Japan-CARICOM public symposium on climate change and biodiversity
Purpose: To provide information to Japanese audience, including academic circles, and to increase awareness on issues related to climate change and biodiversity in the Caribbean region as well as to Japan-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) cooperation.
Session 1: Introduction of the Caribbean Region and CARICOM
– “Caribbean Region in General: Caribbean Culture and Society, and its Diversity” (Tentative)
Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Trade, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
– “Economy, Trade and Investment in the CARICOM Region” (Tentative)
Maxine McClean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados
Question and Answer Session with the Speakers
Session 2: Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Caribbean Region
– “Climate Change and Disaster Management in the CARICOM Region” (Tentative)
Charles Peter David, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Grenada
– “Biodiversity and Marine Governance in the CARICOM Region” (Tentative)
Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Guyana
Question and Answer Session with the Speakers
15:50 – 17:00 Panel: “CARICOM-Japan: For Further Cooperation for Environmental Conservation and Sustainable Development”
Moderator:
Nobuo Mimura, Director, Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science, Ibaraki University (Japan)
Panelists:
“Disaster Risk in the Caribbean and JICA’s Cooperation for Disaster Reduction” - Hidetomi Oi, Former-Senior Advisor, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
“Impacts and Measures Against Climate Change in Small Islands”- Nobuo Mimura, Director, Institute for Global Change Adaptation Science, Ibaraki University
“Conservation of the Biological Diversity in the Caribbean” - Yoshio Kaneko, Professor, Iwate Prefectural University (Japan)
“Biodiversity Hotspots – Caribbean: Possibilities for Sustainable Development” - Tetsuji Ida, Senior Staff Writer, Environment, Energy and Development, Kyodo News
Comments by Charles Peter David, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism of Grenada and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guyana