CIGS Workshop "Innovation in Energy and Measures against Climate Change"

Purpose

"Innovation" is getting increasing attention after the Paris Agreement. With growing uncertainty of the world economy and expectation to solve the world challenges, "innovation" is playing ever-greater role. We now see "innovation" almost everywhere, including energy, climate change measures, artificial intelligence, digital technology, and space development. Can "Innovation in Energy" provide answers to climate change? To answer this, we invite Prof. Daniel Kammen of UC Barkley, renowned for his work in technologies used in renewable energy and climate change. Joined by the two experts from Japan, we discuss the role and prospects of innovation in energy to fight against climate change.

Introduction

• Hisashi Yoshikawa
  Research Director, The Canon Institute of Global Studies
  PresentationPDF：170KB
  
  

Presentations

• Daniel Kammen
  Professor of Energy
  Energy and Resources Group & Goldman School of Public Policy
  Department of Nuclear Engineering University of California, US
  "The Science and Policy of Carbon Free Energy"
  PresentationPDF：12394KB
  
  
• Nobuo Tanaka
  President, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
  Former Executive Director of the International Energy Agency
  "Stormy Energy Future (WEO2016)
  Innovation for De-carbonization Role of the Sustainable Nuclear Power"
  PresentationPDF：6600KB
  
  
• Taishi Sugiyama
  Senior Researcher,
  The Socio-economic Research Center,
  Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI)
  "Innovation and Climate Change"
  PresentationPDF：906KB
  
  

Discussion

• 【Moderator】
  Hisashi Yoshikawa
  
  【Discussants】
  Nobuo Tanaka
  Taishi Sugiyama
  Daniel Kammen
  Fengjun Duan, Senior Research Fellow, The Canon Institute of Global Studies
  
  
  (Mr. Fengiun, the left picture)