DAY 1 - Wednesday, 20 July 2022
Opening Day |
| 09:00-19:30 |
On-site Registration |
| 10:00-11:30 |
Multistakeholder Dialogue: Sharing experiences and lessons learned U Thant Hall
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| Moderated by: |
Ms Mana Saza, Director, SWITCH Association of Sustainability |
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| Game plan: |
Mr Shinji Onoda, Research Manager, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES |
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| Kick-off: |
Mr Koichiro Matsumoto, Director of Global Issues Cooperation Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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| Eye-Opener High-Level Talks: |
Ms Kaoru Nemoto, Director, United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) |
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| Mr Kazuhiro Yoshida, Mayor of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan |
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| Ms Sheila Oparaocha, Director of the ENERGIA Network |
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| Elevator Pitch on Climate-Driven Actions: |
Ms Chikako Miyata, Group CSO (Chief Sustainability Officer), ANA HOLDINGS INC. |
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| Mr Goro Komatsu, Executive Director, POW Japan |
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| Ms Josephine Opoku Boateng, UNU-IAS Postgraduate Degree Programme student (MSc in Sustainability) |
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| Ms Wei Chin (Shom) Teoh, Programme Manager for Sustainable Cities, Regional Centre in Bangkok, IGES |
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| Commentator: Mr Kazuhiko Takemoto, President, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) |
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| Elevator Pitch on SDGs-Driven Actions: |
Mr Hideki Akimoto, Executive Happo-One Development Company |
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| Ms Hitomi Asahi, Executive Director, SDGs Picture Book Promotion Association |
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| Mr Mirus Ponon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ASEAN Youth Advocates Network |
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| Mr Simon Olsen, Research Manager, Integrated Sustainability Centre, IGES |
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| Commentator: Mr Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President of IGES |
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| Elevator Pitch on Nature-Driven Actions: |
Mr. Hans Joosten, Greifswald Mire Center – IPCC Panel Experts |
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| Ms Mitsuyo Toyoda, Associate Professor, Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University |
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| Ms Anais-karenin, Visual Artist and Researcher, Brazil |
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| Ms Kotoko Yadomaru, President, Change Our Next Decade (COND) |
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| Commentator: Ms Imelda Dada Bacudo, Co-chair, Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA), Philippines |
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| Harvesting: |
Ms Mana Saza, Director, SWITCH Association of Sustainability |
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| Mr Kazuhiko Takemoto, President, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC) |
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| Mr Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President of IGES |
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| Ms Imelda Dada Bacudo, Co-chair, Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA), Philippines |
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| 11:30-13:00 |
Lunch break |
| 13:00-13:45 |
Scene-setting conversation U Thant Hall
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| Moderated by Co-Conveners: |
Mr. Minoru Takada, Team Leader (Energy), UN DESA |
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| Ms Hitomi Shimizu, SDGs Promotion Headquarters Officer, Shimokawa Town, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan |
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| Ms Suzuka Nakamura, Environmental Activist, Japan |
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| Mr Badisunga Akilmali Tresor, Africa Coordinator, Climate Change Africa Opportunities (CCAO) |
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| Mr Kulwant Singh, CEO, 3R Waste Foundation, Gurugram, India |
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| Ms Yumiko Kajiwara, Corporate Executive Officer, EVP, CSO. Fujitsu (WBCSD Japan) |
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| Ms Yujeong Kim, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, UNOSD |
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| Ms Lynn M. Wagner, Senior Director of Tracking Progress, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) |
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| 14:00-15:30 |
Side events: Sharing experiences and lessons learned (Detailed programme of side events is available here) |
| 15:30-16:00 |
Break |
| 16:00-17:30 |
Side events: Sharing experiences and lessons learned (Detailed programme of side events is available here) |
| 17:30-17:45 |
Fireside Chat U-Thant Hall
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Ms Arisa Kishigami, Independent Sustainable Investment Specialist, Japan |
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Interviewer: Ms Bahareh Seyedi, Senior Sustainable Development Officer, UN DESA |
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| 17:45-19:00 |
Dinner break |
| 19:00-19:50 |
Welcome ceremony and special events U Thant Hall
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Moderated by Ms Erin Kawazu, Programme Coordinator, Strategic Management Office, IGES |
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| Music and Cultural Performance |
Mr Tomoyoshi Kakushin, Distinguished Biwa Player |
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| Welcoming remarks |
Ms Sawako Shirahase, Senior Vice-Rector of United Nations University (UNU), Tokyo, Japan, and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations |
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| Launch of the first 26 “Decarbonization Leading Areas” in Japan by Ministry of the Environment of Japan |
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H.E. Mr Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Minister of the Environment of Japan |
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| Ms Kazumi Inamura, Mayor of Amagasaki City, Japan – Selected Decarbonization Leading Area |
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| Mr Mitsugi Takenaka, Mayor of Kamishihoro Town, Japan – Selected Decarbonization Leading Area |
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| Message of Ms Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) |
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| Message of Mr Mahadi Che Ngah, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur City, Malaysia |
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| Message of Ms Kobie Brand, Regional Director ICLEI Africa Office |
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| Launch of “SDGs Progress Report 2022 - Survey Results on the Efforts of GCNJ Companies and Organisations” by GCNJ and IGES |
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Ms Sandra Wu, GCNJ Board Member, UN Global Compact Board Member, Chairperson and CEO of Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd |
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| Mr Kazuhiko Takeuchi, GCNJ Board Member, President of IGES |
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| 19:50-20:00 |
Group photo |
| 20:00-22:00 |
Conference Opening and High-level Segment: Advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and accelerating the transition to a carbon neutral economy U Thant Hall
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Moderator: Ms Yuka Tanimoto, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes JAPAN Web |
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| High-level Statement |
H.E. Mr Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Minister of the Environment of Japan |
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| Co-Conveners Statements |
Mr Liu Zhenmin, Under-Secretary-General, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) |
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| Mr Ibrahim Thiaw, Acting Executive Secretary, UNFCCC |
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| Special messages |
Ms Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations and Chair of the United Nations Sustainable Development Group |
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| H.E. Mr Abdulla Shahid, President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives |
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| H.E. Mr Collen Vixen Kelapile, President of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations and the President of the High-level Political Forum (tbc) |
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| H.E. Ms Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia (Host country of G20 in 2022) |
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| H.E. Mr Alok Sharma, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom, and President of the UN Climate Change Conference 2021 (UNFCCC COP 26) |
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| H.E. Mr Sameh Shoukry, Foreign Minister of Arab Republic of Egypt, President-designate of UN Climate Change Conference 2022 (UNFCCC COP 27) (tbc) |
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| Ms Jayathama Wickramanayake, United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth |
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| Moderated Panel Discussion with distinguished stakeholder representatives: Raising ambition on climate action and SDGs |
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Mr Hoesung Lee, Chair, International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |
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| Ms Sandra Wu, Chairperson and CEO of Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd., UNGC Board Member |
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| Ms Vibha Dhawan, Director General, The Energy Research Institute (TERI), India |
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| Ms Sheila Oparaocha, Executive Director, ENERGIA |
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| Mr Mirus Ponon, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ASEAN Youth Advocates Network |
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| Mr Kazuhiko Takeuchi, President, IGES |
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| Remarks of distinguished leaders: Climate and SDG Synergies – Charting a roadmap towards 2030 |
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H.E. Mr Costas Kadis, Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development, and Environment of the Government of Cyprus |
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| H.E. Ms Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, United Arab Emirates (UAE)(tbc) |
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| H. E. Mr. Adrián Peña, Minister of Environment of Uruguay |
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| H.E. Mr Mohamed Bin Mubarak Bin Daina, Chief Executive Officer and Special Envoy for Climate Affairs, Supreme Council for Environment (SCE), Kingdom of Bahrain |
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| H.E. Mr Munir Akram, Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations and Chair of Group of 77 and China |
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| H.E. Mr Walton Alfonso Webson, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations and Chair of Alliance of Small Island States |
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| H.E. Ms Agnes Mary Chimbiri Molande, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Malawi to the United Nations and Chair of Least Developed Countries (tbc) |
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| Ms Iordanca-Rodica Iordanov, State Secretary of the Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Moldova |
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| Mr Yuji Kuroiwa, Governor of the Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan |
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| Ms Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP), Bangkok, Thailand |
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| Ms Olga Algayerova, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) |
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| Mr Qu Dongyu, Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) |
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| Ms Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) |
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| Ms Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD) |
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| Ms Heidi Schroderus-Fox, Acting High Representative of the Least Developed Countries, Land-Locked Developing Countries, and Small Island Developing States (UN OHRLLS) |
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| Mr Woochong Um, Managing Director-General and Officer-in-Charge, Vice President for Knowledge Management and Sustainable Development, Asian Development Bank (ADB) |
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| Ms Mami Mizutori, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) |
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| Mr Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General for Action Team (tbc) |
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| Ms Sanda Ojiambo, ASG & Executive Director, UN Global Compact |
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| Mr Keiji Nishizawa, Chair, Keidanren Committee on Responsible Business Conduct & SDGs Promotion, Chairman, Keidanren Committee on Nature Conservation, Director-Chairman of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. |
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| Closing of the High-level Segment |
| Moderator |
Ms Yuka Tanimoto, Editor-in-Chief of Forbes JAPAN Web |
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