The 3rd Japan-China-Republic of Korea Tripartite Climate Policy Research Forum
Date：18th October 2016
Organiser：Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Venue：TKP Conference Room, Tokyo, Japan
The 3rd Japan-China-Republic of Korea Tripartite Climate Policy Research Forum was held in Tokyo on 18th October 2016.
Researchers from the three countries made presentations about the current status and challenges of their own countries’ strategies for climate action.
The meeting mainly focused on issues of coals related to energy supply which these three countries are facing now or can be predicted to face in the future.
The speakers presented their analysis of their own countries’ cases and discuss how each countries can go to the next step to overcome the barriers.
Beside of above, the possibility of collaboration among the three countries for decarbonization was also argued on such as innovation of technology, creating market, commercialization of renewable energy and so on, which are not only for their own countries’ benefit but also for leading other countries in the world.
At the end of the meeting, participants had an opportunity to have a discussion about “Special issue on 1.5 degrees” after the introductory presentation made by Dr. Toshihiko Masui of NIES.
The next meeting was decided to be held in Beijing in late February.
【Programme】
Progress report from Japan—Coping with the Issues of Coal
- By Dr. Kentaro Tamura, Area Leader, Climate and Energy Group, IGES
Progress report from Korea—Coping with the Issues of Coal
- By Dr. Tae-yong Jung, Professor, Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University, Korea
Progress report from China—Coping with the Issues of Coal
- By Dr. Jiang Kejun, Director, ERI
Plan for the coming year
- Introductory presentation
- By Dr. Kentaro Tamura, IGES
Discussion
- Comparative study on the climate policies of the three countries, in particular how to cope with the issue of coal in the power sector, to gain mutual knowledge/better understanding of common issues and challenges, in particular
- Issues and challenges which are common to the three countries but are conflictual
- Common issues and challenges which it would be worth dealing with jointly by the three countries
- Areas where the three countries collectively contribute to the world
Special issue on 1.5 degrees
- Introductory presentation
- By Dr. Toshihiko Masui, NIES
- Discussion
Wrap-up
- By all participants