The ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS), in collaboration with the ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ Institute for Integrated Management of Material Fluxes and of Resources (²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES) and the Global Environment Outreach Centre (GEOC), will organize a webinar in observance of World Water Day (WWD) 2021 on Monday, 22 March 2021 from 21:00 ¨C 22:45 JST
In line with the WWD 2021 theme ¡®Valuing Water¡®, the webinar will include discussions by experts to analyse different roles and values that water offers as well as how these values can be synthesized to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.
This event will be held in both English and Japanese. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.
Programme
21:00 Opening & Announcements ¨C (Programme Coordinator, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
21:05 Welcoming remarks ¨C (Director, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
21:10 Keynote speech ¡®Water Availability, Value of Water, and SDG¡¯ ¨C Taikan Oki (Senior Vice-Rector, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ)
21:30 Presentation: ¡®Value of Water for the Economy¡¯ ¨C (Research Fellow, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
21:45 Presentation: ¡®Water Environment and Value of Water¡¯ ¨C (Research Fellow, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
22:00 Panel discussion / Q&A: ¡®How do we find synergies between different value of water to achieve SDG6?¡¯
- Moderator: (Academic Programme Officer, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
- Thomas Elmqvist (Professor, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University)
- (Professor, School of Engineering, Pokhara University in Nepal)
- Serena Caucci (Associate Programme Officer, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-FLORES)
- Mahesti Okitasari (Research Associate, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
22:30 UN World Water Development Report 2021 on ¡®Valuing Water¡¯ ¨C Giulia Roder (Research Consultant, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
22:40 Closing remarks ¨C Kensuke Fukushi (Academic Programme Officer, ²ÝÁñÊÓƵ-IAS)
Registration
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