Resource Efficiency and Low-Carbon Society: Identifying Opportunities and Implications

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1 Workshop under G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency [Tentative, As of 4th November 2016] Resource Efficiency and Low-Carbon Society: Identifying Opportunities and Implications December 2016 Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall / U Thant International Conference Hall, Tokyo Co-organised by Ministry of the Environment, Japan UNU-IAS IGES NOTE: Another G7 Alliance workshop will be organized by Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry on December. 1

2 1. Background Nowadays, resource efficiency, the 3Rs, sustainable materials management, and other related themes are intensively discussed in many forums. Particularly, the G7 has been leading the world by launching many initiatives. After the Kobe G7 Environmental Ministers Meeting in 2008 adopted Kobe 3R Action Plan, G7 Elmau Summit in 2015 established G7 Alliance on resource efficiency, which aims at sharing best practices among stakeholders including business sector. This year, G7 Toyama Environmental Ministers Meeting adopted Toyama Framework on Material Cycles, which includes G7 s common vision on resource efficiency and the 3Rs. In addition, based on the Leaders' Declaration at Elmau Summit, in this May, UNEP International Resource Panel (IRP) and OECD released Resource Efficiency: Potential and Economic Implications (summary for policy-makers) and Policy Guidance on Resource Efficiency, respectively. Resource efficiency and the 3Rs are highlighted in some targets in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which was adopted in the UN Assembly last year. Production, consumption, disposal, and life cycle of materials, which are the focus of resource efficiency, have strong relationship with greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. Increasing resource efficiency by promotion of the 3Rs including remanufacturing greatly contributes to the reduction of GHG, in addition to reducing resource consumption. We need to pay attention to the implications of a low-carbon society to resource efficiency initiatives and vice versa. Especially, after the adoption of Paris Agreement at UNFCCC COP 21 in 2015, importance on relating resource efficiency policy and climate policy has been pointed out. For example, IRP points out that combination of implementation of resource efficiency and ambitious global action on climate change is indispensable for meeting climate change targets cost effectively while global resource extraction can be reduced by 28% by With these backgrounds, as the next step towards bridging resource efficiency and low carbonization, we need to identify what a resource circulation system in a low-carbon society to be realized in the long or middle term looks like, and what measures do we need to take towards achieving it. Stakeholders who are tackling this challenge and can contribute to the discussion, including business, researcher, NGO, IGO and government, will join the workshop and consider what actions should be taken. 2. Objective In this workshop, all the stakeholders from G7 member and other countries will discuss from each perspective with the following goals: - To understand more comprehensively the relationship between resource efficiency and climate change 2

3 - To share a vision for resource efficient low carbon society (including middle- or long-term vision (e.g and 2050));- To share best practices of technology, initiative, business, and policy that both improve resource efficiency and reduce GHG; - To identify next steps that the stakeholders should take, including key actions that have the highest potential for resource efficiency and GHG emission reductions. Panel discussion will be emphasized in the workshop, and the discussion will be summarized at its end with expectation that the result will offer suggestions to stakeholders action, relevant G7 meetings, and other opportunities. 3

4 3. Program [Part 1: G7 Alliance Workshop] 12th 13rd morning December Elizabeth Rose Conference Hall Chairpersons: Kazunobu Onogawa, Senior Fellow, IGES Yuichi Moriguchi, Professor, Tokyo University 12th December, Monday Announcement of the opening 1) Opening 10:00-10:10 - Opening Remarks 1:Shigemoto Kajihara, Vice Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment, Japan (5min) - Opening Remarks 2: Hironori Hamanaka, Chair, Board of Directors, IGES (5min) 2) Scene Setting / Towards Integration of Resource Efficiency and Climate Change 10:10-11:30 Backgrounds, needs for integrating resource efficiency and climate policy, the current progress in international discussion, and other topics related to resource efficiency and climate change will be presented. Panelists who are appointed prior to the workshop from researchers, business leaders, and other resource persons recognizing the theme of this workshop will discuss and summarize findings of the workshop based on the above sessions, including key actions that have the highest potential for resource efficiency and GHG emission reductions. - Keynote Speech 1: Paris Agreement and Sound Material-Cycle Society, Itaru Yasui, Chairman, Institute for Promoting Sustainable Societies (20min) 4

5 - Keynote Speech 2: Paris Agreement and COP22, Yasuko Kameyama, Deputy Director, Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research (20min) - Keynote Speech 3: Resource Efficiency: Potential and Economic Implications Janez Potočnik, Co-chair of International Resource Panel tbc (20min) - Keynote Speech 4: Sustainable Materials Management and Climate Change, Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division, OECD (20min) - Coffee Break (20min) - 3) Vision and Scenarios towards Resource Efficient Low-carbon Society 11:50 12:30 Best practices and challenges in governmental plan, research on future vision, middle- or long-term strategy in the business sector for resource efficiency and climate change will be identified. (e.g. plastic strategy, future estimation on resource efficiency, demands on resource efficiency from low-carbon society) - Presentation 1: A Circular Economy Vision Ellen MacArthur Foundation tbc (20min) - Presentation 2: Material Efficiency as a Climate Mitigation Strategy Jullian Allwood, Professor, Cambridge University tbc (20min) - Lunch (1hr) 3) Vision and Scenarios towards Resource Efficient Low-carbon Society (continued) 13:30 5

6 15:10 - Presentation 3: CO2 and Resources World Resources Forum (20min) - Presentation 4: CO2 Emission Reduction through Efficient Use of Resources: Japan s and China s Cases, Seiji Hashimoto, Professor, Ritsumeikan University (20min) - Panel discussion 1: Vision and Scenarios towards Resource Efficient Low-carbon Society moderated by Kazunobu Onogawa (1hr) Ellen MacArthur Foundation tbc Jullian Allwood tbc World Resources Forum Seiji Hashimoto, Professor, Ritsumeikan University Sangwon Suh, Professor, University of California Keisuke Nansai, Head of International Material Cycles Section, NIES - Coffee Break (20min) - 4) Initiatives for Resource Efficiency and GHG Emission Reduction 15:30 18:30 Innovative technology, practices, business, and policies that contribute to resource efficiency and GHG emission reduction will be shared. Best practices and challenges will be identified. (e.g. evaluation of GHG emission reduced by resource efficiency, use of renewable materials, life-cycle approach, long life-time products, remanufacturing, innovative business with ICT, food loss and food waste, and recycling of low-carbon equipment) - Panel Discussion 2: Opportunities and Initiatives in Business moderated by Yuichi Moriguchi 6

7 Netsle tbc Unilever tbc Nissan Bruce Uhlman, Manager, Applied Sustainability, BASF tbc RICOH tbc Kazunori Kitagawa, Chief of Eco Management Center, Japan Productivity Center ALBA tbc Isao Inomata, Chief Consultant, ITI Consulting Office - Panel Discussion 3: Initiatives by Governments 1 moderated by Kazuhiko Takemoto tbc (90min) China tbc Korea tbc India tbc Indonesia tbc Claudia Giacovelli, Associate Program Officer, UNEP-IETC Kitakyushu City tbc Amsterdam tbc South Australia tbc Summary of the first day Reception hosted by Ministry of the Environment, Japan 7

8 13rd December, Tuesday Message from Edgar Hertwich, Director of Center for Industrial Ecology, Yale University (9:20 9:30) tbc 4) Initiatives for Resource Efficiency and GHG Emission Reduction 9:30 11:00 - Panel Discussion 4: Initiatives by Governments 2 moderated by Yuichi Moriguchi (90min) Canada tbc France tbc Germany tbc Italy tbc Japan the United Kingdom tbc the United States tbc EU tbc 5) Discussion and Conclusion (11:00 12:00) 8

9 [Part 2: Public Symposium] 13 th afternoon December 14:00-17:50 U Thant International Conference Hall Chairperson: Shinichi Sakai, Professor, Kyoto University 1) Opening (14:00 14:25) - Opening Remarks 1: Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Environment tbc (5mim) - Opening Remarks 2: Chair, Board of Directors, IGES tbc (5mim) - Report from the G7 Alliance Workshop (15mim) 2) Starting Points for Resource Efficiency and Climate Change (14:25 15:25) Backgrounds, needs for integrating resource efficiency and climate policy, the current progress in international discussion, and other topics related to resource efficiency and climate change will be discussed with the outcome of the workshop. Panel Discussion - Yuichi Moriguchi, Professor, Tokyo University - Kohmei Halada, National Institute for Materials Science - Sangwon Suh, Professor, University of California - World Economic Forum tbc - Break (15min) - 3) Practices for Resource Efficiency and Climate Change (15:40 16:40) Best practices of long-term policy targets, business targets, and scientific contribution to these, dealing with resource efficiency and climate change issues in integrated manner as 9

10 well as best practices of resource efficiency measures and policy tools that reduce GHG emission will be shared with the outcome of the workshop. Panel Discussion - The United States tbc - EU tbc - Renault tbc - DENSO tbc 4) G7 Framework and Resource Efficiency (16:40 17:40) Panelists will discuss how collective initiatives such as G7 meetings, G7 Alliance on Resource Efficiency and Toyama Framework on Material Cycles, and international organizations such as UNEP-IRP and OECD can support governments, business, and other related stakeholders to take actions for resource efficiency and a low-carbon society. Panel Discussion - Ministry of the Environment, Japan tbc - Germany tbc - Italy tbc - Janez Potočnik, Co-chair of International Resource Panel - Shardul Agrawala, Head of the Environment and Economy Integration Division, OECD 5) Conclusion (17:40 17:50) 10