International workshop “Sustainable Consumption and Production in Asia”

International online workshop “Sustainable Consumption and Production in Asia” will be held on January 19, 2021 as a part of the 6th International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia/6th NIES International Forum. Anyone can participate in this workshop. We are looking forward to your participation.

• Date: January 19, 2021, 13:30-16:30
• Venue: Online (using Zoom Webinar)
• Organizer: National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES, Japan)
• Co-organizers: Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo (IFI, UTokyo, Japan)
  Regional Resource Centre for Asia and the Pacific, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT RRC.AP, Thailand)
• Language: English
• Fee: Free
• Registration: Please register by January 18, 2021.
  

• Session Overview:
  Ensuring Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP) patterns in emerging economies is an important task for the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 12 by 2030. However, progress on the Goal 12 in Asia has lagged behind progress on all of the other SDGs in the region according to the United Nations ESCAP (2019). This session covers a wide range of topics in SCP from its concept and future vision to reality and field survey as well as from pollution control to improvement of resource and energy efficiency. Invited speakers will share their up-to-date research results and insights that could advance the progress of SCP in Asia. One of difficulties in SCP policy is that it refers to a variety of policy approaches and the scope of SCP policy in the world is expanding. Backcasting approach is an effective approach to understand what kind of SCP patterns could be formulated in Asia in the future. Drastic increase in energy consumption for cooling in tropic and humid climate in Asia in this century is a priority issue. Pollution control beyond the borders is necessary and uncovering missing flow of mercury is a challenge. These are the examples of the topics in this session.
  
  Please see the program below.
  

• Program: The time is based on Japan Time(JST).

  13:30-13:40	Opening	Dr. WATANABE Chiho President, NIES
  13:40-14:00-	Topic 1 A Collaborative Approach for Regional SCP in Asia: co-design, regional characteristics, and COVID-19	Dr. TASAKI Tomohiro Head, Sustainable Material Cycle Systems Section, CMW, NIES
  14:00-14:20-	Topic 2 Scenario Design Approach to Envisioning Sustainable Consumption and Production in Asian Context	Dr. KISHITA Yusuke Lecturer, Department of Precision Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
  14:20-14:40-	Topic 3 Environmental Impacts of an Increase in Cooling Demands in Thailand: Evidences and Mitigation Measures	Dr. MANOMAIVIBOOL Panate Head of Research Center on Circular Economy for Waste-free Thailand (CEWT), School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University
  14:40-15:00	Q&A
  15:00-15:10	Break
  15:10-15:30-	Topic 4 Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining (ASGM) and Mercury Trade Flow	Dr. CHENG Yingchao Research Associate, International Material Cycles Section, CMW, NIES
  15:30-15:50-	Topic 5 SDGs: Circular Economy to Manage Plastic Pollution	Dr. MEMON Mushtaq Regional Coordinator for Resource Efficiency, Asia and the Pacific Office, UN Environment Programme, Thailand
  15:50-16:10-	Topic 6 Analysis of Socio-economic Effects Induced by Local Resources Utilization: A Case of Utilization of Sugarcane Residue in Tanegashima, Japan	Dr. OSHITA Yuko Project Researcher, Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo
  16:10-16:30	Q&A

  Details: https://www.nies.go.jp/i-forum/#tab1

• Session coordinators:
  Center for Material Cycles and Waste Management Research (CMW), NIES
  Dr. Tomohiro Tasaki
  Dr. Keisuke Nansai
  

• Related event:
  6th International Forum on Sustainable Future in Asia/6th NIES International Forum
  https://www.nies.go.jp/i-forum/
  

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