Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan

OTHERS & EVENTS

  • TOP
  • OTHERS & EVENTS
Symposium: “Create the Future Through the Power of the Ocean: The Frontiers of Blue Carbon”
COP30 Brazil “Promoting Climate Change Mitigation Measures in Agriculture / Forestry Sectors & Blue Carbon”
IPBC Dialogue 2024 Japanese Government Event - Blue Carbon Actions in Japan -
Case Study on Blue Carbon Initiatives in Japan
COP28 UAE "Sustainably developing global
blue carbon through international cooperation"

Symposium: “Create the Future Through the Power of the Ocean: The Frontiers of Blue Carbon”

Date and time : January 22, 2026, 14:00-17:00Venue : Tokyo, Japan（T-LITE Tokyo Toranomon）

01

Event Overview

02

Keynote Speech

Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Ocean Vision and Action Division (Watanabe, Director)

03

Introduction of blue carbon activities “Promoting blue carbon with multifaceted value”

Research & Development, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corporation（Kosugi, Manager）
Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd., Sustainability Promotion Office (Okada, ESG Specialist)
Miyagi Prefecture, Fisheries and Forestry Department, Fisheries Infrastructure Development Division (Nawata, Chief Specialist)
MLIT's Initiative for Promoting Blue Carbon Policy（Hanada, Director）
Water and Air Environment Bureau, Environmental Creation Office, the Ministry of the Environment Japan (Morikawa, Director)

04

Introduction of blue carbon activities “Promoting Blue Carbon for Climate Change Mitigation”

Japan Blue Economy Association / National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology, Port and Airport Research Institute, Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Research Group (Kuwae, Chairman/ Research Group Head)
ENEOS Corporation, Carbon Neutral Strategy Department (Nemoto, General Manager)
Riken Food Co., Ltd., Raw Materials Business Division (Sato, Director / General Manager)
Decarbonized Society Promotion Office, the Ministry of the Environment Japan (Kobayakawa, Duputy Director)

Notice: Materials are only available in Japanese. Some of the materials are copyrighted by third parties.

COP30 Brazil “Promoting Climate Change Mitigation Measures in Agriculture / Forestry Sectors & Blue Carbon”

Date and time : November 17, 2025, 13:45-15:45Venue : COP30 Japan Pavilion (Hangar Convention and Fair Centre of the Amazon, Belém, Brazil)

01

Event Overview

02

Agriculture and Forestry Panel Discussion

International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)（Sheamala K Satkuru, Executive Director)
sustainacraft, inc. (Hamaguchi, VP of Business Development)
Conservation International Brazil (CI-Brazil)（Bruno Coutinho, Science Director）
FRUTA FRUTA, Inc（Nagasawa, President CEO）
Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd.（Hiroshige, Director, Global Environment & Agricultural Development Department/Planning Division）
Forest Agency（Kawashima, Senior Policy Analyst for International Affairs）

03

Blue Carbon Sector Panel Discussion

ITTO（Sheamala K Satkuru, Executive Director）
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.（Nakagawa, Deputy Manager, International Environment Dept., /Private Sector Consulting Office）
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (Japan)（Yamada, Special Assistant to the Director of the Division, Environmental Policy Office, Ports and Harbours Bureau）
Ministry of the Environment, JAPAN（Nagamori, Senior Policy Coordinator, Decarbonized Society Promotion Office, Global Environmental Bureau）

Notice: Some of the slides are copyrighted by third parties.

IPBC Dialogue 2024 Japanese Government Event
- Blue Carbon Actions in Japan -

Date and time : October 2, 2024, 18:00-19:30Venue : Cairns, Australia (Pullman Cairns International)

01

Event Overview

02

Introduction of blue carbon activities

Overview of Bluecarbon Actions in Japan（Okano,Director）
Blue carbon inclusion into the National GHG inventory in Japan（Sato,PhD）
MLIT's Initiative for Promoting Blue Carbon Policy（Nakajima,Director）
Blue Carbon in Yokohama（Yokohama City）
Japanese Archipelago Blue Carbon Project（Nippon Television Network）
Fujitsu's initiatives on ocean digital twin（Fujitsu Limited）
Sea Vegetable Company (Hamada, Partner chef)

Note: Some of the slides are copyrighted by third parties.

Case Study on Blue Carbon Initiatives in Japan

Conserving and Restoring Coastal Ecosystems as a Solution to Climate Change

The documents outlined blue carbon initiatives being undertaken by fisheries cooperatives, local governments, private businesses and other organizations across Japan.

我が国のブルーカーボン取組事例集
EN1/2
EN2/2

Note: Some of the slides in this case study collection are copyrighted by third parties.

COP28 UAE "Sustainably developing global
blue carbon through international cooperation"

Date and time : December 11, 2023, 13:00Venue : COP28 Japan Pavilion (Expo City Dubai)

01

Event Overview

02

Opening remarks from Minister of the Environment Ito

03

Presentation of blue carbon activities

①Blue Carbon Creation by Nippon Steel Corp.（Chika Kosugi,Manager）
②DCCEEW（Chenae Neilson, Director）

04

Panel Discusion

①Decarbonized Society Promotion Office, the Ministry of the Environment Japan（Ito,Director）
②Environmental Policy Office, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan（Aoyama,Director）
③Climate Change Policy Headquarters, city of Yokohama（Takahashi,Director）
④Research & Development, Advanced Technology Research Laboratories, Nippon Steel Corporation（Kosugi,Manager）*same as above
⑤DCCEEW（Chenae Neilson, Director）*same as above
⑥IUCN（Joao Sousa, Director）

Note: Some of the slides are copyrighted by third parties.