The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will produce the 7th Assessment Report (AR7), scheduled for 2023-2028. Within this process, it has been decided to prepare a special report on 'Climate Change and Cities' in response to the growing interest in the impacts of climate change on cities and the challenges and opportunities for city-specific mitigation and adaptation. As part of strengthening Japan's contribution to the IPCC 7th Assessment Cycle, the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ) launched a collaborative research project on urban transformation with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in September 2023, with the aim of providing key findings for the Special Report on 'Climate Change and Cities'.
This symposium presented the report produced by this joint research project and discussed how Japan can contribute to the IPCC 7th assessment cycle, including its contribution to the IPCC Special Report on 'Climate Change and Cities'.
Event Details
Hybrid
Toranomon Hills Forum (Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 5F)
Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-6390, Japan
Online: Zoom
Presentation Materials
| 28 February, 2024 (Convening language: English. Simultaneous translation will be provided for Japanese audience) | |||
| 14:00-14:05 | Opening Remarks | YAGI Tetsuya, State Minister of the Environment | |
| 14:05-14:20 | Keynote Speeches 1 “Roadmap for the Seventh Assessment Report Cycle of the IPCC” | ||
| Diana ÜRGE-VORSATZ, Vice Chair of IPCC/AR7 | PDF (1.7MB) | ||
| 14:20-14:35 | Keynote Speeches 2 “Why Cities?” | ||
| John SCHELLNHUBER, Director General of IIASA | PDF (3.2MB) | ||
| 14:35-14:50 | Keynote Speeches 3 “Japanese Efforts to Promote Subnational Climate Action” | ||
| OGAWA Masako, Deputy Executive Director, MOEJ | PDF (3.1MB) | ||
| 14:50-15:05 | Report Launch “Cities Transformation: IIASA-Japan Joint Research Project” | ||
| Keywan RIAHI, Program Director, ECE, IIASA | PDF (2.8MB) | ||
| 15:05-15:15 | Q&A | ||
| 15:15-15:30 | Break | ||
| 15:30-16:45 | Panel Discussion | ||
Moderator: | OKI Taikan, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo (IPCC/AR6 Review Editor) | ||
| Debra ROBERTS, Co-Chair of IPCC/AR6 WGII | |||
| Winston CHOW, Co-Chair of IPCC/AR7 WGII | PDF (621KB) | ||
| Leila NIAMIR, Research Scholar, ECE, IIASA | |||
| Eric ZUSMAN, Research Leader, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES | |||
| OGAWA Masako, Deputy Executive Director, MOEJ | |||
| 16:45-17:00 | Wrap-up and Closing Remarks | OKI Taikan, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo | |
