This symposium discusses international unjust transitions in the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Deepening the transitions has gone beyond domestic impacts to affect international justice through international supply chains, GHG emissions in other countries, and national energy security. Against this drop, this symposium focuses on international justice in net-zero transitions.
This symposium consists of two sessions. The first session addresses the just implications of net-zero transmission in China, which has rapidly deployed renewable energy and battery electric vehicles [in Japanese]. The second session discusses how to address international unjust transitions, from the perspectives of international supply chain, climate security, and transformative finance.
This symposium is held as part of the 30th anniversary of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS).
It is open to anyone with an interest in sustainability transitions research — including researchers, business professionals, and government officials with some background knowledge, as well as young scholars and students. Participation is free of charge.
Event Details
Online
Akihisa Mori | Email: [email protected]
Presentation Materials
| 13:30–13:40 | Opening Session | ||
| Welcoming Remarks: | Osamu Mizuno (IGES) | ||
| Purpose: | Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University) | ||
| 13:40–15:10 | Session 1: Net-zero transition in electricity and mobility in China [Japanese] | ||
| Moderator: | Kentaro Tamura (IGES) | ||
| 1: | Deep net-zero transitions: Multisystem transitions, transformative finance, and international carbon leakage Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University) | ||
| 2: | Is a just net-zero transition possible in China? Nobuhiro Horii (Kyushu University) | ||
| 3: | Carbon leakage in China due to changes in the power generation energy mix Kiyoshi Fujikawa (Aichi Gakuin University) & Hikari Ban (Kobe Gakuin University) | ||
| 4: | How will China’s electricity and mobility transitions change the international value chain and CO2 emissions in Asia? Jiayang Wang & Takatoshi Watanabe (Aichi Gakuin University) | ||
| Q&A session | |||
| 15:10-15:30 | Break | ||
| 15:30–17:20 | Session 2: Net-zero and just transition in Asia under Trump II [in English] | ||
| Moderator: | Nobuhiro Horii (Kyushu University) | ||
| 1: | Perspectives on net-zero and just transition in Asia Nuki Agya Utama (Director of Energy Policy, ERIA / Director, Asia Zero Emission Center) | ||
| 2: | Implications on international supply chains Alexander Ryota Keeley (Kyushu University) | ||
| 3: | Energy transition and climate security in the Asia Pacific Nandakumar Janardhanan (IGES) | ||
| 4: | Sustainable business model innovations for transformative finance Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University) | ||
| Q&A session | |||
| 17:20–17:30 | Closing remark | ||
* The program is subject to change.