Engineering Education for Sustainable Development by Cheryl Desha,Education Director, The Natural Edge Project and Karlson Charlie Hargroves,Director, The Natural Edge Project
Commentaries by Ms. Anita Pratap,Journalist, Prof. Govindan Parayil,Vice-Rector, UNU and Director, UNU-IAS, Dr. Suneetha Subramanian,Research Fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 58 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 58 minutes]
Human Health Risk in Megacities due to Air Pollution: A Comparative Study by Prof. Bhola R. Gurjar,Associate Professor, Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Opening Remarks by Dr. Jose Puppim de Oliveira,Assistant Director, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 2 minutes]
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Context of COP 10 Nagoya by Dr. Jihyun Lee,Environmental Affairs Officer, Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity [Archived Video- 47 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 47 minutes]
Comments by Dr. Marjo Vierros,Adjunct Senior Fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 11 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 11 minutes]
Urban Patterns and Spatial Memory: Digital Methods for the Unplannable City by Mr. Ulysses Sengupta,Director (Softgrid Ltd), Lecturer (University of East London), Design Unit Leader (University of Nottingham) [Archived Video- 39 minutes]; [Archived Video Q&A- 9 minutes] [Archived Audio- 39 minutes];[Archived Audio Q&A- 9 minutes]
Continuous Urban: Perspectives and Tools for an Urban Planet by Dr. Christopher Doll,JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow, UNU-IAS/University of Tokyo [Archived Video- 15 minutes]; [Archived Video Q&A- 5 minutes] [Archived Audio- 15 minutes];[Archived Audio Q&A- 5 minutes]
Urban Metabolism and the Environmental Impact of Cities by Dr. Alexandros Gasparatos,JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow, UNU-IAS/University of Tokyo [Archived Video- 14 minutes]; [Archived Video Q&A- 7 minutes] [Archived Audio- 14 minutes];[Archived Audio Q&A- 7 minutes]
Introductory Remarks about the aims of the Session by Anne McDonald, Director, UNU-IAS Operating Unit Ishikawa/Kanazawa [Archived Audio- 7 minutes]
Satoumi Research - Background, Current Status, and Future Potentials by Osamu Matsuda, Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University, NOWPAP WG3 [Archived Audio- 29 minutes]
Satoumi Revitalisation Project in Japan: A New Model for Biodiversity Conservation? by Takuya Yamada, Office of Environmental Management of Enclosed Coastal Seas, Ministry of Environment [Archived Audio- 25 minutes]
Marine Biodiversity Conservation Policy in Japan by Marisa Aramaki, Ministry of Environment [Archived Audio- 31 minutes]
Satoumi Revitalisation Project in Nanao Bay by Koji Nakamura, Professor, Kanazawa University [Archived Audio- 28 minutes]
Research activities in the Hokuriku Region - coastal communities and marine resource use and management: challenges and potentials
by Yoh Yamashita, Professor, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University [Archived Audio- 22 minutes]
by Yuichi Yoshimura, Researcher, Fukui Prefectural Fisheries Research Center [Archived Audio- 21 minutes]
by Genki Terauchi, Researcher, Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center [Archived Audio- 28 minutes]
by Yurie Koshiba, Assistant Lecturer/Researcher, Kanazawa University [Archived Audio- 18 minutes]
by Masataka Tanaka, Researcher, Ishikawa Prefectural Fisheries Research Center [Archived Audio- 20 minutes]
by Ryo Tsujimoto, Senior Researcher, Northwest Pacific Region Environmental Cooperation Center [Archived Audio- 24 minutes]
Biodiversity Indicator Selection and Marine Resource Management in Japan by Satoshi Katayama, Fisheries Research Agency, National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, MAFF International Research Activities [Archived Audio- 19 minutes]
Linking Regional Research Activities to COP 10 Nagoya by Marjo Vierros, Adjunct Senior Fellow, former Programme Officer on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity [Archived Audio- 33 minutes]
Post COP 10: Research Challenges and Potential in Asia by Jihyun Lee, Environmental Affairs Officer, Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity [Archived Audio- 31 minutes]
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine and Coastal Biodiversity in the Context of COP 10 Nagoya by Jihyun Lee, Environmental Affairs Officer, Secretariat of Convention on Biological Diversity [Archived Video- 29 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 29 minutes]
Linking Local and Regional Initiatives to Global Discourse on Marine Biodiversity by Marjo Vierros, Adjunct Senior Fellow, former Programme Officer on Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity at the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity [Archived Video- 27 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 27 minutes]
COP 10 Nagoya: Expectations from and for Japan by Ryo Kohsaka, Professor, Nagoya City University, COP 10 Nagoya Organising Committee Member, Visiting Research Fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 25 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 25 minutes]
Past, Present, and Future - 50 Years of Research in Hegura and Nanatsu Islands, Ishikawa by Norio Fuji, Professor Emeritus, Kanazawa University and Kanazawa Gakuin University, Head of Hegura and Nanatsu Islands Natural Science Research Project [Archived Video- 29 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 29 minutes]
Panel Discussion: Sustainable Use and Management of Marine Resources: Perspectives from Policy-makers, Researchers, and Coastal Community Representatives [Archived Video- 92 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 92 minutes]
Modern Biotechnology and the New Ethical Challenges by Prof. Herbert Gottweis,Professor, University of Vienna and Visiting Professor, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 47 minutes]; [Archived Video Q&A- 39 minutes] [Archived Audio- 47 minutes];[Archived Audio Q&A- 39 minutes]
Opening Remarks by Govindan Parayil, Director, UNU-IAS and Vice-Rector, UNU [Archived Video- 5 minutes]
Opening Remarks by Makoto Sekiyama, Director, Office of International Policy, City of Yokohama [Archived Video- 3 minutes]
Opening Remarks by Noriko Suzuki, Deputy Director, International Affairs Division, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [Archived Video- 4 minutes]
Policy and Technology Interaction: A Comparative Study on Chinese and Indian Wind Power Development Aki Suwa, UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 28 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 28 minutes]
The Role of Urban Regeneration in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: Lessons from Yokohama Minato Mirai 21 and Kanazawa City Osman Balaban, UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 29 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 29 minutes]
Urban Challenges: Planning, Design, and the Role of Research Deljana Iossifova, UNU-IAS Doctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 26 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 26 minutes]
Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Prof. Govindan Parayil, Director, UNU-IAS and Vice-Rector, UNU [Archived Video- 12 minutes]
Climate Change and Global Challenges for Science, Technology, and Innovation by Prof. Govindan Parayil, Director, UNU-IAS and Vice-Rector, UNU [Archived Video- 33 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 33 minutes]
Socio-Ethics and Global Norms for Clean Energy, Green Governance, and Bio-Regionalism: The Transnational and Local Dynamics of Technological Innovation for Clean Energy by On-Kwok Lai, Professor, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, Japan [Archived Video- 28 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 28 minutes]
Social and Environmental Technological Upgrading Among Small Enterprises and Clusters: New Challenges to Tackle Global Environmental Problems by Jose Puppim de Oliveira, Assistant Director and Senior Research Fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 26 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 26 minutes]
Efforts and Barriers in Developing Clean and Sustainable Technologies in China by Wanxin Li, Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing and City University of Hong Kong [Archived Video- 24 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 24 minutes]
Policy and Technology Interaction: A Comparative Study on Chinese and Indian Wind Power Development by Aki Suwa, Postdoctoral Fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 30 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 30 minutes]
Reversing Carbon Intensity in India: Microstructures, Carbon Markets, and Financing Innovations in Low Carbon Technologies by A. Damodaran, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore [Archived Video- 43 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 43 minutes]
The Development, Diffusion, and Stakeholder Interactions of Biofuels in Indonesia by Joni Jupesta, Department of Management Science and Technology, Tohoku University, Japan [Archived Video- 31 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 31 minutes]
Challenges and Opportunities for Developing and Embedding Green Technology: The Case of Clean Coal Technologies In China by Tommy Shih, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo and Lund University, Sweden [Archived Video- 29 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 29 minutes]
Panel Discussion: Challenges and Opportunities for Forging Global and Regional Pathways for Mainstreaming Green Development [Archived Video- 99 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 99 minutes]
Closing Remarks by Prof. Govindan Parayil, Director, UNU-IAS
Climate Change, Competitiveness, and International Trade by Doaa Abdel Motaal, Advisor to the Head of the World Trade Organization [Archived Video- 53 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 53 minutes]
The Economics of Conserving Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services by K.N. Ninan, Professor, Ecological Economics at the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore, India and Visiting JSPS Professor, University of Tokyo [Archived Video- 57 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 57 minutes]
Bioethics to Transform Policy Making by Dr. Darryl Macer, Regional Advisor on Social and Human Sciences in Asia and the Pacific, in RUSHSAP, UNESCO Bangkok, Thailand and a Visiting Senior Research fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 23 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 23 minutes]
Coming to the Table - Engaging Scientists, Industry, Policy Agencies and the Public in Dialogue about Future Food Technologies by Dr. Karen Cronin, Co-founder and former Inaugural Convenor of the Asia Pacific STS Network [Archived Video- 49 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 49 minutes]
Traditional Medicine: Some Ethical Considerations by Dr. Mihaela Serbulea, Independent Consultant [Archived Video- 23 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 23 minutes]
Knowledge-rich and Practice-poor? by Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana, PhD Fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 22 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 22 minutes]
Bioethics: Applying Traditional Knowledge to Contemporary Policy Challenges by Dr. Darryl Macer, Visiting Senior Research Fellow, UNU-IAS [Archived Video- 20 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 20 minutes]
Promoting Traditional Forest-related Knowledge and Conservation Practices in Southwest China by Hongyan Gu, JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 19 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 19 minutes]
Global Adoption of Plant Biotechnology in Developing Countries: Sub-Sahara Africa by Ademola Adenle, JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 21 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 21 minutes]
Technology Independence and Sustainability with Free and Open Source Software: What is there for Developing Countries by Sulayman K. Sowe, JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 23 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 23 minutes]
Integrated Assessment Model as a Tool to Bridge Science & Technology and Policy: Case Study of the Energy Sector by Joni Jupesta, UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 27 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 27 minutes]
Ecological Baselines: How has Ishikawa’s Ocean Coastline Changed over Time by Julius Ibukun Agboola, UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellow (UNU-OUIK) [Archived Video- 15 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 15 minutes]
Role of Cultural Knowledge in Sustainable Development – A Case Study of Health Sector by Unnikrishnan Payyappallimana, UNU-IAS Ph.D. Fellow [Archived Video- 21 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 21 minutes]
The Road to Low Carbon Sustainability: Change We Need by Ping Jiang, JSPS-UNU Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 19 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 19 minutes]
The Impact of Integrated Multimodal Bus Rapid Transit System and Travel Demand Management on Reducing Carbon Emissions by Puspita Dirgahayani, UNU-IAS Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 15 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 15 minutes]
Environmental Management in Clusters of Small Sized Enterprises: Brazilian and Japanese Case Studies by Charbel Jose Chiappetta Jabbour, Postdoctoral Fellow [Archived Video- 14 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 14 minutes]
18 November 2010 UNU-IAS Seminar Series: Ensuring Policy Robustness: Sustainable Development during Rapid Environmental and Cultural Changes
Ensuring Policy Robustness: Sustainable Development during Rapid Environmental and Cultural Changes by Dipak Gyawali UNESCO/UNU-IAS Visiting Professor on Water and Cultural Diversity,Pragya (Academician) of the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), and Research Director, Nepal Water Conservation Foundation
Sustainability, Climate Change and Future Climate Policies by Nico Stehr, Karl Mannheim Professor of Cultural Studies at the Zeppelin University, Germany [Archived Video- 39 minutes]; [Archived Audio- 39 minutes]
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