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Hosts |
This event is co-hosted by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MoEJ) and the Department for Environment,
Food and Rural Affairs in the UK (DEFRA) |
In Japan, the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) will run the workshop.
The UK partners are the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research. |
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Steering Committee |
The steering committee, established to provide advice to NIES, is composed of scientists and policy-makers from
Japan, UK, China, Germany, India, Mexico, Russia and USA.
- Japan: Naoya Tsukamoto (MoEJ), Shuzo Nishioka, Mikiko Kainuma, Junichi Fujino (NIES)
- UK: David Warrilow, Stephen Cornelius, Andrew Bolitho(DEFRA),
Jim Skea (UKERC), Jim Watson (SPRU: Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Sussex (one of Tyndall Consortium))
- China: Jiang Kejun (ERI: Energy Research Institute)
- Germany: Martin Weiss (Federal Environmental Agency)
- India: P.R. Shukla (IIM: Indian Institute of Management)
- Mexico: Jose Alberto Garibaldi (Energeia)
- Russia: Igor Bashmakov (Center for Energy Efficiency (CENEF))
- USA: Jonathan Pershing (WRI: World Resources Institute)
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The Expert Workshop (June 13 to 16) will be co-chaired by Shuzo Nishioka and Jim Skea. |
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Participants |
Around 60 researchers and governmental officials from about 20 countries
both developed and developing will be invited for four days workshop.
More than 300 members of the public are expected to attend the Open Symposium.
Around 100 invited observers are expected to attend the Expert Workshop. |
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Objectives |
- Identifying and understanding the necessity for deep cuts in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
toward 2050 based on scientific findings (e.g. 50% global GHG emissions reductions in 2050 to 2100 compared to 1990 levels).
- Reviewing country-level GHG emissions scenario studies in some developed and developing countries
such as Japan, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Mexico,
Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and USA. Looking at possible options such as
for supply-side, demand-side, policy, institution, financial, life style based on national circumstance.
- Aligning sustainable development and climate objectives: win-win strategies.
Investigating possible co-benefits of LCS such as tackling poverty;
other environmental concerns (air pollution, water, land use, etc); and energy security.
- Studying methodologies to achieve LCS, such as depicting visions and pathways (i.e. back-casting);
qualitative modeling of the future society; possible combination of options
(technological, institutional, behavioral); financial mechanisms;
LCS scenarios harmonization at national, regional and global levels.
- Identifying gaps between our goals to develop country-level LSC scenarios and the current reality.
- Sharing best practice and information; identifying opportunities for cooperation
and how best to cooperate in estimating country, regional and global-level LCS scenarios.
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Output |
The Co-chairs' Summary of the Expert Workshop will be reported.
A summary of workshop discussions and copies of all papers and presentations will be published on this website
(2050.nies.go.jp). |
