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This summit is organized by Earth Day Tokyo, which has been promoting awareness of environmental and social issues under the concept of "acting with the Earth in mind," and is aimed at networking environmental activist groups in Japan and abroad. The purpose is to support the activities of individuals and groups working on environmental and social issues in Japan by creating an opportunity for environmental groups, primarily NPOs and NGOs in Japan, to easily learn about and connect with the content and success stories of various social actions being carried out globally.

＜Mission＞

We aim to create an environment where environmental organizations such as NPOs and NGOs and individuals from all over Japan can connect with the world through evidence and online, maintain global connections even in the COVID-19 era, and regularly obtain high-quality learning and networking. By doing so, we aim to connect and deepen understanding between organizations both in Japan and overseas, and to plan projects that transcend organizational boundaries and implement them in society.

<Outline of Earth Day Global Summit 2025>

The theme of the Earth Day Global Summit, now in its third year, is "think globaly act localy." More than 4,000 people from over 100 countries participated in the 2021 Dubai Expo with the cooperation of the Swedish Pavilion and the United Nations, and the representative of Sweden's Hack for Earth Foundation, which is the organizer of the global hackathon "Hack for Earth," which was co-hosted with Ericsson at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference "COP28," will visit Japan and hold a session on the efforts at the Osaka Expo and collaboration with Japan. In addition, a session titled "Unraveling the Future from Young People Active Around the World" will introduce the efforts of various countries to reflect the will of the younger generation in global decision-making. For the keynote speech, Japanese ecologist Koichi Goka, head of the Ecological Risk Assessment and Countermeasures Laboratory at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, will be invited to unravel hints for acting locally from the impact of invasive species on ecosystems.

<Program (time schedule)>

⚪︎18:00- Opening: Message from Earth Day Global

⚪︎18:15- Session 1: Project to discover sustainable solutions realized through DX

⚪︎19:15- Session 2: Unraveling the future from young people active around the world

⚪︎20:00- Keynote speech: Impact of invasive species on biodiversity in Japan

⚪︎21:00- Social gathering: Please order your own drinks and food from the cafe menu.

<Program (Speakers Introduction)>

Main MC

Hajime Tsujita (Japan)
Earth Day Tokyo Youth Founder, Greenpeace Japan, Climate Youth Japan, Activist (Action Volunteer).
He usually works for a foreign IT company. He is a member of Greenpeace Japan and Climate Youth Japan on the side to study and act on efforts towards a carbon-free society. He focuses on technology, business, and sustainability as the core of his career, and works every day to become a globally active talent. During his university days, he worked across fields and borders to hone the core of his career, from environmental fields such as the Tokyo Olympics food waste reduction project and the launch of the national youth community Earth Day Tokyo Youth, to running a student dispatch program at the Dubai Expo, participating in a Model United Nations conference held in New York, and participating in and winning a hackathon.

Mariko Akimoto (Japan)
Director of Earth Day Tokyo, Coordinator of EARTHDAY.ORG JAPAN, and Secretary General of the Japan Vegetable Terroir Association.
She grew up living with her grandparents who were beekeepers, experiencing the joys and dangers of nature on a daily basis. After working as an overseas coordinator for a biodiversity NGO, she coordinated a program at Earth Day Tokyo to make it easy for the general public to learn about biodiversity and culture. She participated in the Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 and worked to collaborate with gender and youth groups overseas. She studied Japanese traditional culture under the tutelage of the head of the Nagauta (singing) school, Tokuei Kineya.

Opening: Message from Earth Day Global

Kathleen Rogers (USA) *Video screening
She is the president of Earth Day Network. She graduated from the University of California, Davis School of Law. During law school, she served as editor-in-chief of the law review and later served as a clerk for the United States District Court in Washington, DC. Under her leadership, EARTHDAY.ORG has grown into a year-round policy organization with a staff of international experts. As a media commentator on environmental issues, she has appeared on numerous television news shows, newspapers, and magazines.
https://www.earthday.org/

Arisu Okada (Japan)

Earth Day Global Summit Secretariat
Director of Kyoto x Bookstore SENSE OF WONDER, Lux Co., Ltd., nurse and public health nurse. Living in Kyoto, mother of two children. Influenced by many books while working as a nurse and raising children. Wanting to cherish the "sense of being amazed by the wonders of the world" and wanting to deliver wonderful books, she launched the bookstore SENSE OF WONDER with the founder Matsuo Midori and changed jobs from nursing to bookstore. She discovered Earth Day through the SNS book review campaign "#EarthDayConnectedFromBooks" and is in charge of the secretariat for the Earth Day Japan Network. Runs Cafe Kotobuki.

Session 1: Project to discover sustainable solutions realized through DX

Speaker: Ann Molin, Co-founder and CEO of HACK FOR EARTH

HACK FOR EARTH

"Hack for Earth" is a global online hackathon organized by the Swedish non-profit organization "Hack for Earth Foundation" with the aim of promoting citizen-led innovation for the SDGs. In 2021, the "Hack for Earth" hackathon will be held at the Dubai Expo in cooperation with the Swedish Pavilion and the United Nations. More than 4,000 people from over 100 countries participated and worked for two weeks to solve problems related to the SDGs in seven categories: human rights, health, environment, sustainable society, education, water, and partnerships. In 2023, a hackathon will be held in conjunction with the United Nations Climate Change Conference "COP28" held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The aim was to create innovative solutions for sustainability in eight categories: energy, transportation, food, partnerships, education, sustainable cities, water, and environment. "Hack for Earth" aims to create concrete solutions for the realization of a sustainable future through citizen-led innovation. These efforts highlight the importance of international cooperation and technological innovation in achieving the SDGs.

Session 2: Unlocking the future through young people active around the world

"Introducing efforts from various countries to reflect the will of the younger generation in global decision-making"

Speakers:

Yuki Wada (Japan)
Born in Kobe in 2002. A fourth-year student at Nara Women's University's Faculty of Science. She became interested in environmental issues and began her activities after witnessing air pollution while traveling as a child. Upon entering university, she joined Climate Youth Japan (CYJ) and will be in charge of the policy recommendations department from 2023. At CYJ, she makes recommendations to government ministries and agencies regarding the revision of the Basic Energy Plan and Basic Environment Plan, and attends opinion exchange meetings. She also participated in COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, where she gave a speech.

Jerome Wano (Australia)
Indigenous rights activist, co-founder of First Peoples of Australia Caucus)
I am Wakka Wakka and Ngati Tuwharetoa from Alice Springs, NT. I have a Bachelor of Animal Ecology and am currently completing an Honours Degree in Ecological Law, focusing on Indigenous Ontologies and Epistemologies.

Kemal Rifki (Indonesia)
Co-founder and CEO of 360energy, an Indonesian renewable energy company focused on developing sustainable and practical solutions for aquaculture and rural communities. Under his leadership, 360energy has deployed solar power systems designed to increase the efficiency of intensive fish and shrimp farming, helping farmers increase productivity while reducing reliance on diesel-powered systems.

Keynote speech: The impact of invasive species on biodiversity in Japan

Koichi Goka (Japan)

National Institute for Environmental Studies Ecological Risk Assessment and Countermeasures Section Chief
Conservation Ecologist Doctor of Agriculture
In 1990, he completed his master's course at Kyoto University Graduate School. In the same year, he joined Ube Industries, Ltd. In 1996, he obtained his doctorate. In December of the same year, he transferred to the National Institute for Environmental Studies, where he is currently the head (professor) of the Ecological Risk Assessment and Countermeasures Laboratory. His specialties are conservation ecology, pesticide science, and acarology. Through various ecological risk research, such as invasive species control such as fire ants, pesticide risk management such as neonicotinoid pesticides, and zoonotic diseases including COVID-19, he is exploring the relationship between biodiversity and human society and its sustainability. His publications include "Biodiversity as Told by Stag Beetles" (Shueisha), "The Never-ending Battle Against Invaders: Invasive Alien Species Increasing in Number" (Shogakukan), and "An Introduction to Biology for Surviving the Coming Era" (Tatsumi Publishing).

He serves on numerous committees related to national and local policy, and is a part-time lecturer at a university, and is also active in promoting awareness of environmental science through the mass media, including television and newspapers.

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