Abe Fellows Global Forum: Confronting Climate Change
Friday, October 20, 20172:00 PM - 6:00 PM (Pacific)
Hurricane Harvey and Irma have brought home to everyone the impact of climate change on our economy, our society, and our daily lives. Curtailing climate change is an urgent issue, one that requires international cooperation. In this session experts from Japan and the United States discuss some of the lessons that have been learned from Asia’s experiences. In the case of Japan, following the period of high growth (1960s-1980) which made Japan an economic power house, the government took strong steps to clean up polluted air and water. The Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011 forced Japan to take even more aggressive action to reduce energy consumption and lessen its impact on the global environment. In contrast, the United States, the world’s largest economy, is one of the world’s largest polluters and recently made headlines when it withdrew from the Paris Agreement negotiated at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP2). California, and other state and municipal governments, are now taking the lead in US efforts to deal with climate change. Speakers will address questions on strategies for limiting carbon emissions and possibilities for future international cooperation on climate change.
Shorenstein APARC is pleased to host the Abe Fellows Global Forum (Abe Global) inaugural season’s flagship event. A new initiative of the Abe Fellowship Program, Abe Global brings the research and expertise of Abe Fellows on issues of global concern to broader audiences. The event is co-organized with the Social Science Research Council, in collaboration with the Center for Global Partnership of the Japan Foundation, which funds the Abe Fellowship Program
Abe Fellows Global Forum
Confronting Climate Change:
What Can the U.S. and Japan Contribute to Creating Sustainable Societies?
Conference Program
13:30-14:00 Registration
14:00-14:20 Welcome remarks
Takeo Hoshi, Director, Japan Program, Shorenstein APARC, Stanford University
Junichi Chano, Executive Director, CGP
Opening Remarks
George P. Shultz, Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford Distinguished Fellow, Hoover Institution,
Stanford University
14:20-14:45 Keynote Speech
Michael Armacost, Shorenstein APARC Fellow, APARC, Stanford University
14:45-15:00 Break
15:00-17:00 Panel Discussion “What Can the US and Japan Contribute to Creating Sustainable Societies?”
Moderator: Takeo Hoshi
Presenters: Toshi H. Arimura, Waseda Univeristy
Janelle Knox-Hayes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Phillip Lipscy, Stanford University
Dana Buntrock, University of California, Berkeley
Michael Armacost, Stanford University
16:55 Closing Remarks
Linda Grove, Consulting Director, SSRC
17:00-18:00 Cocktail Reception