Global Warming and International Institutions: Addressing Challenges Through Education and Action
Saturday, January 4, 2025 14:45
Session: Plenary Session
Room: 320 Theatre
Presentation Type: Keynote Presentation
The problem of global warming is a global issue and a common threat facing humanity. The fact that small economies and vulnerable countries, which contribute little to greenhouse gas emissions, are disproportionately affected by global warming is an unfair situation, and this is why global efforts at the United Nations are necessary. However, it is not easy to internalise the problem of global warming, which is an external negative economic effect at the global level. This is because the benefits of each country's measures to prevent global warming are shared globally, while the economic costs of mitigation are borne by each country. This creates a prisoner's dilemma.
In order to solve the problem of global warming, technological innovation and a change in people's awareness are essential. In the past, energy conversion was brought about by the development of innovative technology and the reduction in the cost of that technology. However, if we are to rapidly raise our ambitions for the prevention of global warming, the final consumer must be prepared to bear the increased cost of preventing global warming. Education will play a major role in this. At the same time, it is also important to drastically increase financial assistance to developing countries, which will account for the majority of future energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. COP29 in November 2024 revealed a deep rift between developed and developing countries over the New Collective Quantified Goal. As the international political and economic situation becomes more chaotic, the outcome of international efforts to prevent global warming will be closely watched.
Speaker Biography
Jun Arima
Professor Jun Arima is the President of IAFOR, and the senior academic officer of the organisation. In this role, Professor Arima is the Honorary Chair of the International Academic Advisory Board, as well as both the Academic Governing Board and its Executive Committee. He also sits on the IAFOR Board of Directors.
Jun Arima was formerly Director General of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), UK from 2011 to 2015 and Special Advisor on Global Environmental Affairs for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan, from 2011 to 2015. He has previously held various international energy/environment-related positions, including: Head of Division, Country Studies, International Energy Agency (IEA); Director, International Affairs Division, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, METI; and Deputy Director General for Environmental Affairs at METI’s Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau. In the COP (UN Convention on Climate Change) 14, 15 and 16, he was Japanese Chief Negotiator for AWG-KP.
Since 2015 Jun Arima has been a Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where he teaches Energy Security, International Energy Governance, and Environmental Policies in the Graduate School of Public Policy. (GraSPP). He is also currently a Consulting Fellow at the Japanese Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). He is also Executive Senior Fellow at the 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Principal Researcher at the International Environmental and Economic Institute (IEEI), Distinguished Senior Policy Fellow, at the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR), Senior Policy Fellow on Energy and Environment, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and was the Lead Author, the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC).
About the Presenter(s)
-Professor Jun Arima is the President of IAFOR, and the senior academic officer of the organisation.
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