The Grand Meeting (MRM2023/IUMRS-ICA2023) Open Seminar
Joint Event: The 4th Tipping Point Continuous Web Seminar
Topics
Challenge of Social Transitions to Global Sustainable Society
Aims: Mitigating climate change and transitioning to a decarbonized sustainable society requires not only technological social transformation through natural science, but also global and interdisciplinary collaboration. Positive social transformation requires the help of the social sciences as they relate to people's behavior, social structures, and policy formation and implementation. This seminar will introduce the need for social and cultural transformation and specific examples, outline the current state of material flow and technology research aimed at decarbonization, and discuss Social Tipping Dynamics from both the social and natural sciences.
Organizers
Organizer: The Materials Research Society of Japan
Co-organizer: NPO ZERI Japan
Supporters: Japan Management Association Consulting (JMAC), Future Earth Global Secretariat Hub Japan, Green Purchasing Network (GPN)
About
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 14:00-17:00
Venue: Kyoto International Conference Center / online
Registration: Free
Language: Japanese or English (no simultaneous interpretation)
Program
| 14:00–14:10 | Opening Remarks (in Japanese) Mitsuo Takeuchi, Secretary General, ZERI Japan Introduction (in Japanese): Atsushi Suzuki, Secretary General, the Grand Meeting (MRS-J) |
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Part 1: Lectures 14:10-16:20 |
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| 14:10–14:35 | Keynote Lecture (English) “Social Tipping Dynamics and Carbon Inequalities” Ilona M. Otto, Professor, Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change at the University of Graz |
| 14:35–15:00 | Lecture (Japanese) “Systemic issues on the bumpy road to a sustainable society” Hein Mallee, Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University / Professor Emeritus, RIHN |
| 15:00–15:25 | Lecture (Japanese) “International System and Social Transformation for a Sustainable and Peaceful Society” Kazuko Hikawa, Professor, Osaka Jogakuin University |
| 15:25–15:50 | Lecture (in Japanese) “Establishing material budgets for the transition to a decarbonized society” Keisuke Nansai, Head, Material Cycle Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan |
| 15:50–16:15 | Lecture (in Japanese) “Can Technology Solve Global Warming? (in Japanese)” Hiroshi Mizutani, Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Sociogeochemistry |
Part 2: Panel Discussion |
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| 16:25―16:55 | Moderator: Fumiko Kasuga, Professor, Graduate School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University ／ Director, Future Earth Global Secretariat Hub Japan) ＜Panelists＞ SpeakersDiscussion Points: Addressing climate change requires both natural and social science perspectives. We will discuss how to integrate both scientific and technological innovation from the natural sciences and social change to create social tipping dynamics that promote the building of a sustainable society. |
| 16:55―17:00 | Closing Remarks (Japanese) Fumiko Kasuga |