Transitions to Sustainable Futures: Online Environmental Forum Organized by Hitachi R＆D Group

This is a video of the online forum held on 22nd June, 2021 (Japan Standard Time).
The current global crises – climate change, biodiversity loss, and the pandemic – are posing a fundamental challenge for humanity. We need to shift away from our nature-declining “business as usual” and reorient ourselves towards building sustainable socio-technical systems. Drawing on the concept of sustainability transitions, this forum invited experts in policies, design, and engineering to discuss the meaning of climate challenges for Japan and innovative approaches into the anticipated systemic transformations.

Speakers
Moderator: Koji Sasaki, Chief Researcher, Environment Project, Global Center for Social Innovation, Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd
Introduction to the Transitions Research Project: Yosuke Ushigome, Creative Technologist / Director, Takram London
Discussants:
-Yukari Takamura, Professor, Institute for Future Initiative, the University of Tokyo
-Terry Irwin, Director, Transition Design Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
-Tomoko Suzuki, Corporate Chief Researcher, Environment Project, Global Center for Social Innovation, Research and Development Group, Hitachi, Ltd

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