Climate Change
Advisory Panel of Experts on Climate Change
April 26, 2018
1. On 9th January, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established an Advisory Panel of Experts on Climate Change, with a view to identify a new policy direction in relation to climate change issues, taking into account new global trends and inputs from NGOs, researchers, and companies taking active measures against climate change.
2. This Advisory Panel is comprised of nine Japanese experts and discuss issues such as global trends in renewable energy and other challenges related to climate change. The Advisory Panel is scheduled to submit to the Minister for Foreign Affairs recommendations focusing on energy in February and overall recommendations in April this year.
- The first meeting
- The second meeting
- The third meeting
- The fourth meeting
- The fifth meeting
- The sixth meeting
- The seventh meeting
- The second meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change with the attendance of Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs
- The ninth meeting
- The tenth meeting
- The eleventh meeting
- The third meeting of the Advisory Panel on Climate Change with the attendance of Mr. Taro Kono, Minister for Foreign Affairs
[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, Sustainability Management Division, Export |
| (Import Adiministration, Ricoh Company, Ltd.) | |
| Miho Kurosaki | Bloomberg New Energy Finance |
| 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 |