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Comparing Regional Environmental Governance in East Asia and Europe

Interdisciplinary workshop Jan. 24-25, 2013 at RIHN. Comparing Regional Environmental Governance in East Asia and Europe. Welcome to RIHN, Kyoto. A joint initiative of Research Institute for Humanity and Nature GEC-Japan/Asia Platform

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Comparing Regional Environmental Governance in East Asia and Europe

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  1. Interdisciplinary workshop Jan. 24-25, 2013 at RIHN Comparing Regional Environmental Governance in East Asia and Europe Welcome to RIHN, Kyoto A joint initiative of Research Institute for Humanity and Nature GEC-Japan/Asia Platform Dept. Geography & Environ., University of Geneva

  2. RIHN (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature) • National research institute established in 2001within the Ministry of Education, Culture, Science and Technology (MEXT) • Solicit, host, and fund fixed-term (3-5 year) research projects on pressing areas of human-environmental interaction • Conducts integrated research that is empirically rigorous and conceptually bold, and that can offersolutions to environmental problems

  3. (Ongoing 14 projects,1003 members) MOU 22 countries 48 Univ./Institutions Source: RIHN Prospectus 2011

  4. Completed(19) and Ongoing (12) Research Projects of RIHN (as of Apr. 2012) Interdisciplinary ⇒Interdisciplinary + Transdisciplinarity (2001-2010) (2011～　) Formation of Local Environmental Knowledge Systems for Creation and Sustainable Governance of New Commons • Designing Local Frameworks for Integrated Water Resources Management • 2nd Phase of RIHN projects (2011-) • Transdisciplinarity • Science in/for Society • (Co-designing & co-producing)

  5. RIHN 10th Anniversary (Apr.2011) International symposium on Sustainability (Asia vision) Sep. 14-16, 2011, (SCJ, RIHN, Nagoya, Tohoku, & Hokkaido Univ.) RIHN 10th Anniversary Symposium (Apr. 20,2011) Visioning: the Five Grand Challenges, ESSI (Earth System Sustainability Initiatives ) WCRP IGBP DIVERSITAS IHDP

  6. GEC-Japan Platform • GEC-Japan is a networking platform to facilitate and promote institutional and research collaboration among Japan representatives of the Global Environmental Change programs of IHDP, DIVERSITAS, IGBP and WCRP http://www.chikyu.ac.jp/gec-jp/

  7. From RIHN 10th Anniversary to Future Asia RIHN 10thAnniversary Symposium （April 2011） 　　　　　　　↓ SCJ Int. Symposium on Sustainability（September 2011） 　　　　　　　↓ Belmont Forum (January 2012） 　　　　　　　↓ Planet Under Pressure (March 2012) 　　　　　　　↓ Rio+20(June 2012） ↓ ICSURMAsia-Pacific (November2012） ↓ GEC-Asia symposium “Future Asia” (December 2012） RIHN 10th Anniversary (April 20, 2011) GEC-Japan Platform International Symposium on Sustainability (JSC) September 14-16, 2011 Rio+20 Science Forum

  8. From ICSURegional meeting Asia Pacific (Nov. 21-23, KL） Research priorities and opportunities within Future Earth in unique Asia and the Pacific RikLeeman Diversity and dynamic change (Asia – Pacific) Similaritiesand differences within Asia-Pacific ⇒ Sharing knowledge within the region and linking to other regions/global How to make balances between *negative (disaster/risk) and positive (service/benefit) *traditional knowledge and new scientific knowledge * current generation and future generation * developed countries and developing countries ⇒　We need a common platform to share the knowledge in Asia-Pacific region

  9. Future Earth and GEC-Japan/Asia Platform

  10. International-regional-national interface International Environmental Governance Future Earth Future Earth ICSU/ISSC etc Rockström et al. (2009) Regional Environmental Governance Future Asia Future Europe Future ,,,, GEC-Asia Platform Future-Asia GEC-Japan GEC-Japan WCRP National/local Environmental Governance IGBP IHDP DIVERSITY

  11. Interdisciplinary workshop Jan. 24-25, 2013 at RIHN Comparing Regional Environmental Governance in East Asia and Europe

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