Event background
APN, in collaboration with Hyogo Prefecture and the Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), held the “SDGs International Forum for Biodiversity” as follows.
- In December 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Biodiversity Framework, new global goals on biodiversity, was adopted.
- Through the sharing of the latest domestic and international trends toward the realisation of Nature Positive and the exchange of advanced initiatives and knowledge on biodiversity as a local issue, this Forum aims to seek ways to implement SDGs at the local level (local SDGs) with residents and business operators in Hyogo Prefecture.
Event information
- Date and time: Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 13:00-15:30 (JST)
- Venue: Lasse Hall 2nd floor, Blanche Rose Room (4-10-8 Nakayamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe City)
- Forum method: Hybrid (on-site/online), Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation provided
- Capacity: 60 people at the venue, 300 people online (first-come-first-served basis)
Programme
| (Part One) | |
| Keynote speech | Pathways to Achieving Nature Positive by 2030 TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko, President of IGES |
| Tripartite discussion | Biodiversity Promoted through Local Initiatives and SDGs SAITO Motohiko, Governor of Hyogo Prefecture WATANABE Ryugo, Mayor of Sado City TAKEUCHI Kazuhiko, President of IGES |
| (Part Two) | |
| Lecture | Not in isolation: Achieving biodiversity conservation is a lever to achieving other SDGs SUBRAMANIAN, Suneetha M., Research Fellow, United Nations University – Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability |
