Climate Change

Preliminary Vice-Minister of the Foreign Affairs, Kiyoshi Odawara attended the 3rd Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) held in Tokyo, in October 6 in 2016. At the closing session, he addressed the audience concerning the importance of innovation and private-public partnership to tackle climate change. Mr. Odawara pointed out that innovation is an important pillar in Action for Cool Earth (ACE) and ACE2.0 both announced by Prime Minister Abe and pledged Japan will continue to contribute to the international society through technology.

ICEF is aimed at addressing climate change through innovation and it investigates via discussion in the forum what innovative measures should be developed, how the innovation should be promoted, and how cooperation should be enhanced among the stakeholders.

ICEF is held every year and has a steering committee which makes the decisions regarding the agenda and program to reflect the wide range of views of the international community.

Researchers, businesspersons and policy makers from around the globe are expected to participate in the annual forum. More than 1,000 people from approximately 80 countries attended to the 3rd ICEF. In addition, ICEF provides a On-line Discussion to promote discussion among participants throughout the year.

For more detail, see http://www.icef-forum.org/