A NAGASAKI Planetary Health Expert Meeting “From COP27 and COP15 to the G7 Hiroshima Summit: New Partnerships for Solving Climate, Environment, Biodiversity and Health Issues” was held on Friday, May 12, 2023, jointly hosted by Health and Global Policy Institute and Nagasaki University. The content of this meeting will be archived and distributed at a later date.

The purpose of this meeting was to promote awareness and understanding of the linkage between the global environment, including climate change and human health, by having domestic and international experts share their discussions at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (UNCBD), and to foster an environment for discussion in preparation for the G7 Summit to be held in Hiroshima in 2023, the G7 Nagasaki Ministerial Conference on Health, and other related high-level meetings.

[Event Overview]

• Date & Time: Friday, May 12, 2023; 15:00-18:00 JST
• Format: Hybrid format (Zoom webinar and in-person participation at the venue)
• Venue: Bunkyo Sky Hall, Nagasaki University (1-14 Bunkyo-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture)
• Languages: Japanese and English (with simultaneous interpretation)
• Jointly hosted by: Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI), Nagasaki University
• Supported by: The University of Tokyo, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Nagasaki Prefecture, and Nagasaki City
• Sponsored by: Wellcome Trust, AstraZeneca K.K., Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

 

[Program] (titles omitted; in no particular order)

15:00-15:05 Opening remarks

Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Chairman, HGPI)

15:05-15:25 Keynote lecture 1: Forming new partnerships at every level to overcome climate and health challenges

Alan Dangour (Director of Climate and Health, Wellcome Trust)

15:25-15:30 Video message 1: Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI) Activities

Pam Cheng (Executive Vice President of Global Operations and IT, Chief Sustainability Officer at AstraZeneca)

15:30-16:25 Panel discussion 1: How the international community should address climate change to solve the urgent health challenges of today

Panelists:
Alan Dangour (Director of Climate and Health, Wellcome Trust)
Masahiro Hashizume (Professor of International Health Policy, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
Keisuke Nansai (Director, Global Resource Sustainability Research Section, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Maria Neira (Director, Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organization)
Juliette White CBE (Vice President Global SHE and Sustainability, AstraZeneca)

Moderator:
Joji Sugawara (Vice President, HGPI)

16:30-16:50 Keynote lecture 2: Cross-Disciplinary Efforts to Contribute to Planetary Health

Shigeru Kohno (President, Nagasaki University)

16:50-16:55 Video message 2: Initiatives in the Field of Biodiversity and Environmental Pollution

Kazuhiko Takeuchi (President, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES))

16:55-17:55 Panel discussion 2: Planetary Health: Comprehensive Perspectives on Measures Japanese Society Should Take

Panelists:
Tony Capon (Professor, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University)
Makoto Haraguchi (Fellow, MS&AD InterRisk Research & Consulting, Inc.; TNFD dedicated SVP, MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.)
Fumiko Kasuga (Global Hub Director, Japan Hub, Future Earth)
Hiroya Yamano (Director, Biodiversity Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies)
Moeko Yoshitomi (Deputy Director, Office of Global Health Cooperation, International Affairs Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; Assistant Director, Water Supply Division, Pharmaceutical Safety and Environmental Health Bureau; International Affairs Team, Novel Coronavirus Response Headquarters)

Moderator:
Chiho Watanabe (Dean, Interfaculty Initiative in Planetary Health; Professor, School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University)

17:55-18:00 Closing remarks

Margaret Tongue (Minister-Counsellor for Economic Affairs, the British Embassy in Tokyo)

Kozo Akino (Member of the House of Councillors; State Minister of Finance)