[COP28 Side Event]Synergistic Approach for Environmental Sustainability and Just Transition: A Follow-up to Think-7 Summit 2023
Day：2024.01.15
event ｜
Person in charge
Kohji Mitomori
Office for Sustainability Management (Climate Change, Nature), JICA
Director
Overview
Date: 2023/12/02
Sponsors: UNU IAS (JICA attend this event as a panelist)
Location（Pavilion Name）：SDG Pavilion
Moderators and panelists
Dr. Edeltraud Guenther
UNU Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (UNU-FLORES)
Director
H.E. Dr. Alue Dohong
Environment and Forestry Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
Vice Minister
Dr. Minoru Takada
UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Update the Climate Change and SDGs Synergy Conference process
Team Leader
Dr. Fatima Denton
Director
UNU Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA)
Mr. Kohji Mitomori
Office for Sustainability Management (Climate Change, Nature), JICA
Director
Dr. Akio Takemoto
United Nations University Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
Head of Programme and Administration
Primary objectives and outcomes
This side event themed on "Synergies between climate action and sustainable development: contributing to a just transition". The discussion was based on the outcomes of the Think7 Summit in April 2023. Practical approaches to ensuring implemantation of climate change measures was discussed by government, UN agencies, donor, civil sector and think tank participants.
Content of the discussions
UNU-IAS Program Head Dr Akio Takemoto shared the outcomes of the Think7 Japan Summit, explaining that the main challenges are the growing vulnerability and disparities in the world caused by the rapid energy transition and social change.
In the panel discussion, panelists presented findings from Africa, Asia, and Europe, as well as the interconnections among the social factors and SDGs in various sectors. JICA introduced JICA's efforts to promote synergies between climate change and the SDGs to realize climate resilient development. JICA emphasized the need to look beyond the SDGs considering significance of climate change issues. Many panelists shared the importance of synergies between climate change and sustainable development goals. Panelists pointed out the importance of scientific research to provide evidence of synergies between climage change and sustainable development.
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