, International research center on Agronomy and Development (CIRAD)

PDF (966KB)
SAIGUSA Nobuko, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) PDF (471KB)
20:00-21:00

Session 2:
Energy and food securities aligning with development of decarbonised society
Chair: MASUI Toshihiko, NIES

Presentations

Mike Bradshaw, UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)/ Warwick Business School (on Energy)

 
Rizaldi Boer, Bogor Agricultural University, Indonesia (on Food)  
Panel discussion

Rob Gross, UKERC/Imperial College London

 
HASEGAWA Tomoko, Ritsumeikan University  
Marie de Lattre-Gasquet, International research center on Agronomy and Development (CIRAD)  

Day 2: Friday, 16 December, 2022, 18:00- 21:00 (GMT+09:00)

18:00-18:40

Opening Plenary:
How can we promote systemic transition and innovation?
Chair: Kirsten Halsnæs, The Danish Technical University

Keynote presentation 2

Michael Grubb, University College London (UCL)

PDF (2.0MB)
18:50-19:50

Session 3:
Decarbonisation in Industries
Chair: Joyashree Roy, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

Presentations Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Wuppertal Institute  
Mercedes Maroto-Valer, UKERC/Heriot-Watt University  
Panel discussion Akihisa Kuriyama, IGES  
Jean-Charles Hourcade, CIRED  
Hilton Trollip, University of Cape Town  
20:00-21:00

Session 4:
Panel discussion – Comparative study on zero carbon cities
Chair: Minal Pathak, Global Centre for Environment and Energy, Ahmedabad University

Presentations Jan Webb, UKERC/The University of Edinburgh PDF (917KB)
Marion Gonzales, Sustainable city by France PDF (1.1MB)
Isabelle Dennieau, Sustainable city by France PDF (1.0MB)
Carolina.Innella, ENEA PDF (718KB)
ASAKAWA Kenji, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) PDF (340KB)