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Education for Sustainable Development and 3Rs (17 March 2008 Tokyo, Japan) |
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International Symposium on Education for Sustainable Development and 3Rs:
Towards establishing a sound material cycle society
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 Like other regions, Asia faces an urgent need to tackle mounting challenges of exacerbating pollution and natural resource depletion prompted by continuing economic development and growing consumption. To pursue sustainability in Asia, it is vital to take measures for promoting sustainable consumption and 3Rs in order to establish a sound material cycle society.
Multi-stakeholder involvement and cooperation are indispensable in our collective endeavours to establish a sound material cycle society. Civil society needs to play a vital role in this context involving local communities, governments, schools and universities and other stakeholder groups. The United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD, 2005 - 2014) spells out key principles for addressing sustainability in education. In pursuance with the UN General Assembly resolutions on DESD and related documents, many countries started preparing and implementing the action plans on ESD. It has been recognised as one of the priority works to incorporate and mainstream sustainability values in higher education and to expand partnership with civil society, private sector and NGOs. ESD and 3Rs must be promoted not at the national level, but at the regional and global level.
At the symposium which was conducted as a part of the APFED policy dialogues, a wide range of policy makers, experts and stakeholders candidly exchanged views and experiences with a view to facilitate policies, measures and actions effective to pursue sustainable development through ESD and 3Rs. Issues addressed at the symposium ranged from design for the environment and sustainable production and consumption to environmentally sound resource and energy use. |
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17 March 2008 |
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The University of Tokyo Yayoi Auditorium Ichijo Hall |
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Co-organisers:
Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan
Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science (IR3S)
Support:
Ministry of the Environment, Japan
Cooperation:
United Nations Information Center
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 Agenda and presentation materials
Chair's Summary (Coming soon)
Dr. Kim Myonja's presentation at the 2nd Asia 3R Conference on 18 March 2008 [ slides 931KB / text61KB]
Related paper: 3Rs in Asia (APFED Policy Dialogue Working
Paper Series No.2) |
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| Agenda |
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| Opening
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Teruyoshi Hayamizu
Director, Global Environment Bureau, Ministry of Environment, Japan |
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Yoriko Kawaguchi
Member of the House of Councillors, former Minister for Foreign Affairs / Minister of the Environment, APFED chairperson |
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| Education for Sustainable Development and 3Rs - Developing and implementing effective policies and strategies |
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Akio Morishima Senior Research Advisor, IGES ; APFED Member |
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| Discussants: |
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Kim Myung-Ja467KB
Member of Parliament, Republic of Korea, former Minister of Environment, Republic of Korea ; APFED Member |
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Cielito F. Habito1.8MB
Professor, Ateneo de Manila University, Department of Economics, former Minister of National Economic and Social Planning, Philippines ; APFED Member |
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Kazuhiko Takeuchi1.4MB
Deputy Executive Director, Integrated Research System for Sustainability Science, the University of Tokyo, Japan ; Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and University of Tokyo, Japan |
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Masanao Motonami944KB
Advisor, Toyota Boshoku Corporation, Japan
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Konrad Osterwalder
Rector, United Nations University and Under-Secretary-General, United Nations |
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| Panel Session 1 "Actions of private business and future challenges for establishing a sound material cycle society" |
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Ryokichi Hirono Professor Emeritus of Seikei University, Japan |
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Ryosuke Ugo1.0MB
General Manager, CSR/Environment Promotion Division, NEC Corporation, Japan |
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Hideo Nemoto935KB
Chief, Environmental Management Group, Ebara Corporation, Japan |
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Yumi Someya567KB
President, U'S Corporation, Japan |
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Mariko Kawaguchi524KB
Senior CSR analyst, Institute for Business Strategy, Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd., Japan
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Chettiyappan Visvanathan745KB
Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand |
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| Panel Session 2 "Actions of civil society and challenges for establishing a sound material cycle business and consumption model" |
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Takashi Gunjima
Professor, Doshisha University, Department of Economics ; Research Advisor, IGES, Japan |
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Gakuji Hukatsu
Deputy Director-General, Green Purchasing Network, Japan |
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Yoshimi Yamamoto680KB
Director-General, Cooperative Network for Distribution of Returnable Bottles, Japan |
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Yoshihiro Ota
Representative-2007, Kankyo Sanshiro, Japan
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Masanori Kobayashi
Project Manager, Capacity Development and Education Project, IGES, Japan |
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| Closing |
| Hideyuki Mori Vice President, IGES |
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