Net-zero and just transition in Asia
A 30th Anniversary Commemorative Symposium of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies (SEEPS)
●Date: Friday, 6 March, 2026, 13.30-17.30 JST (GMT+9)
●Time: 13:30–17:30 (JST)
●Location: IGES Headquarters, Hayama, Kanagawa, 240-0115, Japan
●Hosts:
Team STRA (Sustainability Transition Research Asia)
IGES (Institute for Global Environmental Strategies)
SEEPS (Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies)
Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University)
●Language: Japanese (Session I); English (Session II), without language translation
●Capacity: Online: 100
●Registration: Registration required (free of charge)
●Deadline: Wednesday, 4 March (noon)
Registration for online participation:
https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/8SFO81SbQ2CdQHWNOoqwCA
●Purpose:
This symposium discusses international unjust transitions in the transition to net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Deepening the transitions has gone beyond domestic impacts to affect international justice through international supply chains, GHG emissions in other countries, and national energy security. Against this drop, this symposium focuses on international justice in net-zero transitions.
This symposium consists of two sessions. The first session addresses the just implications of net-zero transmission in China, which has rapidly deployed renewable energy and battery electric vehicles <in Japanese>. The second session discusses how to address international unjust transitions, from the perspectives of international supply chain, climate security, and transformative finance.
This symposium is held as part of the 30th anniversary of the Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies.
It is open to anyone with an interest in sustainability transitions research — including researchers, business professionals, and government officials with some background knowledge, as well as young scholars and students. Participation is free of charge.
●Program:
13:30–13:40 Opening Session
Osamu Mizuno (IGES): Welcoming Remarks
Akihisa Mori: (Kyoto University): Purpose
13:40–15:10: Session I: Net-zero transition in electricity and mobility in China <Japanese>
Modulator: Kentaro Tamura (IGES)
1.Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University)
Deep net-zero transitions: Multisystem transitions, transformative finance, and international carbon leakage
2.Nobuhiro Horii (Kyushu University)
Is a just net-zero transition possible in China?
3.Kiyoshi Fujikawa (Aichi Gakuin University) & Hikari Ban (Kobe Gakuin University)
Carbon leakage in China due to changes in the power generation energy mix
4.Jiayang Wang & Takatoshi Watanabe (Aichi Gakuin University)
How will China’s electricity and mobility transitions change the international value chain and CO2 emissions in Asia?
5.Q&A session
15:10-15:30 Break
15:30–17:20 Session II: Net-zero and just transition in Asia under Trump II <in English>
Modulator: Nobuhiro Horii (Kyushu University)
1.Nuki Agya Utama (Director of Energy Policy, ERIA / Director, Asia Zero Emission Center)
Perspectives on net-zero and just transition in Asia
2.Alexander Ryota Keeley (Kyushu University)
Implications on international supply chains
3.Nandakumar Janardhanan (IGES)
Energy transition and climate security in the Asia Pacific
4.Akihisa Mori (Kyoto University)
Sustainable business model innovations for transformative finance
5.Q&A session
17:20-17:30 Closing remark
The program is subject to change.
●Contact:
Akihisa Mori,
Email: mori.akihisa.2a★kyoto-u.ac.jp
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