Climate Change
The third meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change with the attendance of Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs
April 19, 2018


- The third meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change with the attendance of Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs was held on April 19, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This meeting makes the twelfth meeting of the Advisory Panel where panel members exchanged views with guest speakers from business sectors actors on climate change issue.
- At this meeting, after the opening remarks from Minister Kono and the remarks from Takejiro Sueyoshi, Special Advisor to UNEP-FI in the Asia Pacific region, members of the Advisory panel on Climate Change submitted the recommendation about climate change to Minister Kono. Following the submission of the recommendation, Mr. Sueyoshi made brief presentation on summary of the recommendation, and participants of the meeting exchanged their opinions and views.
- Receiving the recommendation, Minister Kono expressed his appreciation to members of the Advisory Panel on their active discussion and also mentioned that Ministry of Foreign Affairs constantly address energy and climate change diplomacy positively.
- The recommendation about climate change(PDF)
- Slide Deck(PDF)
- The first meeting
- The second meeting
- The third meeting
- The fourth meeting
- The fifth meeting
- The sixth meeting
- The seventh meeting
- The eighth meeting
- The ninth meeting
- The tenth meeting
- The eleventh meeting
[Reference] Members of the Advisory Panel of Experts on Climate Change
Takejiro Sueyoshi | Special Advisor to UNEP-FI in the Asia Pacific region |
Mika Ohbayashi | Director, Renewable Energy Institute |
Sergio Kato | Corporate Vice President of Ricoh Company, Ltd. General Manager of Sustainability Management Division, General Manager of Market Development Center, General Manager of Trade & Export/Import Control Division |
Miho Kurosaki | Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Head of Japan & Korea Research |
Tatsujiro Suzuki | Director, Professor, Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University |
Teisuke TED Suzuki | Executive Vice President, Suzuhiro Kamaboko Co., Ltd. (President, Network of Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs for a Sustainable Business and Energy Future, Chairperson of Odawara Hakone Chamber of Commerce & Industry) |
Hiroshi Takahashi | Professor, Tsuru University |
Naoyuki Yamagishi | Climate and Energy Group Leader, Conservation Division, WWF-Japan |
Mari Yoshitaka | Chief Consultant, Clean Energy Finance Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities |