Low Carbon Seminar (1/4)

Ecotwaza launched an event about low carbon society this summer. Titled "Milky Way in Love, the first half was a seminar by three young professionals and the latter half was a work shop.

↓More about event
http://www.eco-friendly-japan.com/2008/07/milky-way-in-love-presented-by-ecotwaza.html

Although it is impossible to completely reproduce the excitement of the seminar on letters, we would like to share the summary here for the next three days.

Special Seminar 2008
HOW TO CREATE A LOW CARBON SOCIETY IN JAPAN
--A MESSAGE FROM TOKYO TO THE WORLD--

Guests:
Tomoki Ehara from Mizuho Information & Research Institute, Inc
Junya Nishikawa from Mitsui & Co., ltd.
Yoichi Mori from Pear Carbon Offset Initiative

Moderator: Reina Otsuka
Summary: Noriko Ohsumi
Translation: Motoko Sakashita

Moderator:Please briefly introduce yourself, and tell us about your job.

Mr. Ehara: At my company, I work as a consultant to study environmental issues with the Ministry of the Environment and other researchers. Four or five years ago, we released a report on global warming saying that Japan can decrease CO2 emissions by 70%. We considered who needs to do what in which order. The report shows a part of a possible direction toward a low-carbon society. Today, I am looking forward to discussing about this point with all of you.



Mr. Nishikawa: I have been studying about climate change since I was at university. At that time, I wanted to become a bureaucrat in order to think about the Kyoto Protocol’s legal infrastructure and create the Overall design of the law. However, I ended up working for Mitsui & Co. to become one of the players of the emissions trading project. I am also a governmental member for a project by one of the Ministries. Currently, I also take part in an emissions trading project in the business field.


Mr. Mori: My job is to visualize how much CO2 a product used and its effect on global warming so consumers and companies can "see" when they choose a product. There is a system called Cleand Development Mechanism (CDM) in which the decreased amount of CO2 in the emerging countries can be used by the companies in the developed countries which assisted the decrease. In China, we are trying to make it possible to use the CDM in smaller scales. For example we help households in the regional area install low-tech biodegradators to produce their own sustainable electricity. Although each project is tiny, by adding up the households we can make it a project. Not many Carbon providors can do this kind of projects because it is difficult, but we think this is what the world needs in the long term, so we do it.
Also, related to CPA, my job is to create the framework for companies to disclose information related to global warming. It is an attempt to supply “necessary information” that lacks from today’s flood of information.

(to be continued)

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